Nino’s on W. Dallas

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So this is the place you always drive by when driving on W. Dallas next to Whole Foods and those red brick townhomes...and I'm wondering how it is I've never come here and after going here tonight this is what I realized...

It's not the kind of place you think of when you think of hip trendy Italian food.  It's more like the place you end up going to, that your parents or in-laws selected as their favorite local Italian restaurant.

Overall the food was pretty decent but the crowd was very...family oriented, or how do I say..."older", and not that there’s anything wrong with that, but just trying to paint an accurate picture.  Anyway, you get my point.

My table ordered the Scampi, the Spaghetti Carbonara, Americana Pizza and the Fish.  All good, but the Scampi was the tastiest.  We also ordered the Lemon Tart and Chocolate Cake for dessert, which was both good, Lemon Tart a tad better.

Our server was 3 days into his job and actually pretty great! The food good, prices a tad high, ambiance just ok.  Not sure I would return honestly...because of the ambiance, and food didn’t quite have that, push me over the edge, factor.  The outdoor eating area is pretty nice cool, especially on a rare cool day like today.