Assaggio Kailua

Was actually gross. Paid $90 for 3 small plates: Cheese Ravioli and meat sauce, Fresh Clam Casino w/ Linguine, Sausages and Pepper with Potato w/ Linguine. For them being simple meals you would think they would come out good. Nope. Super dry. No seasoning on anything whatsoever. On the clam meal, it was so dry so I added the lemon they included.. dried it out even more. Tried adding the Parmesan cheese, made it worse. Even the bread and butter (complimentary?) was so dry and bland. Don’t recommend wasting money here! (-:

The restaurant offers a great Italian dining experience, featuring an extensive variety of pastas and specialty dishes. The service is outstanding, with attentive and friendly staff. Our choices, including the Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo and Chicken Alla Parmigiana, were delectable – the fettuccine was wonderfully creamy with juicy meat, and the parmigiana was deliciously well-seasoned. The dining experience was completed with a delightful Chocolate Cake.

The food was delicious and service was perfect. It has a nice well lit dining area!

The food (especially Crab cakes with wonderful "white" sauce) was great. The service was also fairly good, but the drinks left a little too be desired. For a fine dining experience, I felt like the tables were too close together (we were crammed in a corner and if I had brought my elderly grandparents or anyone who was not "slim", it may have been uncomfortable). It also had somewhat of a "cheap" feel with the walls being lacquered plywood... But the food and service were worth going back.

I've been to this restaurant a dozen times in the past and have always had a decent experience. I took my family and mother-in-law on December 30th, however, and it was pretty miserable. Among the issues we encountered: * For two of the items we ordered off the menu, the server came back to our table to explain that the kitchen was "too busy" and as a result these items were not available. Neither was a complicated dish, they were simple appetizers. I've never heard this excuse at any restaurant before. What was especially annoying was that these were the two items ordered by my kids, both of whom are picky eaters on top of dietary restrictions, and therefore had limited options to begin with. * The menu says that substitutions are possible for a $3 charge. For a restaurant this expensi