La Barra - Riverside

My wife and I came here on a whim and found the restaurant quite niceNice decor inside and out.

I've waited to write my review of La Barra for a while since I wanted to give them the opportunity to iron out any kinks after just opening.

* I just like to update my review I posted previously, I will change my rating from 4 stars to 5 stars.

Excellent food. The mozzarella tomato salad was the best I've ever had. Shrimp and scallops over polenta were a wonderful and unique mix of flavors. The menu had a wide variety and the service was wonderful

I've been here a couple of times but this time it was a little disappointing. The braesola starter which I love really saved up on the mushrooms. And they were plain old mushrooms, not the fabulous wild mushrooms they had in the past. I was amazed. The pasta specifically was salty and dry. The fried calamari and prawns were very salty too. The quality of the food that goes into the meals is really top notch. In their defense, we went there right after the holiday weekend and maybe it was a little different. It won't stop us from coming back in the hope that it was an anomaly rather than the norm.