by Katherine W. on I kind of loved Alfredo's and will go back, even though it wasn't as great as I'd hoped. The atmosphere is intimate, classy but accessible, family-friendly, and a bit romantic all at once. I personally wouldn't come here with a big group. Alfredo's is a dark, cozy little room with a small bar, oldie decor (70's wood paneling), and burgundy-vested self-important waiters bustling around. On a Friday night around 6:30pm, my friend and I got seated immediately without reservations. It got a lot busier later on. You get a free basket of deliciously fragrant garlic bread with plenty of minced garlic and butter. It's a little distracting when you're trying to focus on the menu... not that I complained. I ordered Penne al Salmone, alla Rita (a vodka sauce dish) after reading another review about how great it was. Meh, it was good, but not even CLOSE to the amazing vodka sauce dish from home that I fantasize about regularly. I finished dinner with a Cafe d'Amore, which was amaretto (plenty of it), coffee, and tremendously thick whipped cream. It came with a hazelnut pirouette, and it was lovely. Some iffy notes: - The portions here are SMALL, compared to what I'm used to for Italian-American food. Not that I think America needs to gain more weight, but I'm used to, and I like, having to take home leftovers when I eat at an Italian restaurant. Besides, pasta is relatively cheap, and I didn't think it was worth my money to get so little. - My friend and I split the check, and we each tipped over 20% separately... someone came to collect the check and said "What, no more for the waiter?" because he only saw one of the checks. Granted, he then realized we'd split it, but still -- it's the customer's call. I'm pretty discriminating about Italian-American food, having grown up with the best of it in the Jersey/Philly/NY area. Judging Alfredo's purely by food, it was good but not quite up to the level I was hoping to find. However, the ambience, garlic bread, and relative authenticity of the menu offerings will definitely bring me back.
by Johnathon Newsam on Came here for a toys for tots event last night and it was very misleading. Free appetizers and 4 dollar mojitos and all for a great cause. Brought some toys over and started to mingle with a few friends. The mojitos were ok and the appetizers are alrite. Being free what can you really expect? The bartenders are a little slow and it took forever to get drinks...... let alone have them make the drinks. The crowd was ok but then again they were mostly people I knew. So...........instead of ordering drinks from the bartender we ordered our drinks from the cocktail waitress. Got the bill at the end of the night and a bunch of appetizers were added to our bills. I questioned them about this and they said it was only free for one hour. 2 orders of chicken nugget sandwiches 2 orders of sliders 1 corn fritta with shrimp fries 3 cocktails all for 95.00
