Aposto at the Scala House

"If you've been craving an elevated, intimate dining experience you need look no further. Our first visit to Aposto will certainly not be our last... Everything from the service (attentive but very unobtrusive) to the cocktails were top notch and then we tried the food. Wow! Every bite was was worth savoring, we were even fortunate enough to meet Chef Cole during the main course. Undoubtedly one of our favorite meals together to date; we're already planning our next visit!"

"If you want an exceptional dining experience this is the place to go! Our server made excellent suggestions for what dishes to try and what wines to pair with them. It was all delicious and we had a wonderful evening!"

"Sat at a little 2 seater table by a window overlooking the street. There was a decent amount of street parking available. Server was friendly and attentive and even added a candle to my dessert after overhearing it was my birthday. We tried quite a few items while we were. Of the ones we tried, I'd recommend the fried polenta appetizer, zuppa toscana soup appetizer, cavatelli in a sausage red sauce, seafood risotto, and brown butter ice cream. The only dish I would not recommend is the orange pistachio creme brulee. The flavors did not mesh well and it was a bit disorienting to have so many whole pistachios baked into the dish."

"As I read the reviews of this place, I was skeptical. Surely an establishment that makes their noodles in house, and charges anywhere from 30-50 an entree would not consistently let people down. Well, I gave it a shot. We came here for my wife’s birthday. Started with the bone marrow pizza fritta. It was good. Hard to mess up really. The mussels with crostini were arguably good! Things were looking up. The creamy white wine sauce with faint crushed red peppers was tasty and gave much hope. And then my entree came out: Vongole- linguini noodles in a garlic, parsley lemon sauce with clams… Where to begin. The sauce has no real flavor. I couldn’t make out any of the listed ingredients but butter. It was seemingly not salted or seasoned even slightly. The noodles, soggy. Expecting al dente noodles at a place like this should not be far fetched? Maybe I’m missing something. And then the grit. The sandy, unpleasant, grit. Every bite I took led to crunchy sandy grit in my mouth. Unsure the source but most likely improperly (or not at all) cleaned and prepared clams. After the first couple bites I tried to get my waitress’ attention as she walked by, and was unsuccessful. After sitting there and letting the food get cold I realized help was not coming. Given that I was about to pay $36 for my gritty pasta, I ate it.. with a smile. As taught by my mother to eat what was served to you. (Although I think she meant places other than a ‘fine dining’ establishment lol) Duck confit w/ risotto: Flavor! Seasoning! An evident contrast! my wife enjoyed her food. Fresh lemon punching through the rich duck. Seasoned appropriately. Risotto, overcooked to the point of mush but she didn’t mind. Definitely over cooked but again - the wife was happy. We finished with burnt but ice cream. Good but not perfected. Very faint intended flavor and more vanilla than anything. They tried! We got Orange green tea cake with lavender whipped cream to go: it was on the dry side and hard. But the flavor was there. The lavender whipped cream was tasty. Overall I’m disappointed. What is really suffering here is truly the lack of culinary consistency. No thought or care in the dish, or else the finished product would argue otherwise! It is my understanding they just released the new Menu a few days ago, and it could be they need to work out some kinks. But to me, these are more than kinks that need fixed. And apparently at the customer’s expense. In this case, everything was not right."

"What a beautiful place with amazing wine and food. We had the pumpkin gnocchi, pork bucco and risotto. Delicious. Plus what a gorgeous photo I took!!"