Scarpetta's

It’s sad to have to give this place 2 stars. My food was excellent, and my husband’s food was “alright, but not that great,” he says. And the setting was wonderful. BUT feeling discriminated against quickly ruined our entire experience. Our waiter, Chris, served everyone the complimentary bread and oil except us. And when we asked about it, he had a guilty look on his face which confirmed for us that it was intentional. And then he had the nerve to correct my husband with “it’s bread and oil, not bread and butter.” How would we know when it was our first time visiting, and we didn’t have the pleasure of receiving it like everyone else? We noticed we were the only brown people seated and even some of the guests kept staring at us. We were dressed very nice and upscale; we smiled at everyone in good spirits; we were very polite; we weren’t “ghetto” or anything. We did nothing at all to deserve this treatment. So…as much as I personally liked the place, we don’t feel comfortable going back due to this service. We even felt compelled to tip lower than usual, because our feelings were hurt.

There were definitely high and low points of the dinner experience my husband and I had. He ordered a Long Island to drink which took a long time to get there and our service wasn’t the best. Bread was not good at all. Potato soup and ceaser salad were delicious. For entrees we ordered lasagna and chicken Parmesan. Lasagna was good, chicken was good but the noodles that came with the chicken parm were disgusting. We had both cheesecakes for dessert and they were decent.

Unfortunately, the lobster risotto was more like Spanish rice with fish... I could taste the fish... and my husband doesn't do spicy and it was too spicy for him to eat. We did tell the server and he got 4.50 off a $23 entrée he didn't eat. The veal picata was breaded, which was unusual as it is usually not, so veal lost a bit of flavor. We had two bottles of wine, a red and white. The chianti had a bit of a bite. The white was ok. All in all, it was ok, but since this was a third time trying this restaurant , without much luck, I don't know if we'll go back.