Vino's is the perfect example of ""You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig"". At first appearance this seems to be a high end restaurant, and prices on the menu reflect the same. I gave it one star because there was no ZERO rating!
This place was WAY OVERPRICED, and the food seems like they bought frozen meals and heated them in a microwave. The waiter offered a special of Risotto with Porcini Mushrooms. My mother (who is a gourmet chef) asked where they are able to find Porcini Mushrooms as they are both rare and expensive. The waiter said it was secret... She and I ordered Linguine with clams, it was flavorless. My wife had pizza, which she said was not very good, the crust tasted like unsalted soda crackers. My son ordered a linguine with mixed shell fish, he said it was the worse Italian food he ever had. My daughter ordered duck, which she said was rubbery and flavorless, her boyfriend said that frozen Lasagna from a a supermarket would be more flavorful and better priced than what they served to him..
We also noticed that the ""fresh"" Parmesan cheese was powdered... Just like the stuff that Kraft puts in those plastic cans in the supermarket. However, I think this was the generic stuff, as it was not as flavorful as the Kraft brand. There is NO WAY this was freshly grated Parmesan as the waiter stated.
For dessert, two people in our party ordered ""tangerine sorbet"". The BUSBOY came out with one service and said that the freezer had failed, and the rest of the sorbet was ruined. However, he did offer other flavors of ice cream... We wondered why the waiter didn't have the integrity to come out and tell us... We also wondered how only the ""tangerine sorbet"" was the only frozen dessert that was ruined. My son said the so-called tangerine sorbet tasted like ordinary orange sherbert with vanilla ice cream. After all the other shortcomings, we came to the conclusion that it probably was. We also felt that they only had one serving because nobody from the kitchen staff had time to run next door to Safeway and buy more orange-vanilla sherbert.
The total tab for six people was $175! DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY AT THIS PLACE.
Pros: None that I could think of
Cons: OUTRAGEOUSLY Overpriced, Bad Service, Bad Quaility
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