Let me start out by reiterating that this is the worst Italian food I've ever had. I have actually had frozen dinners that tasted better.
This was a restaurant that was closed when we first moved to Washington, and driving by recently, we had noticed it was open again, and decided to pay it a visit, as we'd never tried this particular place before. The waiter was cordial at first, and I and my mother arrived early, requested a table for 6, and were sat down soon after. He provided us with two menus, and took our orders for drinks. The rest of my party arriving perhaps 8 minutes later. And then the drinks we ordered showed up.
We spent some time deliberating over the menu, and our waiter took another 4 minutes to take orders for the rest of our groups' /drinks/. Throughout the entire meal he took the orders, and they were delivered by the busboy. We ordered salads, mixed green, which consisted of vegetables I could hardly call fresh, and covered in vinegar. Our meals came. The Parmesan that was provided to our table wasn't high quality, but store bought, powdered, cheap, paper-flavored Parmesan cheese product.
I had ordered the Linguini Frutti Di Mare, a pasta with mixed shellfish in a tomato-based sauce. It smelled horrible, and tasted bland at best, and some of the bites tasted the way it smelled, again an indication that the ingredients weren't fresh. I managed to make myself finish a quarter of it before I lost my appetite entirely. I ended up dumping the rest in a dumpster behind the place.
When we ordered the desserts, we went with two tiramisus, shared between four people, and two orders of Tangerine Sorbet. What we got was two tiramisus, one tangerine sorbet, and a bull**** story about a malfunctioning freezer.
So, despite not having any more tangerines for the sorbet, and not having a /working freezer/, I was offered other /frozen/ dishes. If our waiter came back and explained that they were out of tangerines as soon as it was discovered, I would not have been offended. He waited until all our orders were prepared except for one of them, and sent the busboy with the bull**** story he told us. And the one sorbet we /got/ was not a sorbet, but rather orange sherbet.
And then, we got the bill. The waiter was a bit misleading, when we ordered our meal, he asked us what kind of salad we wanted, in a tone that indicated they were included with our meals. Which they weren't. The total bill came to over $170. A total rip off. I've had far better food for far less than that, with just as many people.
To summarize, don't waste your time or money at Vino's. The food is mediocre at best, the service leaves a lot to be desired.
Cons: Poor service, Poor Food, Rich price.
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