08/09/09

yummy mediterranean

by lclygrn

Great atmosphere and fish dishes. I really like how they make a special neighborhood menu with everything under 20 bucks. They also recycle their waste vegetable oil and thats always good!

• Pros: neighborhood menu under $20!

12/11/08

Wish it were better

by birdman3

I'd love to have a great eating establishment to go to locally in Newtonville, the town needs a place that is reasonable, fun, has good food and pleasant service. Ariadne is currently not the place. Historically the food has been good, and even excellent at times. However have found that the food has dropped in quality and for the pricing is not up to par. The service is lacking and personally witnessed an extreme lack of attention and bad attitude to customers. This has been taken to extreme at times where the wait staff is serving themselves food and drink before tending to dining customers.

The location is not easy and am sure can be slow at times, but that doesn't make poor service, OK food, and an overall bad time acceptable.

• Pros: no wait to get in
• Cons: once you get in, may not enjoy

09/20/08

Well Done!

by nbss1234

Stopping in for a casual meal, we sat at the beautiful, under-lit marble bar top enjoyed a cucumber mojito and the perfect martini. The Mediterranean Plate app. was all we thought we would have, delicious tastes of Greece with other Arabic influence, lovely bread. We couldn't stop - we ordered the Seafood Paella. The best ever - generous seafood, cilantro, in a risotto like stew was full of flavor. So we had to try the Bolognese -

OFF THE HOOK! Fresh pasta, light meaty sauce....rich and delicious, quite possibly better than Bolognese I ate in Bologna. For dessert we had the Peach Chrisp with a late Harvest Chardonnay. My wife had to pull me out, I was ready to keep going - after all I hadn't tried the Lamb!

Christos - owner/chef was on the bar last night and we had very attentive and helpful service - it actually felt as if the man who built the restaurant with his hands, designed and made the food - I just assumed he made the wine and brewed the beer too - was giving us insight into his finest work.

I dont remember what I cost - it was the type of place where you sign the bill without looking, because whatever it cost it was worth it. I look forward to returning! This place is a gem, don't tell anybody.

Michael Fitzpatrick