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Overall great food & service - We will be back again.

McLoone’s is a great place for family parties! Great ambiance and customer service!

I’m one of those snobby Italians who find it very hard to find amazing Italian food that I can’t make myself. Add in I’m a vegetarian and many times I’m disappointed with the menu and the actual vegetarian choices on it; some restaurants even give me attitude or visually become annoyed when I ask if they can make things vegetarian. This place not only had unique vegetarian options, but our server smiled when I asked if the choices were in fact vegetarian. It was clear I was not the first one there to ask this question and it was also clear that they are trying their best to cater to my kind. The rice balls were amazing and so were the stuffed zucchini flowers. I then had the zucchini flower risotto for my main meal. At first, I was a little disappointed because I assumed there would be pieces of zucchini flour in the risotto but instead it was risotto with cooked zucchini and one of the stuffed zucchinis that I had just had for appetizer on top. I chopped it up within, mixed it all around, and it was quite delectable. It just wasn’t what I was expecting. My husband ended up getting the shrimp in the spicy vodka sauce and ate every last bite. He said it wasn’t TOO spicy. He never eats every last bite! To finish off, we had the special vanilla bean ice cream with the balsamic reduction. It was to die for. Now the seating is very tight and if you’re in a two seater on one side with the booth, you’re basically sitting 2 feet from the people on your left and right. If you’re a bit larger, it’s almost impossible to stand up and fit through the little area to get out of the area. It was also quite loud because of the high volume of people in such close quarters. We did have to wait a while for our server to get us our ice cream which seemed ironic since you don’t really have to cook it. We made sure to give our card when she brought the bill. This was 5:45 on a Saturday. I’m not sure what it’s like at other times. Overall, we left very happy, and you will too.

The food was excellent & compliments to the chefs. Brought my mother who is a tough critic fr NY & foodie, she was. Very pleased giving it 5 stars. The service was excellent & very attentative. The place was well designed & clean. Highly reccomend!

It was a pleasure dining at Nico's prior to our show. The food was great; order the biscuits and butter!