Sorrentino’s St. Albert

Have eaten at this chain for quite a few years. The St Albert location seems to be a poor example of their restaurants. Food is average to good but their prices are now way past reasonable for what they serve. The overpriced bit is true now of all the outlets.
The St Albert place does not have the sercvice levels, ambiance or location to warrant what they are charging or to rep the chain well. Twenty three bucks for pasta is just a rip. Seems they can get away with it but you won’t see me back any time soon.

The food was iffy, and when I complained some kid came to my table and said he was the cook, he said he could heat it up, but when I asked for a new dish I was told no. He then said the cook was busy and we was a prep cook. Who does he think he is telling other people how to live. Next time I come I’m going to bring some wax crayons and scissors and tell them to cook it. Can’t turn out worse than what they did before

Had a nice dinner. Staff was friendly. We have three young boys with us do they gave us a nice isolated table. Pizza and calzone was excellent. Wife didn’t like the pasta. Service was very good.
Heading out for gelato.

Visited Sorrentino’s Bistro Bar in St. Albert today for the 2^nd time. Our first visit (nearly a year ago) was much better than today’s visit.
We arrived at 1115am and had to wait until 1130am for them to open for lunch. We were the only table seated in the lounge.
We chose to sit in the lounge which had a nice atmosphere but smelled strongly of their wood burning oven which put my tummy a little off on a hot summer’s day.
I inquired about a suggestion for a non-​alcoholic summertime drink — preferably something bubbly and sour. Server/​bartender couldn’t think of anything… Okay, water then.
Hubby settled on the Chicken Parmigiana and I ordered Linguine Pescatore with a white wine sauce.
While waiting for our entrees, complementary bread (rosemary infused?) was provided with olive oil and balsamic vinegar — delish!
Pollo (Chicken) Parmigiana was $ 18.00 on the lunch menu and came with optional sides — Hubby chose mashed potatoes and veggies. He quite enjoyed his entrée — I though the tomato sauce tasted quite acidic and could use some balancing.
The Linguine Pescatore was $ 18 on the lunch menu and came with 3 scallops, 3 shrimp, 3 calamari rings, 3 mussels, and 3 clams… Only problem is 1 clam was closed! When I server came back to check on us approximately 10 minutes into the meal I showed her my closed clam and noted that I was disappointed that the kitchen would send out something that could potentially make a customer very ill and it’s not as though they were slammed busy (us being the only table in sight).
She apologized and offered to have the dish refired. At this point, I had already eaten all the seafood off my plate and my husband had almost finished his entrée. I politely declined but she asked several more times and convinced me to at least have some clams refired. She took my closed clam to the kitchen to show the chef and came back approximately 5 minutes later with 5 clams to replace my 1.
Even with the closed clam issue aside, I found the white wine sauce to be subpar and I usually LOVE a good white wine sauce on my seafood! I couldn’t quite tell if it was the choice of white wine or herbs that didn’t taste so fresh or herbs that didn’t pair so well with this particular white wine but the outcome was a kind of old tasting sauce — definitely did not scream fresh.
Our server was pleasant and polite — my only complaint is that it took her about 10 minutes to check in with us upon receiving our entrees and that she didn’t have a drink suggestion for me.
We used an Entertainment Coupon for a $ 15 discount — so today’s total only came to $ 22.05 — I certainly wouldn’t have been happy with a $ 40 bill.
We will return to Sorentino’s again… Just not at the top of our to do list.
I did notice a fairly decent Happy Hour menu available in the lounge and patio from 3−6pm daily… Perhaps next time we’ll return for some bruschetta and calamari!
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For Valentine’s Day we previewed Sorrentino’s because I purchased cooking classes there for hubby for Christmas. The restaurant was nice, busy and a great ambiance. Casual on one side a slightly nicer on the other side without being pretentious. Menu was simple and offered decent choices. We tried and shared appetizers and then the entrees were good. There was a huge mix of customers showing that they are providing nicer dining but family «accepting». Gives families more options than Denny’s and fast food. I would be happy to bring my 5 year old step-​son here and know he could enjoy a good meal, learn his manners and be accepted by staff. Our experience reinforced my confidence in taking their cooking classes next month.