I hadn't been to Del's before their TV makeover, but was eager to try it after seeing their "transformation" on Restaurant Impossible.  I'm not overly critical of most places I go, but to be succinct, I was not impressed and won't be going back.  The decor was the restaurant's strongest aspect.  However, the waitress seemed to have an attitude from the start.  Later, I had to ask her to refresh my water, the only thing I was drinking.  It wasn't a bustling night and I've had better service at Denny's on a midnight shift.   The house salad I had before the meal was forgettable- seemingly a bagged salad a few days old (brown on the iceberg lettuce), with long, awkward carrot sticks and hard-to-fork, chopped red onions, alongside a plastic cup of runny bleu cheese probably squeezed from a Ken's Steakhouse packet.  For dinner, I had the stuffed braciole topped with red sauce and pine nuts.  The beef was dry, the stuffing bland, the pine nuts lacked a crisp crunch, and the red sauce was mediocre.  My friend had the fettuccine alfredo.  Her family owns a restaurant, just like Del's-- family-owned, and while she said she liked her dish enough, she added that the white sauce tasted like it was from a can.  For the quality of dishes we had, $16 and $12 respectively, it  was overpriced, as well as the $3 house salad.  Because of this, we didn't even bother with experimenting with dessert.    What's more telling about the restaurant, was that when we walked in around 9PM on a Saturday (03/31/12), it was moderately busy.  Yet, by time we left, around 10, (mostly because we had to wait for the check), the place was almost completely empty, bar and all.  I wouldn't recommend this place to a friend.  Tessaro's (also on Liberty Ave.) or Kaleidoscope Cafe (43rd St. in Lawrenceville) are much better options.
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Jag hade inte varit på Del's innan deras TV makeover, men var ivrig att prova det efter att ha sett deras "transformation" på Restaurant Impossible. Jag är inte alltför kritisk till de flesta platser jag går till, men för att vara kortfattad, jag var inte imponerad och kommer inte att gå tillbaka. Inredningen var restaurangens starkaste aspekt. Servitrisen tycktes dock redan från början ha en inställning. Senare var jag tvungen att be henne att friska upp mitt vatten, det enda jag drack. Det var ingen livlig kväll och jag har fått bättre service hos Denny på ett midnattsskift. Hussalladen jag åt innan måltiden var glömsk- till synes en påsad sallad några dagar gammal (brun på isbergssalladen), med långa, tafatta morotspinnar och svårgaffel, hackad rödlök, vid sidan av en plastkopp rinnande bleuost förmodligen pressad från ett Ken's Steakhouse paket. Till middagen hade jag den fyllda braciolen toppad med röd sås och pinjenötter. Köttet var torrt, fyllning intetsägande, pinjenötterna saknade en skarp knaprig knapring, och den röda såsen var medelmåttig. Min vän hade fettuccine alfredo. Hennes familj äger en restaurang, precis som Dels. Familjeägd. Och medan hon sa att hon gillade sin rätt tillräckligt, tillade hon att den vita såsen smakade som den var från en burk. För kvaliteten på rätter vi hade, $ 16 respektive $ 12, var det överprissatt, liksom $ 3 hussallad. På grund av detta brydde vi oss inte ens om att experimentera med dessert. Vad som är mer berättande om restaurangen, var att när vi gick in runt 21.00 på en lördag (03/31/12), var det måttligt upptagen. Ändå, med tiden vi lämnade, runt 10, (mestadels eftersom vi var tvungna att vänta på checken), var platsen nästan helt tom, bar och allt. Jag skulle inte rekommendera det här stället till en vän. Tessaros (även på Liberty Ave.) eller Kalejdoskop Cafe (43rd St. i Lawrenceville) är mycket bättre alternativ. Är denna översyn positiv eller negativ? ALTERNATIV: - negativ - positiv
I hadn't been to Del's before their TV makeover, but was eager to try it after seeing their "transformation" at Restaurant Impossible. I'm not too critical of most places I go, but to be brief, I wasn't impressed and won't go back. The interior was the strongest aspect of the restaurant. However, the waitress seemed to have an attitude from the outset. Later, I had to ask her to refresh my water, the only thing I drank. It wasn't a busy night and I've got better service at Denny's on a midnight shift. The house salad I ate before the meal was forgetful- seemingly a bagged salad a few days old (brown on the iceberg salad), with long, awkward carrot sticks and difficult fork, chopped red onion, alongside a plastic cup running bleu cheese probably pressed from a Ken's Steakhouse package. For dinner I had the stuffed braciole topped with red sauce and pine nuts. The meat was dry, filling bland, the pine nuts lacked a sharp crunchy crunching, and the red sauce was mediocre. My friend had fatuccine alfredo. Her family owns a restaurant, just like Dels, family owned, and while she said she liked her dish enough, she added that the white sauce tasted like it was from a can. For the quality of dishes we had, $16 and $12, respectively, it was overpriced, as well as $3 house salad. Because of this, we did not even bother to experiment with dessert. What is more telling about the restaurant, was that when we entered around 21.00 on a Saturday (03/31/12), it was moderately busy. Yet, with the time we left, around 10, (mostly because we had to wait for the check), the place was almost completely empty, bar and all. I wouldn't recommend this place to a friend. Tessaros (also on Liberty Ave.) or Kaleidoscope Cafe (43rd St. in Lawrenceville) are much better alternatives. Is this review positive or negative? ALTERNATIVE: - negative - positive
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negative