IL PALIO RESTAURANT

Reviews about IL PALIO RESTAURANT

• 5 / 5

  By Marco Navarra
  Great find in the Raleigh/Durham area in an Autograph Hotel!!! Mixed Antipasto per person...Great! 500 Day Aged Prosciutto...Awesome! The classic and hard to find Cacio e Pepe...Amazing! The Bombilini...Amazing!!!! Get at least 3 of them!!!!
  Highly recommend this restaurant and the real deal Italiano...Massimo!
  March 13, 2017
• 1 / 5

  By Larry Wright
  YES, I assign ONE STAR! Experience? Horrible. Rip-off! Won't return. Couldn't get reservations for 7 to 7:30. Only 6:30 open. Arrive, were seated at the bar. Two guests arrived at 6:30, ordered drinks to join two early-arriving dinner companions already with drinks. No place to sit for four, only at a long table in the reception area. We sat for another 20 minutes. No drinks arrived. As we moved to the restaurant, I asked that my cocktail order be canceled as we were heading to the table. We were seated in the relatively empty restaurant with only three other tables with customers. What? No reservations available for 7:30? Let's recap. Thus far, were we forced to sit in the bar area and drink while the table we reserved awaited empty? Hardly anyone at the bar. Oh yes, they're selling drinks; yet, our order doesn't arrive. Nice marketing. We arrive at the table in the restaurant. They apologize for not delivering the cocktail, comp it. The drink? It was vile and watery. Food? We ordered. I ordered a lamb pasta. My companion ordered another pasta dish. Each was delivered. Food the size of a silver dollar, served on a massive porcelain ice-cold, dish. Of course! Food was ice cold. My lamb swam in grease. Meanwhile tons of wait staff/table roam the restaurant. At least 5-6/table. Others circle but seem to not have duties. Miss Manners style, we gently informed staff the dishes were cold, I could not eat a dish swimming in that much grease, perhaps the chef might consider using a better cut of lamb. I ordered a steak that was fine but it tasted like it was cooked over anthracite coals. Yes, that taste. We did not order desert. We dined friends who are world-traveled patronizing restaurants of high quality. While we do not approach their dining experiences, this experience was a bust for all, I assure you. Save your money. Dine elsewhere.
  July 04, 2016