Eat In Atlanta Blog

We decided to take our parents to this Italian spot in Inman Park on North Highland. It’s right next to its sister restaurant, Fritti. Check out our review of Fritti from a couple weeks ago. Sotto Sotto lived up to its reputation as a more upscale italian than Fritti which prides on their pizzas, salads and smaller dishes. Sotto’s menu includes the likes of dozens of pastas, salads of all types, and every meat made every which way whether you like parmesean, marsala, or piccata. We’ll get more to food later…..

We made reservations in the small restaurant and was initially concerned because we heard that noise was an issue at the restaurant. We requested a table that would be more quiet because of the group that we had. When we got there, the host was trying to require us to have all of our guests before he sat us, then he sensed that we were getting antsy so he sat us. Traffic was holding my parents so we went ahead and ordered a couple of drinks until they got there 30 minutes late. I have to admit that the restaurant was rather understanding (at the beginning) of the traffic issues. Once my parents showed up we got to ordering as we were delaying the late seating for the restaurant. For appetizers, we ordered, mussels (x2) and a sampling of a couple pasta dishes. FYI-Their pasta dishes are all available as appetizer portions or regular entree sized dishes. The mussels are enough to share for 2, were delicious in a creamy sauce, but rather pricey. We ordered the seafood risotto which was awesome and definitely recommended and also an eggplant dish that was good, but not nearly as good as the risotto.

For dinner, there were a wide variety or orders placed, with some ordering meat, some fish, some pasta. The definite hit of the night was the halibut. Jenny got it and everyone loved it because of its less fishy and awesome taste. My veal parmesean was very rich in taste as the cheese and sauce were absolutely delicious. The meat was juicy, but they may have fried it a little too much. I ordered a side of noodles and red sauce and it was nothing that would make you say WOW. Other than the halibut the rest of the meals were enjoyed, but nothing to absoutely rave about. The dessert menu is less than spectacular. We ended up getting some Chocolate “Soup” which was rich, but again nothing raving…….

Our dinner lasted almost 3 hours and they needed the table, so we were somewhat rushed out at the end. Obviously this was our fault for being delayed with traffic, but we still would rather not be rushed out of the restaurant. Service was OK and experience was OK. It was an expensive meal that was above average, but nothing spectacular. We will be looking for a favorite Italian place, still………….