La Trattoria Italian Restaurant

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M Denney

This is a mixed review part about food and part about customer service. My brother gave me a gift certificate to La Trattoria and is a regular patron. He goes on and on about how good this place is. We were going to be in the area and decided to use the certificate and go to dinner. We were seated right away. The food and service were good. We had the mushroom appetizer and a couple of Cosmos. My wife had the spinach mushroom ravioli and I had lasagna. The food was good, the portions not bad. We were full. The menu selection is a little light in variety, but the price is more like $$$ and a half. Most pasta dishes are $16.95, other meat dishes are $18.95 or really about 30% higher than the dish should be. There is a spattering of other pricing, but still 20-30% higher than the dishes should carry. Dont get me wrong, the food was well prepared and the sauces good, just not that good at that price value. If you wanted a steak there is easily a 100% markup. Seriously, it would have to be one hell of an 8oz steak with a mediocre fish (Tilapia) to warrant the $41 menu price. This is downtown Indy Ruth Chris pricing. But again, the food was good. For reference, I just had grouper, six large scallops (1" after cooking), six large shrimp fries, salad, bread and my dad had fish and chips with soup. The damage, $56 with tip in Cape Coral. Folks the bill was $86 with tip for a mushroom, ravioli, and lasagna, oh and dont forget the two Cosmos. $$ my ass. The review above is my opinion independent of what happened when I went to pay the bill. What I love about reviews is the ability to call out BS. The only reason we went there was because we were given a gift certificate. Now these certs are about the size of a long business envelope. I had to take it out of my left shirt pocket, unfold it and I put it with the bill and my credit card. Low and behold, the bill came back without the cert applied. I pointed this out to the waiter, who returned and informed me there was not a gift certificate according to his boss. Im thinking you have got to be kidding me. He goes and gets his boss, who I assume is the owner. He shows me a torn up certificate that wasnt mine, approximately the same size and format, but a little different, professing that that was the only one he has seen today. He further suggested that when I get home, I could look for my gift certificate. I pointed out that would be difficult since I had taken it out of my left shirt pocket, unfolded it and placed it with the bill and my credit card. You have got to be fricken kidding me, what kind of crap scam is this? I went ahead and paid, thinking thank god for social media. As I headed out, this person looked about as if looking for the cert. You know what are you going to do, it is my word against his, but come on folks this feels more like Dallas when Bobby died yet he didnt, he was dreaming. Who pulls this type of crap? Especially saying I can look for it when I get home, then feigning looking for it in the dining room as if it magically fell out of the bill book. Come on. I will have fun cutting and pasting this every where I can. You can decide the truthfulness of this and what type of business you are dealing with. Foods not bad, just way overpriced for what it is.

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Boilerchick 0401

The food is very good but they have other issues that negate the quality of the food significantly. We have, in the past, sometimes not had the best service but that has not been our standard experience. One of the biggest problems is that they dont take reservations unless you have a party of 6 or more. Not what I would expect from a fine restaurant and, believe me, the prices on their menu put them in the fine restaurant category. My husband and I had a meeting at 5:30 about 7 miles away and I tried to get a 6:30 reservation, only to be told about their no-reservations policy. But she assured me that, at that time of day, we would have NO problem getting a table either immediately or within a very short period of time. Uh huh...When we showed up at 6:20, there was a 45 minute wait. Waste of our time to even go there, wound up over at Vito Provolone, an old neighborhood Italian staple of ours. Their menus isnt as upper end as La Trattoria and, by the time we got there after wasting our time stopping at the former, we did have to wait 15 to 20 minutes. We probably wont be back.

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Chris Anderson

This place was recommended to me, and I have to say they exceeded my every expectation. We live in Greenwood, and we just had not found that great steak place. We usually have to go to downtown Indy for that. So it seemed odd heading to an Italian place for a great steak. I had the 12 oz filet with a side of spaghetti in Vodka sauce...both were amazing. Service from our waiter Chris was excellent and he made great suggestions to make sure we ordered the best selections. I consider myself a bit of a steak aficionado and I have to say this was an awesome steak that cost significantly less than Ruths, Mortons, Prime 47, or St Elmos. ( I love all those places) and my steak was on par with any of those places. My wife and mother all had more traditional Italian dishes and were equally impressed. As an appetizer we shared a cheesy Portabella that was just to die for. So rich and cheesy it could be a meal all by itself. This will be a regular stop for us.

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Lori Rucker

Not impressed with the food and Its not authentic Italian. I think the owner needs to take off the the word authentic. I ordered the sampler The lasagna was good I did not like the manicotti or the spaghetti. The spaghetti meat sauce Was bland. The tomato salad was a joke it has a few small slices of tomato, shredded mozzarella, olives and a few Red onion and some kind of dressing. you wouldve thought there would have been slices of mozzarella and fresh basil for what they charge. I was real surprised how busy they got because their selection is just pasta you make at home. theres no wow factor. I think the pricing of the food is on the high side for the type of food they serve The restaurant was cute the servers were friendly just wasnt impressed with the food or the cost

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A Private User

I took my girlfriend here last night and we both had an incredible time. The restaurants setting is beautiful, on Madison Ave. among other small, friendly boutiques. The inside is very simple yet comfortably elegant. Our server, TJ, was very friendly and outgoing and we never had any problems. The food was very good and, like I said, the service was great. Im not big on fancy dining and I was still comfortable in the restaurant. The prices are not outrageous... youre paying for good food as well as the atmosphere of the restaurant. Our bill for two entrees, a soft drink and a beer, and a ceasar salad was $37 (Bread and a house salad come with meals). I couldnt help but think La Trattoria would be an excellent choice for a first date! Visit this restaurant!

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