Great Dining Experience

[amij]

A cozy restaurant with great service and brilliant food. Dishes are from different regions of Italy. Owner is a very friendly man - loves to come to the table and introduce himself. Wines are selected by the owner - good extensive selection at a reasonable price. A great dining experience over all in downtown Austin.

[sheilah]

We're in Oaxaca now. Please contact me if you want to "go in" on cooking lessons.

Sheila

[bubbleboy79]

I suspect this is either what the diner wants, or a review of Quattro Gatti on Congress. The owner is indeed a nice man, but I've seen mixed reviews on everything else, and still have no firsthand experience with the restaurant.

[foodiegal71]

Ugh, if this is, indeed, Quattro Gatti, I must respectively disagree. We ordered an appetizer of soup as well as two pasta entrees, one a seafood pasta and one a more simple vegetarian option. Nothing had any taste and our bill was $90 with tax and tip. That's with no dessert or alcohol. Never again...

[Alan Sudo]

Hmmm, my experience downtown was quite different, definitely not great. The service seemed inexperienced and rushed, and the food uninspired. Nice selection of beers, but I don't recall a wine list - Did you have to specifically request one? And the menu was more Tex-Mex - I didn't see anything Italian. I asked for the owner, but he was not around. Maybe I caught them on an off night. I'll give them another chance when the owner is working. :)

[amykragan]

what place are you talking about Alan?

[Alan Sudo]

As the original post forgot to mention a specific downtown restaurant, I figured it may be like a Mad Lib and filled in my own experiences at random places downtown.

[Veggo]

I think all this is what he wants us to find for him. This happens frequently with first time posters who recently moved to Austin from Florence.

[amysuehere]

Are there a lot of Florence to Austin transplants? Why would you move from Florence to Austin?...not that I don't love Austin, but seriously?

[amykragan]

I think he confused us with Jeopardy.

[chrisdds98]

I think you forgot to mention the name of the restaurant...

[singlemalt]

Maybe we are supposed to guess from the clues he/she gave us.

[jwynne2000]

Maybe the restaurant's name is Great Dining Experience?

[TroyTempest]

his boss forgot to tell him to add that