Saly G's Mountaintop Grill - Warren

Our dining experience last night was disappointing for many reasons. The venue is pretty, the menu enticing, but the staff and the food did not deliver. Appetizers were Ho-hum- meatballs very dense and heavy when they should have been light and tender. Artichokes were bland. Bread was Ok but no olive oil to dip- instead eggplant was served to top the bread- at least I think it was eggplant but it was tasteless. We had never dined here before so we decided to try several pasta dishes. We asked for the cheese on the side because of diet restrictions of one of us. Oddly, we received cheese on the side but also ON the pasta, so two of the dishes had to go back. We had to wait quite awhile for them to be remade and the wait was not worth it. All the dishes basically tasted the same- they were all bland, under seasoned and over cooked. Not an Al dente piece of pasta in sight. There was no discernible salt, pepper, garlic, onion, basil or any other spice in any of the dishes. One was supposed to have bacon and we couldn't find any. Next came the chicken dishes- angry chicken and chicken Milanese, both were just OK- I've had better from pizza joints. At this point, we had been dining for over two hours due to long waits between courses and because we had to send some pastas back. We decided to get the chicken wrapped to go rather than eating it all in the restaurant. One waiter picked up the two dishes to bring back to the kitchen to box. Inexplicably, another waiter came over to help and put all the used utensils from our meal on top of the Milanese. When he realized his mistake, he removed them but now his hand and dirty utensils had been all over our food! We told him not to bother packing it up and watched as our $32 entree was ruined. We spent over $300 on this meal and were annoyed about how much time and money had been wasted on a mediocre at best dining experience. We really wanted to like this place but sadly we will not be going back.

Get the pork chop, every time I go when I get to pork chop. It's so good. If you want dessert the waffle this phenomenal. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $30–50 Food: 4 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 4 Recommended dishes: The Waffle

Veal chops saltimboca and Milanese were fabulous. Service was ok but food fabulous. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $100+

We were regulars but we’ve noticed a major change in the quality of food lately. A couple of months ago we had steak that was chewy and was originally served almost raw when we ordered it medium rare. They refired the same cut of steak and it was then over cooked. We let it go because we had several great meals there. But then we’d had a couple more sub par meals. This last time will be our last time dining there. The owner/chef sat us barely greeting us and is always less than friendly unless he knows you. We ordered the octopus special as our appetizer and my first bite in there was a huge piece of plastic in our food. We let our waiter know who was incredibly apologetic and said he would let the kitchen know. The risotto special had zero flavor and at the end of the meal no one from the kitchen had come over to apologize for the plastic. The whole thing really put us off especially when you’re spending over $200 for a dinner for 2. My husband and I walked out and agreed we were done with Saly G’s. It’s a shame because it was our date night spot for the last couple of years.

Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $30–50 Food: 5 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 4