A Positano Failure...

Positano Coast

212 Walnut Street

Philadelphia, PA 19106

www.positanocoast.net/ 

We had a short list of places we were looking to have our rehearsal dinner at, so we had been trying them each as often as we could. We checked this place out on a Friday evening and I have to say we were definitely less than impressed. The place was very loud, and the set up was really strange. The decoration was trying way too hard to be hip and chic and it just failed miserably. Our waiter was very poorly trained seen in the overly aggressive pouring of wine, his genuine lack of interest, etc. 

We decided on ordering the fritto mixto platter of seafood to start. It came with fried shrimp balls, fried green beans, mini arancini and fried mozzarella. None of the elements were particularly bad, but they werent very good either. It was just a run of the mill fried food platter with nothing to really distinguish it and a large lack of seasoning.

My fiance and I decided to split the limoncello salmon and the paccheri pesto. I definitely thought the paccheri was the best dish we ate all night. The pasta was tender and perfectly cooked, and the pesto was very well put together. The pesto was the perfect combination of basil and oil, blended into a sauce that would have tasted good on just about anything. However, as good as it was, the salmon was pretty bad. The sauce was so sweet I had to scrape it off in order to keep eating the fish. I thought the olives were completely unimportant to the dish as well. If they had not been there, I wouldnt have missed them.

For dessert we decided on the affogato, but we were again disappointed. We received a small scoop of vanilla ice cream in a double shot of espresso, so there just wasnt enough ice cream. The quality and taste of the espresso was good, but the ice cream was lackluster. Not only was it small, but the flavor and texture were pretty uninmpressive as well. 

One a half pints for Positano Coast. I am not a big fan of the Aldo Lamberti Restaurants in general, but this is definitely not even close to passable. All in all, it is definitely not worth a revisit. I thought the price point was great, but other than not, there really was not much to consider again. There are plenty of better options for seafood and Italian food in this amazing city. Cheers!