4 /5 CNYcurlygirl: Good food, but be prepared to wait!! It was our first visit to Lewis Restaurant and we were excited to see if it was as good as the reviews. I made a reservation, arrived a few minutes prior and waited 22 minutes to be seated. Another table (no reservations) was seated before us. The restaurant was very busy and quite loud. Im normally very forgiving of slower service when the restaurant is packed (and it was!), but I felt like we were dismissed other than the delivery of the food. My drink order included lemon, which I didnt get. We asked another employee to help with that and she did. I tried to order a refill, but the soda fountain wasnt working properly, so I had to wait 20-30 minutes for that, again, no lemon. Food: The salads were ok, but the greens were mostly iceberg lettuce which was a little disappointing. The toppings include some thinly sliced onion, cucumber slices and cherry tomatoes. The dressing was good. The bread is served warm, but its kind of squishy, so the pretty but cold balls of butter are so hard that your bread is completely squished by the time you get it buttered. We ordered Utica greens and they were quite good. We would order them again even though the price was a little higher than I expected. My companion ordered a special: creamy risotto with shrimp. It was delicious! I ordered the stuffed shells with meatballs. The meatballs were wonderful and the shells were really good, but not as filled as I would have liked. The sauce is better than most restaurants. We had to ask the hostess for to go containers and the check. I personally dont like it when restaurants take the food away to box it up, so I wasnt thrilled when she removed our plates to box it up in back. (I did ask for the boxes and said I would do it myself.) It took way too long to get them back and get the check. We spent almost 2 hours exactly from the time we walked in the door to the time we left. I would also like to mention that you should dress in layers. Its quite chilly in this restaurant.
