Zio Sal - Redmond

3.5 stars. upscale cozy dinner date point. pizza was delicious, marinara sauce on spaghetti was really good! service is great, the restaurant was not busy in the night we went so that our server in the position to come back to check on us often. the music was very loud, but they turned it a bit on our request. the prices are quite high here for simple Italian dishes and serving smaller than most Italian restaurants. that was the first upscale Italian restaurant where they did not serve a free bread and the brot we ordered gave 4 small pieces for 4 people. that was a bit disappointing! overall is recommended for a nice dinner.

Eating is very good. come to the chef, they wait the employees are nice and take care. they have a very small menu of four cocktails, of which two campari-based are too bitter for my taste. only other good possibility for drinks seems to be the wine collection.

So, I and my fiancée had 7 o'clock reservations for Valentine's Day and when we arrived at 6:55 we had to stand there and wait to even be welcomed. are table was not ready, even if there was one table for two already cleaned, the bus boy did not choose that when they sit us. are waitress was pleasant enough if you were not in friendly people, but atleast she was prompt. my fiancé had the tortellini and I ordered risotto spargi with garnelen was amazing and my taste like the bottom of an aluminum boat. Of course, I have something else to go so that I could not eat with my fiancée on Valentine's Day, but for an expensive one, so dinner in a very so, so place paid. oh and I mentioned that the owner or the manager or a dame did not apologize for who never was introduced to them. I guess everything was so disappointed.

In the area and was super hungry so we ordered take out from here. We got the chicken Marsala, spaghetti carbonara, and arancini. Everything was alright, nothing spectacular and the total was around $60, which to me was a little expensive for the taste and portion sizes.

The Pasta e Fagioli was super salty. The Chopped Salad was nasty. Only one waitress for the entire restaurant and bar even during (post) Covid times, she should have the support of ownership helping her or additional staff. We felt bad she was so overwhelmed//over-worked…completely set up to fail.