Villa Banca: Nashua, NH

1 Fork.

1 Fork for the building itself.

My fiance and I went out to eat here one Wednesday evening. Not many people in the restaurant and the service reflected that. Our server was great but not over the top.

The setting is nice. We liked the idea of the converted bank. they even left up some of the old signs that showed where the safety deposit boxes were. Nice touch. The furniture and table settings were sub-par for such a nice setting. Paper tabel cloths? This isn't a bbq joint? Is it?

Ok, now the food. We ordered calamari to start. Poor calamari. We asked if it was frozen and we were assured it was fresh. NOT FRESH. it was frozen, then reheated and tossed with some banana peppers and loosely thrown on a plate. No presentation.

Starting to lose faith. Don't worry, whatever faith was left was quickly scattered when the main course arrived.

Pasta, with sauce, and "spicy" italian sausage. 2 entire links on the plate. My dinner was cooked, then put under a heat lamp where it left a nice crusty hard shell to the sauce that was over the pasta. Also, disturbed by the unnaturally dark color of the tomato sauce. No thank you. I ate as much of the pasta as possible then decided to try the "grilled" sausage. Guess what, it was boiled. Then tossed in a pan to sear it on one side. It was boiled for so long that the sausage was soggy.

My fiance had Linguine with alfredo sauce and chicken. It was edible at best, but tasted like a jarred sauce. Ragu alfredo and boiled pasta would have been the grocery store equivalent.

We left Villa Banca with a bad taste in our mouths... literally. We will not be returning.