When you see most reviews on a restaurant are ranging from positve to glowing, you have to question the couple that are downright mean spirted. I have called Atlanta my home for 64 years. I have traveled to more than half of the United States and more than 30 different countries. I have eaten some really bad stuff and some really outstanding meals. La Strada is our favorite neighborhood restaurant. We knew the original owner, and we know the current owner. If for some very unusual reason you happen to get something that is not quite up to your expectations, all you have to do is mention it POLITELY to the owner or his son, and they will bend over backwords to make it right! We have had nothing but excellant service and wonderful, authentic Italian food every time we go there. Since we go there quite often (usually about once a week), I feel like we are pretty good judges of what goes on. We have tried almost everything on the menu, and while we don't like everything equally, we have never had a meal we just couldn't eat. And we have never gotten sick from eating at La Strada. While we don't pretend to be culinary experts with degrees from Le Cordon Bleu, we do like to think we know the difference in the good, bad, and the ugly. What is really ugly is the type of customer who comes in, expects fast food restaurant type speed of service, is loud and obnoxious, complains rudely, and brings a table full of loud and obnoxious children ( or guests). Yes, this is a family restaurant, but that doesn't excuse bad manners or bad taste. Then there was the customer who complained about the creme brulee as being too buttery and wanting a refund. Hello! Creme brulee doesn't have butter in it. If the quality of the food is really bad, you have a right to let the owner know POLITELY, but if you just don't like something, please don't be so offensive as to complain rudely. You ordered it. Just eat it or leave it on your plate and stop by McDonalds on the way home. Oh, and by the way, this restaurant is casual. You can wear jeans, shorts, sandals etc. But please, leave the beach clothes at home, the ones that show all the cracks, rolls, bulges, oozings, and other unsightly areas that nobody wants to look at while they are eating. If you want good, consistent quality and authentic Italian, then come try La Strada. And be sure and tell Yonnie how much you enjoyed your meal.
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