"I attended a Christening party at the Pearl Room this past weekend. Valet Parking is available, parking on a rainy Sunday afternoon was no issue. I will approach this with the Good, the needs improvement and the bad. The good: The food was solid, have I had better? Of course but given the crowd close to 100 guests, the kitchen was working hard. The mussels in white garlic sauce was good, heavy on the garlic and pieces of chorizo took the dish to the next level. Fried Calamari, solid. Mozzarella and Carrozza, ok. Penne with marinara, pasta was over cooked but passable. Entrees: choices of Salmon, Chicken Marsala or Stuffed Loin of Pork Beautiful dishes, well portioned. Each was accompanied by shredded vegetables and mashed potatoes. Desserts: half of the desserts were provided by the host. The restaurant provided tiramisu and what I thought was cheesecake. The tiramisu was great. The Seating was tough, I can 't fault the restaurant as I believe the hosts invited too many people. Tight space, no elbow room and you had to ask 8 people to get up so you could go visit. We sat in a beautiful atrium, unfortunately it was pouring out and a few of the windows leak....not great. One of the waiters spilled water on my wife and instead of apologizing, we got it 's only water Again.....not great. The appetizers were served family style and there was just not enough food for the guests. The expresso, cappuccino machine allegedly broke....not sure if it wasn 't included or what but again.....not great. The kicker......the hostess started handing out flyers for their Mother 's Day dinner during the party....not on the way out but while we were seated. Again.....not great. Tough to judge a restaurant in a party setting as you never know what the hosts wanted or paid for but I can tell you there are a few things I mentioned that would make me think twice about recommending the restaurant."
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