La Palina restaurant

I ate here with my husband on Sunday — this restaurant was recommended to us by an acquaintance we met in Atlantic City but he seemed to know his food — my husband ate with him in Gino’s 5^th Avenue and he recommended that and the food was good so on his recommendation we went to LaPalina’s for «Sunday gravy» — definitely a place back in time — very pricey not two $$ signs like he claims, so for this owner it’s all profit because this place looked like they have not changed a thing to upgrade the restaurant — well first of all we had the Sunday gravy which was a la carte? Pasta not included? What’s going on here — pasta with meat sauce go hand in hand why did we pay $ 16 extra for the Pasta separate from the $ 32 meat platter? It was delicious don’t get me wrong but ridiculously priced — two expresso’s and a small piece of home made cheese cake $ 15? Ugh ! Outlandish — Oh and by the way our waiter spilled the olive oil on my Betsy Johnson coat collar and brought me a napkin to wipe it off — «how about treating us to dessert?» to compensate his clumsy ness, but then again he was not even Italian so what does he know? Good food but a $ 91 tab for two half orders of pasta and meat sauce I don’t think so – oh well you only get burned once if your smart! Anyway I don’t want my mother-​in-​law to turn around twice in her grave for paying that much for Sunday dinner! Sorry mama Giovanna! Conclusion: good tasting food clean — way too pricey for Sunday gravy in an area located on Avenue O Brooklyn, very run down place with no attractions and no ambiance! I won’t go back I’ll just make my meat sauce at home on Sunday and go to il Mulino’s on Saturday night!