Atmosphere: The restaurant is located in a strip mall, which makes it seem kind of sleezy, but the inside is nice enough. I've had some amazing food in some really blah places, so really I can't judge. The room was spacious enough, but we were put in a wall booth between two other full tables, one of which had a very annoying and loud woman talking. The decor looked new and was simple but didn't have that old world charm like I feel an Italian place should have. It was clean enough, anyway.
Food: We both ordered frozen mixed drinks, me a strawberry daquiri and my husband a mudslide. Both came to our table with whipped cream on top which I thought was odd for an alcoholic beverage. Mine was very sour, even after mixing in the whipped cream, but his was good. Not sure they were worth the $9 a piece though. Also, not sure that they really went with Italian food, but they really didn't have many other cocktail options.
For apps we had fried calamari sauteed with fried banana peppers, kalamata olives, garlic and feta. I was very different from any calamari that I'd had before and was very addictive especially to two very grumbly bellies. We tried to prevent ourselves from shoveling, but it proved impossible. Needless to say, it was very good. Also, it was huge! At least 4 servings.
Then our salads came, albeit pretty quickly after the app and it had to wait to be eaten which I do not really like. The salad was basic vinaigrette; Nick had a Caesar. Both were good, but hey it's just salad.
Finally, for dinner I had Carbonara with chicken which was made with smoked bacon and egg (although I didn't see any egg!) and had baby spinach. The sauce was tasty and cheesy like a Carbonara, but not as thick as I would have liked. It came with an Oriechetti pasta which I did favor because the little cups could easily scoop up the sauce. However, I didn't manage to eat much of it because of the giant portion of Calamari. The pasta serving was also giant thankfully, and will make good for at least 2 more meals. Nick had veal with a lobster stuffing on top and a side of lemon-alfredo paradelle. The pasta was good, but I thought the stuffing had too much celery when I sniped a bit of lobster off his plate.
Service: The service was okay. I realized halfway through the dinner that the waitress never brought us bread as I noticed everyone else had some. This ticked me off, but I didn't bother asking for any sicne I was pretty full anyway. I did dock her a percent from 15 in her tip for forgetting it though. Also, our drinks were pretty sloppy when they came over and spilled all over which made the table and our hands sticky, but the waitress didn't bring over more napkins or anything. When we ordered, she asked if we wanted the apps and salad together and we said no but she brought them out basically one after the other anyway. Still, she was speedy and didn't have an attitude.
Overall: I would go back to Bocaccini's, though I'm not in any hurry. For one, I have a lot of other places to try in Rochester which is not known for good Italian food, sadly. And also, two, because I'll be eating their leftovers all weekend!
My Rating: 6
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