Bottigila Cuchina and Enoteca

Bottiglia is a large casual Italian restaurant with an upscale menu and vibe.  The basket of bread was ignored, but not our glasses of Spring Fling. A shared roasted beet salad that included buffalo milk yogurt, hazelnuts, blue cheese and honey proved to beautiful and very tasty.   For entrees we each selected pan roasted halibut accompanied by farro risotto. The crust of the fish was nicely seasoned and the flesh was both moist and delicious. Our sides of broccoli rabe and wood roasted cauliflower were well prepared, albeit each suffered from being served at room temperature. The suffering continued with the dessert course.  No espresso or liquor flavor was detected and the chocolate caprese cake was a little too dry.   Seniors on Sundays are offered 2 for 1 entrees  between 5 and 7PM that we leveraged by paying with a comp.

We were disappointed on a number of levels after dining at Bottiglia for the second time in as many trips.  The room is beautiful and service was good, but that was the limit to the superlatives other than the fact that the meal was comped.  My wife and I settled on a shared Caesar salad which was pretty much tasteless and rather petite for $13. We also shared an order of wood roasted Brussel sprouts with hazelnuts, ricotta salata and pomegranate that was dried out from overcooking and served at almost room temperature.  We did not fare any better with our entrees of pan roasted halibut with farro risotto, carrot puree and peas.  I had specified on ordering that I wanted the fish medium rare, but just like on our previous visit, the fish was overdone.  We also ordered strawberry panacottas (sic) that were larger than expected, but not nearly as smooth nor flavorful and one would expect. Once again we parlayed a comp and the 2 for 1 entree Sunday special for seniors.