Siena Ristorante Toscano

11/16/09

How does this place stay in business?

by utcb at Citysearch

Honestly, I don't know how someone could give this place a positive review. I do not write reviews very often, but it was such a bad experience that I had to do something about it.

When you walk into the place, it has the appearance of a great restaurant. However, as soon as we did not order alcohol, the waiter's entire demeanor changed. Even though we ordered well over $100 worth of food, apparently, he felt that we were not worth his time. While my wife was ordering, the waiter interrupted her by yelling at a passing bus boy and interrupted me to yell at another bus boy. The food was average and the dessert was downright awful. How does this place stay in business?

• Pros: Beautiful ambience
• Cons: expensive, average food and deplorable service

10/24/09

lame food

by Good Eats King at Citysearch

we went there on a sunday afternoon. it was slow. so was our service. the food came out cold and tasted lousy. definately NOT ITALIAN. even the chef is not italian, how interesting? prices were high food quality was low. dont waste your time. seriously.

• Pros: nice atmosphere
• Cons: food sucked

05/13/09

PRICEY, but good food & really nice atmosphere

by bc3 at Citysearch

We went on Mother's Day & service was awful. We were seated upstairs & our poor server was friendly, but he must have had too many tables assigned to him.

Did like the fact that the upstairs was much quieter than the main restaurant.

My husband likes to come at lunch, the lunch prices are much more reasonable.

Best rolls in town. Mother & I ate 2, lost count on my husband!

Food was quite tasty. Mother had the Mele e Speck salad with apples, Gorgonzola, Walnuts and bacon in , apple cider vinaigrette.

I had the fixed price menu with ravioli stuffed with braised veal, ricotta and spinach in fresh sage butter

with lemon and pine nuts (outstanding), $11

Chicken breast stuffed with sun dried tomato pesto (almost undetectable, over grilled asparagus (one spear), goat cheese and roasted potato torta with black truffle cream - DELISH! $26.

Husband had Cacciucco - a stew of shrimp, scallops, fresh fish, calamari and mussels sautéed with red chili, spring onions and roasted tomato sauce with (not over as the menu says) grilled bruschetta $28. His stew was large & outstanding, but the bread was burned.

Dessert of Semi-frozen "Dreamsicle" mousse with honey, orange compote and shortbread was just OK - very mild. $6.

White chocolate mascarpone tart with strawberry coulis was good, but not outstanding. Crust tasted like maybe it had been frozen $7.

• Pros: beautiful architecture, good food
• Cons: EXPENSIVE, bad service