Walking in the door the first impression was that Rossini was a new place, sterile-looking, with no warmth and certainly not Italian! We were greeted by 2 servers telling us to sit where we would like. Very quickly we were brought a large bottle of water and glasses filled with ice plus a basket of bread and side dishes each with oil and Balsamic vinegar on each.
We ordered an Antipasto Di Pesce (Shrimp, clams, mussels, calamari in a tomato sauce with spices) $17* for an appetizer, which was served beautifully but looked better than it tasted. It wasn't bad but nothing special.

I ordered Lasagna $18* which was just okay while Allen had the Ribeye Con Gorgonzola E Tartufo $36*. He said the steak was very tender but he didn't care for the topping so scraped most of it off. Again the plate was served looking beautiful

In addition, he had a diet Pepsi $3.50 so with tax added after the 50% off promotion our check came to $39.87 plus a $15 tip bringing the check to $54.87 to $24+ each for lunch.


* We were there for lunch--about 1 PM and though they advertise 50% off for lunch and dinner we were given the dinner menu--the appetizer was $2 more than the lunch menu as shown on their web page as was the Lasagna and the steak wasn't on the lunch menu.


I have sort of gotten used to sticker shock seeing restaurant menu prices but if you are advertising something I would suggest changing your web page and just say 50% off the menu all day 11 AM to 11 PM. Also, this is the second restaurant in 2 days that I have seen "Pay with cash and save" printed on the check, assuming they will charge the customer what the credit cards charge the business but there wasn't a charge added on either restaurant check.


Bottom line: the service was fine, the dishes presented nicely but the food was just okay and at regular prices plus tip would have come to $92 for lunch which is too high.