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Where to begin? My fiance and I decided to take a blind stab at this decent appearing Italian joint that is located in an old Victorian-looking house off of the busy HWY 99. I am not the type to complain at a restaurant. I am not the type to write nasty reveiws as anyone can go on an off night. However, my experience has. . .inspired me to sign up and give a warning to any other hungry, unsuspecting suckers who may wander through their house-like door.

We should have known something was off upon arrival. It was nearly 7:00 on a Saturday, and the only people there were the staff who were loudly socializing with eachother while we waited patiently at our table. I even heard a cooking lesson of sorts in process from the brutish chef as he attempted to dazzle the waitstaff. Upon ordering wine, nearly all selections were "temperarily out of stock." We were given a suggestion that, upon receiving our check, we descovered was nearly $20 more than anything that was actually on the menu.

The food itself was borderline edible, but only for those who enjoy all foods to be from a can. Seriously, the mushrooms, the spinach. . .unmistakenly canned. Not to mention the pre-entree "salad" which consisted of a few brown, wilted chunks of iceburg, yeah iceburg, lettuce, and mushy bits of tomato. My $85 would have been better spent on a swimmingpool filled with ping-pong balls to pelt myself in the head with for even thinking of going to this place without checking first.

This place should really be avoided!

My wife and I decided to give this place a try on a recent date-night. The place has a quaint feel. However, we didn't get to enjoy this as we were seated by the door. We had to ask to move to another table to avoid the drafts.

We ordered the toasted ravioli appetizer and a couple of drinks. The ravioli was OK, but the marinara dipping sauce was a very bland offering of crushed tomatoes. The drinks took quite a long time to arrive.

My wife ordered the Chicken Dina and I ordered the Spaghetti with Meatballs and Sausage (I asked for both at an extra, reasonable charge). My wife received eggplant that was undercooked and was generally unimpressed with her dinner. I too, was unimpressed when I tried a bite. Not a lot of flavor there.

My dinner was far worse. I don't think that the 'chef' knows what salt is as everything we ate was extremely dull. My spaghetti tasted of crushed tomatoes and basil - a LOT of basil. It overpowered everything. The meatball was very bland, but the sausage was flavorful. The spaghetti was well cooked and I found this was the only compliment I could offer on the meal.

We finally had to ask for salt and pepper (and my wife dislikes too much salt). I threw some crushed red pepper on my meal in the hopes of giving it some flavor other than basil.

I will say that the portions were very large, but so was the price.

Oh, and I finished the night by eating the cocktail onion from my gin gibson. This was a mistake that nearly cost me the contents of my stomach! It would seem that I had finally found the salt they'd been hiding. That onion must have been 95% salt.

The wait staff was nice enough and the service was good, but if eating is your aim, then I would say to go somewhere - anywhere else!

We came back into Tigard today (on vacation in the area) and were looking forward to visiting NY,NY despite the recent reviews. As we drove by we saw the windows covered over as they were repainting the exterior and some kitchen equipment in the parking lot. I called their number - disconnected. Their website - gone to a reseller.

Looks like they are closed for good.

This was by far the worst Italian food I have ever had. I ordered the shrimp scampi which was described on the menu as shrimp sauteed in herbs and butter with spaghetti and garlic bread on the side.

When it came, the shrimp was obviously overcooked and my guess would be frozen not fresh as the texture closely resembled chewing on an eraser. Not to mention the spaghetti was literally floating in the butter sauce. Really the only good things I can say are the garlic bread was fair, and the spaghetti itself was cooked correctly.

This place is way overpriced for what they have to offer, the music was terrible, and the staff although they were nice, obviously had no idea what they were doing. I would not recommend it.

Picked up a pizza here to go in an emergency. The spinach appeared to be frozen and the crust was not very impressive. I'll avoid this location in the future. Next time I need to take a pizza to King City I'll pick it one up from Pizzacato or Hot Lips.

This restaurant is operating in the old house that built in victorian style. Becasue Tigard is not a busy and metropolitan city. The crowds there seem to be laid back and surburban. People dress very old fashion to eat there. It has video lottery area if you want to gamble while waiting for table.

The restaurant served very big portion of Prime Rib. I had prime rib there. The meat was very tender and have sesame seasoning marrinated on the edge. I went there with four of my friends. Though we were early for the reservation but we got seated right away by very friendly waitress. It is a upscale place for a neighborhood like Tigard, OR.