Filomena Cucina Rustica

Reviews about Filomena Cucina Rustica

• 2 / 5

  By Richard Redding
  My wife and I had dinner here for the first time, on a Saturday night in January 2017. My wife ordered linguini with clams, and I ordered penne pasta with veggies. The food was good, but I would not recommend that penne with veggies dish, since it is not one of the specialties of the house, and it was not special. We also had cream of asparagus soup and a clams casino appetizer, both very enjoyable. One of us had a cocktail, and we both had nice desserts including a delicious Napoleon. Portions are larger than average. We paid $94 plus tip for the dinner. The building is attractive, new, large, modern and well-appointed. Parking is well laid-out. We were there at 7pm on a Saturday and the place was full with people, but not overflowing. Our complaints involve the staff. The hosts at the front desk (a middle-aged man and woman) were unfriendly, unsmiling, uncommunicative and gruff. They paid little attention to me, and there was no eye contact. They seemed way too busy, like uncomfortably and unnaturally too busy, like they wanted to impress you with their busy-ness. The arrival experience was unpleasant, and this was the first hint that the atmosphere in the restaurant is frenetic and zany. It seems that all the staff is rushing around, and the vibe in the restaurant seemed pressured, joyless. Granted, it was a busy Saturday night, so everybody needs to be on their toes, but I go to tons of restaurants in tons of situations, and this place struck me as odd, in terms of this unpleasant rush-rush atmosphere. Our waiter was a little nicer than the host and hostess, but he too was overly quick and curt, and unsmiling. This seems like a large, high volume, mass-market type of restaurant similar to a Cheescake Factory. Move 'em in, move 'em out. The building is a perfect, gleaming, custom-designed palace of a restaurant. But something is wrong here, because of the staff, and that's why I do not recommend this restaurant.
  February 05, 2017
• 5 / 5

  By Jennifer Brennan
  The filet was excellent. In my opinion, juicier and more tender than some top of the line steakhouses in the area. My only suggestion would be to tone down the amount of seafood on the appetizer menu and offer some other options.
  July 28, 2016