Tuscan Hills

02/27/12

skip it

by monty32

My wife and I ate here on Saturday and we both agree that it was not impressive and probably won't go back because it's simply too expensive for the quality of food they are serving.

The place is nicely furnished and comfortable...good start. The waiter helped in selecting a bottle of wine which was really delicious...great beginning. To start, we ordered the Gamberi alla Toscanaccia for an appetizer. The portion was generous but we were really put off by the use of watery, tasteless frozen shrimp they used. I know most shrimp are frozen but what what i'm talking about are the cheap flavorless kind that are generally found in $2.50 pork fried rice at any Chinese take out place. Really??? For $12.50, there's really no excuse for serving such low quality protein. The dish would have been so much more successful using 4 fresh shrimp than the dozen or so watery gross things that were on that plate. Unfortunately the rest of the plate didn't make up for the shrimp. The beans became mushy from over cooking and the radicchio was a wilted mess, the wine sauce was indistinguishable and there was an overall lack of salt and seasoning. This honestly was such a disappointing dish. I would not recommend anyone eat this.

For entrees, I had the Pici alla Fondelli ($17.50) (home made fettuccine with wild boar ragout) which was pretty good but was generally under seasoned and lacked an overall richness and complexity in flavor. The pasta was quite nice and well made and the boar was tender. My wife's dish, the Risotto ai Frutti di Mare ($19.50) was generally disappointing. Again we found the cheap frozen tasteless shrimp being used and it generally lacked salt and flavor. Risotto is supposed to have a complex full flavor and the dish was, well...very flat, one note, and obvious. It just lacked that flavor that makes you want to take another bite.

Dessert, Tiramisu, was homemade, quite good and was a very nice light ending to the meal...the best thing we ate all night.

So, all in all, with a $120 bill (including T&T) we agreed that outside of the desert, nothing we ate made us say, "mnn this is so good" and would draw us back. In general every item on the menu is about $4-$5 overpriced. It was overall pretty disappointing because Tuscan Hills is supposed to be one of the better or best Italian Restaurants in FH so we really were hoping to have found a local spot for our Italian fix, but i guess we'll have to continue going to Manhattan to get a quality meal as FH just consistently missed the mark on every dish. At the prices being charged, you should expect a very good quality meal and it just missed the mark on multiple dishes. I'd like to say it was an off night or give them some benefit of the doubt, but on a Saturday night, having each dish be lacking in some way or totally, i just can't.

02/19/12

Don't waste your time and money

by Johnniesixpack

The food has no flavor or lack of seasoningt. We tried multiple dishes and the complaint from my friends and I were the same, it just does not have any taste. They brought the food out cold with unreasonable delay. The pizza was horrible, the do not use FRESH mozzarella but serve "Margherita Pizza" with regular mozzarella. Their service was slow. We constantly had to ask for forks. The food is also over priced. You might as well have driven to Manhattan.

03/23/10

Nice, but nothing special

by LBC0528

Nice local restaurant, but food was not special. Great fried calamari though. If you're not from the neighborhood, it's not worth a special trip.

• Pros: Small, but nice atmosphere, local
• Cons: small menu

03/04/10

Talented chef!

by Singers

We particularly love the Gamberi Toscanaccia and the Crespele among the appetizers. All of the pastas are excellent, but best of all Roberto, the chef, always has a main dish fish "special" which is really truly special. We've had monkfish, dorado and branzino, all of which were beautifully prepared. The staff is friendly and efficient, and this restaurant has justifiably become a favorite among our group of friends.

• Pros: Everything on the menu at Tuscan Hills is delicious.
• Cons: The bread is an exception and is merely ordinary.

02/27/10

Excellent food, very nice owners!

by Jay521

We have eaten there several times and found the food and service to be excellent! Try the pizza! The other food is tops too! The owner is also the chef and that's always a plus :) Highly recommended! One more thing, the desserts are also amazing! Go, go, go!

• Pros: Food, service
• Cons: NONE!