Well, we were up by the Scottsdale Air-park again for some dance rehearsal this evening so we went to Ristorante Giuseppe's for some tasty PHood. We walked in around 5pm & there was NO ONE there. One would normally be concerned but we've been there before & it was packed so there was nothing to worry about. Located on the SW corner of T-Bird & Scottsdale rd is a gem of a ristorante, especially if Italian PHood is your thing!
We started out with an order of bruchetta which was delivered to the table within 5 minutes of literally sitting down @ the table. The main gripe we had however was the fact that the menu does not describe anything about the PHood. We had to ask the waiter about our dishes & he was not much of a talker, in English especially. The appetizer was PHantastic & highly recommended, $NO IDEA, not on menu, can't read handwriting on handwritten bill... GO FIGURE!
They serve some garlic butter w/ bread as well, nice touch, the 3yr old lil'girl love it & it was tasty.
The wife got the Zucchini Parmigiana with penne pasta. $14.95. There was not a whole lot of zucchini as it was cut very thin but the flavor was very good. The sauce is a mixture of red & white sauce. It's very tasty & different. For the cost this was a disappointment. As another review mentions, the cost for the dishes are DOUBLE what they should be.
I ordered the 4 meat Poppino dish $15.95. This has the mixture of sauces, tons of cheese & 4 different types of meat: Veal, Sausage, Chicken, & Pork. This dish is the best Italian dish I've ever eaten. The flavors of the meat & sauces all mixed together are amazing. They bake the dish to really melt the cheese on top of the dish & infuse cheese throughout as well. The serving size is about 2/3 what it should be but I'm sure the cost of the food/meat makes the size what it is. This dish alone is a 10 out of 10 for Italian PHood!
We ordered the Tiramisu for dessert. The waiter was bragging about the "Homemade" desserts. This was $5.95, we think, & was delicisous as well. Once again, for the price, we were dissappointed in the serving size. We've had tiramisu dishes @ other locations that were double the size & same type of quality for the same money.
Venue & Comfort: For once we're going to split these.
Comfort was a 8 out of 10. We had the family table in the front of the house. That was nice, no worry about wait staff walking into us, other patrons needing to slide by, nor much noise either. The reason we have a couple points off is the "FLY ISSUE" we faced. There were 4-7 flies around our table at all time. Never on the PHood, thankfully, but was a bit gross seeing flies on out table & arms while we eat.
Venue is a true DIVE! 3 out of 10. For the prices you'd think they'd offer something hip, updated, or @ least clean. Not the case. The place hasn't been updated in decades, there is not 1 matching item in the house, & it's located in a strip mall that also includes an Asian massage parlor, Jack in the box, Jewish bookstore, & another Italian restaurant. Go Figure!
PHood value: total overall value is a 5 out of 10. We ate for $60.00 after tax & tip. Not exactly a $60.00 meal in a stip mall. The wife wasn't impressed, I was pumped w/ my dish but not the costs, & the dessert wasn't exactly a bargain. If we had drank anything other than water I'd be somewhat expecting of the costs, not the case this evening.
Service was: 4 out of 10. The place was empty. Our waiter had 1 table, us. Our water cups were empty, our questions were not answered appropriately, & our bill was a scribbled collage of makeshift letters & roman numeral numbers telling us what we owed. This was so very lame, & sad frankly.
Recommendation: Get the 4 meat dish to go. Don't eat there, even though they offer a "Bring your own wine" w/ no corkage fee. The younger son of the owner was our waiter before, not this time, as was great. If he waited on us again & minus the flies I'd give it a B- over all. Since we didn't get any service whatsoever I'd give this review a D+ & say, we most likely will not return ever again!
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Never return again huh? Sounds harsh.
Was this where WE ate before I was dropped off at the airport that one trip? I LOVED the phood!!? MOM
This is affiliated with the other one. Good PHood, don't get me wrong, but for the money we'll go somewhere else next time.