Very disappointed, to say the least
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 12/18/06
After hearing rave reviews from many people, we decided to try Il Mercato. Arrived on a Saturday night at around 7:30, the place was only about half full. My guest and I were seated and given menus. We waited patiently for our server, and watched as 2 other tables were seated, and the server actually took drink orders from those tables first. We waited just under 10 mins, and our waiter finally stopped by our table to ask if we wanted any drinks while we looked at the menu. We informed him that we had been waiting a while, and were ready to order now. Our food arrived very quickly, which led us to believe the waiter had put a rush on our order. My friend had the seafood spaghettini. It was bland at best, and had very little seafood (3 shrimp, 4 mussels, 3 scallops) with LOTS of spaghetti. I had the ravioli, which was excellent... But the portion was way too small. Only 5 ravioli in the whole dish! Seemed like an appetizer when compared to the other main course. Our waiter only came by after we were done to ask if we wanted any coffee/dessert. Our waters were not refilled once, which is a big pet peeve of mine. All in all, I was very disappointed with the serving size and the service, and would not recommend Il Mercato based on this.