Michael K

Review of Castle Rock Entertainment

Good food, especially the pizza. I think the rest ...

Good food, especially the pizza. I think the rest of the Italian food is good but certainly not great in my book. Slightly better than Olive Garden in my humble opinion. The restaurant side appears a bit fancier and upscale, and even the service is pretty good, but in the end, it still feels more like a glorified pizzeria. (No offense).

Still, for a small, neighborhood food establishment, it does a good job of offering a good balance of plenty of menu choices, and some of the fare is pretty good while others are just okay. Pizza is good here, but it seems to come from next door anyway, where the pizzeria side of the restaurant operates. Typical food choices like chicken parm and spaghetti with meatballs are good but again, not great! Some items, like the linguine with clams is not very good at all. Not a fan of any of the seafood dishes here, but generally, most of the pasta dishes are decent. For sides, the Italian fries and the large-sized buffalo wings are pretty good though.

Service is very good overall, even when they are busy. The servers are friendly, helpful, and attentive for the most part. The ambience, like I said before, is just okay for me. I feel like the decor tries too hard to cover up the fact that this is a pizzeria. From the colorful laminated menu to the cheesy strip mall that it's located in, we cannot call this place upscale really. But all in all, for a small, local restaurant, this could be considered a neighborhood gem by others. For me, it's just a slightly better option than some of the typical pizzerias in town.