Silver Spoon - Rochester Hills

Really good! If you want American Italian this is not the place. This was the most authentic Italian I have had in Michigan. No, not exact, but best I have had in Michigan or nearby states for sure! If you want cheese baked over your food, chicken parm or pizza this is not the spot. Do not take that wrong I enjoy some American Italian as well! Burrata and prosciutto (cut near our table) was tasty. Seafood app was flash fried nicely and fresh. Grilled meat/fish plates were cooked perfectly with grilled veggies and looked like a Mediterranean grilled meal in Italy. Fresh pasta was wonderful and with the nice touch adding peas for freshness and fresh grated cheese for salt. Drinks were made very nice and served in nice glasses. Dessert I missed but looked nice as well. Bravo, bravissimo I will bring my wife and daughter back soon. I had a wonderful business dinner and the bartender was also our server and she made us great drinks and with great service! Grazie!!!

First of all the food was great! Service was great. The fuckin band man, wtf!?!? I went with friends for a monthly meet up for dinner. We pick new spots to hit each month. The second I walked in I immediately knew the next hour and half was going to miserable. We had a table half way across from the band, which was situated between the bar area and dining room. The entire time they played it was impossible to have a conversation without completely yelling. Our waiter did his best, but had to repeat himself constantly throughout the night. I don't have issues with live music that is appropriate for the atmosphere. If you are in a tight space and have a 5-6 piece band jamming at concert level at a very nice Italian restaurant- does that make any sense at all!?!? It was like we were trapped in Rob Thomas music video for Cialis! I'm not kidding. If I ever go back, I'll be sure to call a head and make sure there is no band that evening.

I will give a 3 but the 3.6 rating on Yelp feels right. Haven 't been here for a long time, ever since they moved, but I 'd go to other places before I 'd go back. The food: had a couple apps (caprese and polenta , but would rank polenta above. Caprese was okay but felt like they put a cheap balsamic dressing on it versus a high quality balsamic. Got the penne and sausage fresh pasta entree and was quite good and flavorful. Other entree was the gnocchi which was good but be prepared for a heavy entree. Drinks were fine limoncello martini was not as good as another Italian restaurant in downtown Rochester (starting with a 'B ' , but was okay. Service was fine but not standout. Ambiance: this is where all the stars fall off. The restaurant doesn 't have that cozy feel like the old place did, and instead feels cheap and slightly tacky not refined like I would expect here. The building area that this is in is a trash hole but that is building owners versus them necessarily. The people there were interesting to say the least. Might have been the night but if you are looking for cool, this isn 't your place. The patio looked nice though especially during a nice summer evening right on the water. A couple small items that bothered me: 1 they kept wheeling carts out both to bring food (which I can understand depending on dish , but then they kept clearing using the carts as well. They brought our food on a cart which wasn 't required. To have people 's used plates be constantly passed by us on carts lacked class...this is supposed to be nice restaurant, have people clear plates by hand. 2 the menu was dirty (like oil dripped on it and torn. This is one of first impressions people get at their table and I thought this was poor also. So bottom line food was good overall, but there are equal restaurants in area. The ambience, people, and small refinements would cause me to not go back quickly.

Food was excellent, but service could have been better.. after meal was served there was no follow up surprised no one offered to refill an empty glass of wine throughout dinner.

I still stand by all my comments from my original review. Incredible food and ambiance. But I was so incredibly disappointed with my recent visit, waiting over 45 minutes to be seated...with a reservation! The two hostesses were working very hard and helping to clear/set tables and clearly communicate the situation to all parties waiting for a table from their reservation. No complaints about any employees. It was the situation. This used to be a special restaurant for me and my husband; since we haven 't been here in about 9 years, we wanted to wait for our table. I have never experienced that long of a wait for a reservation anywhere. If the restaurant is that busy, they shouldn 't be accepting reservations. Our reservation was made around 5pm, for two people at 8pm later that evening. We were seating around 8.50pm. Hopefully the restaurant will not overbook reservations going forward.