This is my first time to North Italia in City Centre.
Didn't realized they took over the old wine bar location that used to be there.
Must have starter: Zucca Chips - don't know what they put in it, but sure is addictive.
Here's another crowd favorite, Truffle Bread. Seriously, this was so good, we almost forgot to order our entree.
For entree, I got Chicken Parm. I kinda wished I paid closer attention to the pasta. I didn't care for the white sauce, or rather the lack of sauce. A, I could've skip that and maybe get a side salad instead. Or B, get another kind of pasta. I don't have a problem with rigatoni, but when you have a lump of dry, it's no fun. And oh, by the way, when you heat it up day after, it's just shows oily instead of sauce. So heads up on that.
Like I said, this is my first time at this location. As usual reservation is always a good idea, make it ahead of time. We've seen people were waiting and it does get popular here.
Here are my tips for you:
Parking - the building has parking there, you can enter down at Town and Country, or the side street where the roundabout feeds. It is a garage, do pay attention to the reserve signs but the lights overhead helps spots opening easily.
Seating, I know the weather is nicer, but still choose to sit inside and here's why. People walking by is passing by your table. Not to mention those who smokes, so your dinner now has a tint of cigarette pasty smell. Not to mention, the traffic is right there. There were multiple cars trying to show off their contribution to global warming by revving up their engines to make it as loud as possible between buildings. So you cannot hear your friends. Not to mention bugs, I feel that City Centre has done a good job, but it's outside, they cannot control bugs flying by innocently, so it did bugged me a bit on that one.
Server, it's hard to wave them down. The tables are situated near by, but there's a corner that is outside of their eye-line, so it does take a few flag down to get their attention. Versus, had you been inside, even if it's not your assigned server, at least you grab someone's attention. So take heed.
North Italia
in City Centre
818 Town and Country
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77024
713-241-0600
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