MI Piaci Italian

Very nice place to eat written by gb56
Last visited this restaurant on October 19, 2008

My wife, daughter, and I enjoy this place very much. The food is very good (always), and the service is good (almost always). We've never had a less-than-pleasant experience here.

The owners seem quite nice (although I think they are from Albania, not Armenia as stated in an earlier review).

Though we live in Midland, this restaurant is well worth the drive to Odessa.

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Love this restaurant. written by LonesomeDove
Last visited this restaurant on September 14, 2008

We love this restaurant. The atmosphere is very relaxing. We have been there many times and have not been disappointed. The service is good most of the time, although they have the same trouble everybody here has getting and keeping good help. Love the owner and his wife; they are both so sweet. They are from Armenia and are sometimes hard to understand. I hope they stay in business a very long time. The food is always very good, except for the salads. My favorite dish is the Chicken Verona, which is not on the menu but is often on the "specials" board. The bread is very good. We would go more often, but I have a problem eating dairy products and you can't have Italian without cheese.

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authentic and habit forming written by anonymous
Last visited this restaurant on August 31, 2008

Odessas mom n pop restaurants are dissappearing..this one is definitely worth keeping. Yes the music needs to be changed..believe me I worked there. I've never left there unsatisfied...weighing in at an athletic 210lbs with quite a healthy appetite.Any dish will satisfy. The owner/chef is as pleasant as any meal he's cooked. The staff varies as will any restaurant...notice I didn't say FAST FOOD..which it is normally fast even considering he's the only one cooking..others in the kitchen only butter the bread...add a spoon...very little else.

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Do yourself a favor and Decide for yourself!! written by sheena708
Last visited this restaurant on July 15, 2008

I eat here atleast 1 x a week. The food is wonderfull!You need to understand that alot of the people that are unhappy with the food are people who are used to chain restaurants. Restaurants that dont really sell good food, but strive to keep "hard to please" people happy at all costs. Always order the soup, The soup is the greatest!Bring your own bottle of wine. The spagetti is great, the manicotti is the best. I wonder why the person cares about the music? did she go there to eat or listen to a concert. This food really is good. Just try it for yourself. I have recently visited nyc for the 2nd time, ate alot of italian, this is still my favorite.

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Superb! written by anonymous
Last visited this restaurant on May 06, 2008

We eat here all the time. The food is great,and the rolls are to die for. The owners are very nice people. Unfortunately Odessa is just not the place for good service, but I think that is no reflection on the restaurant. Order the spaghetti with meat sauce. It's my favorite.

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It all depends on what you get written by rdhddmazoku
Last visited this restaurant on January 26, 2008

I really enjoyed their Veal Marsala and the Manicotti is good, but I don't prefer mine with that much salt. The waitresses and waiters were generally pleasant and I had no problems with them. The background music has been the same cd every time I went and I wish they would switch it to something else on occasion. The garlic bread/rolls they serve are awesome! Other customers seemed just as happy as I was. The pizza looks good and I want to try it in the future sometime. The soups there are indeed very good. Their basic salad could do with a little sprucing up. Food was served promptly and I did not have to wait very long for refills. I think the place, like all places, have their ups and downs and from the previous reviews it definitely had a down time, but for the last month that I have visited, my complaints are quite small.

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Completely Dreadful written by anonymous
Last visited this restaurant on July 01, 2007

Six of us ordered. The food was so hideous that none of us took more than half a dozen bites. The spinach lasagna had, perhaps, half a dozen tiny bits of spinach floating in a sea of greasy tomato sauce. The veal was served in what tasted like cream gravy. The shrimp scampi was so salty it was inedible. The plastic table covers were depressing, and the waiter was surly and unhelpful to the point of being unable to tell the different between the chicken and the veal--he said it all looked the same to him.

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poor service written by howy45
Last visited this restaurant on May 13, 2007

the waiter was rude and wanted to argue instead of providing service the owner was no help.we will not go back the waiter should be fired for being rude to customers. the food was brought to the adults and no food was brought to the children. he would not refill drinks then got offensive when confronted then he got rude and abusive, we will not go back

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