Restaurants near The Wagnalls Memorial

Our group had a great experience dining at Cento. From the drinks to the food to the service, we could not have asked for a better experience. Our waiter Zack was attentive, knowledgeable, and charming. We were incredibly well taken care of!

Great atmosphere,service was excellent. At our waiters recommendation we ordered several items: 1-Dirty Tots which were amazing and not at all what we expected. The description on the menu did not do them justice but the waiter did! 2- Baked scallops appetizer is the Coquille St. Jacques at Windward passage with smaller pieces of scallop instead of large chunks, which was fine with me. The cream sauce had a touch more flavor then WPs and the presentation was the same except there was rock salt( I think) which resembled ice on the plate of a piping hot appetizer-intetesting touch! 3- The Rose- reminiscent of a cocktail from M with the large ground ice cube with a rose in the middle. Delicious! My son ordered the Beef Wellington which he devoured. The presentation was lovely. For dessert he had the special which was strawberry chiffon cake-Amazing!! We ordered the seafood tower which was a little disappointing for the amount vs. price but the seafood was fresh and fabulous! Our steaks were great but nothing to write home about necessarily. I am a Jeff Ruby girl and this steak did not sway me to jump ship. The two negatives were we were seated at a table which backed up to a large table where our chairs were back to back. That being said, we did bring an extra person but that could have been easily remedied by switching us to the opposite table that had a 2 person reservation or any number of other open tables. The entire dinner we could feel the frustration of the waiter for that table who had to walk around to reach the other side of the table. My husband felt very cramped and uncomfortable as if he was in the way. As he put it, if I’m eating a $700 dinner, I don’t like to feel like I’m in the way and constantly being leaned over. The last negative was we had to pay $15 for bread. I don’t know why, but that really bothered me. The Parker rolls were good but I feel could have easily been gratis.

Amazing per food and service! The waiter was amazing; the food was fresh and came out in perfect timing!

The food was delicious, and the atmosphere was quiet and relaxing. Lindey’s is always our top choice for restaurant week because they offer a variety of new and wonderful options. Our server Theresa gave us outstanding service. She was very pleasant and we enjoyed talking to her. All four of us asked Theresa her food and drink recommendations, we loved her choices. I hope we have her again. Excellent service.

Best happy hour in town! I love the shrimp, meatballs, and calamari appetizers. Good pizzas, too!