Almas Khan

Review of Lomonte's Italian Restaurant a...

Being my first visit, I'm always a bit skeptical o...

Being my first visit, I'm always a bit skeptical of a restaurant, usually assuming the worst of most Restaurants...

Though fortunately I was pleasantly surprised with excellent service, fantastic food, and incredibly attentive wait staff. I say incredibly attentive because usually when I eat at a restaurant with an average meal costing $20 I "occasionally" receive refills on my drink. I was absolutely impressed by the amount of times my drink glass was checked and refilled. Very subtle, and quiet, my glass was always full. Especially impressive because the glass of water I was drinking was what I would consider half the size of a normal glass, thus needing refills much more frequently.

Down to the good stuff, the food. Whenever I visit a new Italian Restaurant I like to try a traditional dish to measure how creative a particular location is with a generic recipe. For me the dish is Fettuccine Alfredo with chicken. Typically most Italian Restaurant do a respectable job at preparing this dish, staying close to the generic recipe. However, Lomonte's Fettuccine was absolutely fantastic, unique, and flavorful. One particular part of the dish I was especially impressed with was how the chicken was prepared. Usually long strips, grilled and sparse, Lomonte's Fettuccine was a generous portion of chicken, diced, and lightly grilled. Nearly every bite I took, had a good chunk of chicken. In fact after completely finishing the pasta, still I had chunks of chicken left over!

On a side the bread was fresh (served before the meal), butter plentiful, and atmosphere perfect.

If you're looking for a fresh Italian Restaurant to try, do not pass this one up, it's a small place, but absolutely worth a visit.