Russo Italian Restaurant

Decor is very nice and appealing. Lovely Italian restaurant on water street. However, the food was just alright. I was a bit disappointed by the Bolognese as it was too salty. The bread and calamari were the only great dishes. There is a weekday special of rigatoni with meatballs and that was also just decent. Meatballs were too soft and had an different texture. Unfortunately, the coke was also flat, not sure what’s going on there.

Choose this for date night! We loved the environment, definitely great for date night or an intimate dinner. We started off with the calamari and the arugula salad. Calamari was crisp and the aioli was delicious but the salad stole the show! The goat cheese and figs went so well together. We then moved on to the Pasta Pomodoro with meatballs and the Veal Francese. I’m not too fond of meatballs but I would order these again in a hurry, boyfriend loved the veal as well. We finished it off with their Apple pie special which was such a great interpretation with their own twist. Service was great, waitress was honest with recommendations and was quick. Would go back in a heartbeat!

Delicious food and cocktails. We started with the seasonal bruschetta which had a goat cheese spread and I think tomato /fig? jam. My husband's not usually a fan of goat cheese but we gave it a try anyway and it was delicious. We both loved it. He ordered the sausage and rabe pesto pasta dish and I had the lasagne. Both were very good. The service was great and I loved the atmosphere. Looking forward to going back and trying more dishes.