Prego Ristorante

décor is depressing. we wanted to sit at the bar but the host pretty much told us no, and that it would take too long to get food in there? there were about 5 – 7 others in there, not sure what the deal was with that. we sat down at a table… fresh, large stains ALL over the table cloth. yummy.
i ordered the turkey burger, the server responded with «we have a turkey burger?»… uh oh.
the menu mentioned the turkey burger comes with grilled mushrooms, burger is served to me with RAW mushrooms. first of all, why would anyone want raw mushrooms on their burger? second of all, chef — follow the menu. third, waiter — notice that there’s raw mushrooms all over my plate, coming out of the burger and notice something doesn’t look quite right.
i asked the waiter if i could please get just a side of grilled mushrooms and ill put them on myself. the waiter grabs my plate to reconstruct my burger… ok grabby, i said ill just take a side of the grilled mushrooms but go for it and grab it right out of my hands. the burger comes back literally 20 seconds later, weird didnt know you could grill a batch of mushrooms that quick. oh thats because the mushrooms weren’t grilled, they were warm. cool. i proceeded to eat anyways. the patty looked very similar to a frozen morning star veggie patty, except it didn’t taste as good and was burnt.
$ 10.95 for a ²⁄₁₀ turkey «burger» and boring mixed green salad with no veggies other than the greens.
UPDATE: i now have extremely bad gas and my stomach is not feeling so hot.
UPDATE: the gas has now turned into sharp pains in my abdominal region.

God help me. This place is the most depressing place I have EVER frequented. Sure, the food is ok and the service is somewhat attentive but come on! When you go into the place hardly anyone is there, there’s depressing italian opera music playing and I promise that there will be no one under 40 here, unless they’re being dragged there by their parents.
With all the good italian restaurants in the city, I just don’t see the point.

I should have listened to my neighbor who works in the building. She said a lot of her co-​workers said this place is really bad. I wanted to decide for myself, so my husband and I went there last night. It was practically empty, so we had our choice of where to sit. We had a nice enought waitress, but she seemed a little inexperienced. My restaurant test is if the bread is good, the food is usually going to be good. Strike one. The bread was a dried out toasted kind of baguette, but the garlic/​olive oil dipping sauce was really good. I had Angel Hair Marinara, which I thought was good. Hubby had pork chops and said they were really overcooked. Then there’s the cheese factor. Renato started playing the electric piano and it was just SO corny (not to mention Barry Manilow music playing before he started). So a couple pluses: Nice full glass of Pinot Grigio and good martini, but the food and ambiance is pretty lackluster. It was too big and too empy in there. I couldn’t help thinking about the show, Kitchen Nightmares, and how Chef Ramsey could really turn this place around.