Bottega

We had a wonderful lunch here. There was an extensive choice of both vegan and non-vegan options, and there were many unique dishes that we were excited to try. Food was excellent, with the twice cooked pork (vegan) and dry tofu with peanuts being particular standouts. Service was prompt, polished, and helpful. Highly recommend this place!

We thought it was the most authentic Chinese food we have had and close to being in China. We ordered the steamed pork dumplings and sautéed chicken with 5 pepper blend. We could see and taste the pork in the dumpling and the dough was thin. The portion was perfect for two people. The chicken was full of chili peppers, ginger, and different spices including numbing pepper. The menu includes numerous dishes including tripe and we don’t usually see that on menus. The down side was it too a very long time to be seated and the restaurant was too hot. They were very short staffed I think. Reasonable prices.

Service was good here and drinks were decent. The veggie dumplings were just filled with JUST spinach, pretty misleading because usually they can be filled with cabbage, carrots or cellophane noodles. The Mongolian beef was a little too sweet for my liking. Overall good experience but the food was just ok.

The main dining area has a nice atmosphere, especially with holiday poinsettias and spruce decorations. All of the dishes that were passing us by while we were waiting looked incredible. Also, when we started eating the food tasted delicious, but there is still more to this story. Most of the dishes were ordered without salt for personal health reasons while the rest were done normally, which was for me. Initially, I liked the taste of the food. The seafood tofu soup was outstanding! The seasonal vegetables (baby bokchoy) and seafood fried rice all were satisfying. Then I started to feel the excessive salt headache and knew it was too much. I tried the other dishes that had no salt but they were bland; by no fault of the restaurant. In the end, I thought this was a 4-star place but the excessive amount of salt (or maybe it was MSG) brought it down a notch. Now, please understand we also ate at Peter Chang's in Stamford 3-days prior and the food was incredible without the excessive use of salt. I would rate that 4-4.5-stars since they offered much more vegetarian dishes that all tasted great.

Terrible customer service, the server took forever to start our drink order, our appetizers to 15 minutes to get then we waited another 20 minutes for You can’t get any refills on soda unless you pay for it again. Would not come in again, just based on the lack of customer service and slow speed for dinner on a Monday night.