Via Carducci - Wicker Park - Chicago

Great spot, the service is great, hostess was easy to work with and the waiter was outstanding. All good, love this spot.

Restaurant was closing when we arrived for the 9:30 reservation. Did not get seated and did not dine there.

Quick points from the experience: Dinner Reservations for 7:45PM for a party of 3, wasn't seated until 8:15PM but others that walked in or had 8PM reservations had tables ready for them. I asked why could we not get one of those tables and the response was everyone has to wait. SO DON'T EXPECT THIS PLACE TO TAKE YOUR OPEN TABLE BOOKING SERIOUSLY I asked for a round of Prosecco on the house while we waited and was told yes but then didn't get it until we sat and asked again for it. The food was not imaginative, just very basic Italian, almost close to an Olive Garden. The grilled octopus was good in a nice sauce. Caprese Salad, nothing creative, the mozzarella was rather hard and didn't seem fresh. They did have nice free bread Pasta orecchiette with Sausage and Greens was lacking flavor and seasoning, it was just pasta shells with brocolini and Sausage, I had to salt it up. With all the options of Italian in Chicago, I am not running back here between the wait for a table and basic food. Rather Sad because I spend weekends in this neighborhood.

Service was great. Food was great. The seating was awful, they had us in an exterior room that had no ventilation of any kind. It was hotter in that area than it was outside.

The server and server assistant were lovely, helpful, and experienced! The menu could have been a little less cluttered and our drinks weren’t anything to write home about. Restaurant had great ambiance! Overall, okay!