Villa Pizza Inn

I met a friend there for lunch since she lives nearby.  We walked over and I enjoyed the convenience of walking a few block and not worrying about parking my car.  

For a drink, I asked if they had lemonade.  What I received was more of a "Country Time" fountain style lemonade flavored drink.  Very sweet and nothing like Minute Maid type lemonade (which is what I was hoping for).  

The side I selected was French Onion soup (choices are soup or salad).  The soup was very good, however, I would have been more impressed had there been a few large croutons as well as Swiss cheese baked over the top.  It would be quite tasty and warrant another star because I'm a huge fan of French Onion soup when made well.  

For my entree, I selected the chicken fettuccine Alfredo.  I was served an ENORMOUS portion on an extremely large plate.  I felt bad, because my dinner partner ordered cheese manicotti and her portion of food was about 1/4 of what I was served and we paid the same price.  The fettuccine Alfredo was littered with broccoli and the chicken was chopped quite small making them dry.  There is something off about the sauce.  It has ample garlic but some other major seasoning is missing.  I just can't pinpoint it.  It tasted very much like a frozen Lean Cuisine chicken fettuccini Alfredo I purchased from the market.

Our waiter was nice.  A bit over solicited, as he kept coming to the table before we were ready to order and continuing to ask if we were ready to order.  Near the end of the meal, he was trying to offer us more soda or bread or anything else he could think of.  After we had already received our check and paid our bill, my friend and I continued to talk and about 10 minutes later, the waiter came by to remind us our meals come with either a scoop of vanilla or vanilla/chocolate swirl ice cream.  My friend had swirl and I had vanilla.  Mine tasted very much like it had been in the freezer for about 18 years and was just brought out specifically for this occasion.  Plain vanilla ice cream should not be crunchy.

The decor was dark/drab.  Looks like it was updated in early 1990.  

All in all, I may go back for a second try - but I think I'll stick to pizza.  You can't screw up pizza......or can you?