otto tomotto's

kids loved it. we came with extended family on a rainy weeknight and were glad to have made reservations. the place was busy, but our table was ready. the service was friendly and efficient. it is a very small place, but not overly noisy as it can be in that size dining room. there seemed to be a lot of regular customers around which gave the room an air of comfortable familiarity. fresh bread and butter was served. the butter had been mixed with garlic powder i think though and tasted a bit artificial, but the bread was very good. we all got salads, and i did not like the apple poppy dressing which was cloyingly sweet and thick. i think the ratio of acid was off. the balsamic i tasted on my daughter's salad was great though. four of the six of us loved dinner. the young kids had spaghetti and meatballs and an adult order of chicken french. they both ate everything on their plates. the cavittelli with sausage was enjoyed, as was the fettucine with marinara. the veggiepastahad good flavor, but the outer layers of red onion were used and were not appealing, and the carrots had not been peeled. the vegetables seemed to have a very rough chop and looked almost as if they were the leftovers from afternoon prep. overall, it was a decent dinner but i don't think i'd drive from the other side of town for a visit.

great lunch!!!. they first serve you with warm bread to start off. my husband couldn't keep away from my side, the homemadepastasalad even though he had this awesome tasting grilled chicken caesar salad pizza. my son said his burger was delicious. the 3 of us walked away all agreeing that the food was great as well as the service. the prices of the lunch sandwiches were very on par with other lunch establishments like penera's.

lunch: bblt awesome & a magnificentpastasalad - 1st time i enjoyed apastasalad

not much to complain about!. i made a 6 o'clock reservation. we arrived 5 minutes early and were seated fairly quickly. the dining room is quite small, the help was courteous. i believe the chef's mother is the main presence in the dining room - she is on the ball and attentive. the service was quick, drinks were quickly served and our server was friendly. the four of us ordered the seafood medley, lasagna, haddock bruschetta and the seafood cream pesto dish. i also ordered the calamari as a appetizer. the calamari came out quickly and was a very large portion for the 7.95 price. it was served with marinara and a poppyseed sauce. i've never had calamari with poppyseed dressing, but it was good. i would love to see that poppyseed dressing with a bit of spice, maybe some cayenne in it or horseradish (as a option since not everyone likes spicy) the size of the marinara could have been bigger. the calamari was sliced tubes only and was cooked well, although it could have been a bit crispier. he may make them himself as they were very tender and you usually get more rubbery calamari with frozen. overall it was tasty! next the salads. i really like a restaurant that takes pride in their salads, it says a lot about the chef. the salads were of good size, had what looked like homemade croutons, nice tomato slices and olives. i do have one complaint. the greens where a tad wilted and room temp. i assume they have been sitting outside of the cooler for some time. one of our party members ordered the french onion soup. it was not your "normal" french onion, which was actually refreshing. the portion size was perfect, broth was flavorful and not overly salty. there was a couple small pieces of bread and some grated parm or romano cheese over it. it could have been melted a bit more, but it was easier to eat than your normal french onion that has gobs of melted cheese. the dinners were of good portion, i had the seafood pesto cream sauce with pasta. the seafood was cooked well, the scallops and shrimp were tender, the pesto cream sauce was flavorful and seasoned perfectly. thepastawas cooked perfect. the lasagna was nice sized with plenty of meat and sauce, the haddock bruschetta was great! nice big piece of haddock - flavors were good! seafood medley was great too, generous portions of seafood. the two dishes that hadpastawere big enough where we had enough for another meal! overall? i'll go back!! the bill was under a hundred dollars for the four of us, dinners a app and 4 glasses of wine. love the prices! i think due to his low overhead/small dining room he can afford to serve awesome food in nice portions for less. i have seen many restaurants decide that want to grow and want a bigger place and in most cases i have seen the food suffer due to this (portion/quality/price) - i hope the chef continues to keep this in mind, because he has a winning combination right now. definitely call for a reservation!

disappointed with service. i went to otto tomotto's with a 7-person party and found the service to be extremely poor. our waitress was not accomodating and was quite snotty. she did not want to even check with the kitchen to see if they could get a different kind of meat on a dish. she rushed us through our entire meal, became irritated when we asked for extra sauce, water, or napkins. she asked us multiple times if we wanted boxes for our meals even though we were clearly still eating. she acted like she did not want to "deal" with us and just wanted us out of the restaurant. i ended up getting my meal boxed up anyway just to stop her asking. the food was so-so. my salad was nice, but the bread was hard and crusty and mypastawas bland, despite the fact that it was supposed to be "cajun". i would not go back, simply because our waitress was so unpleasant.

omigosh, how incredibly delicious!. had lunch there today - my first time and definitely not the last. wonderful side ofpastasalad (al dente to perfection, shreds of fresh cheese, a delicate dressing) complimented my sandwich. fresh roll, marinated chicken, portabello, pesto. perfect lunch - only thing that would have made it better was a glass of wine. not at lunch, though... :-) service was friendly, we were asked by both our server (handsome young man, girls!) and the chef how everything was. i just had to write the review today. congrats on another great locally owned place for fab food.