Fratello's in Laconia

This blog is dedicated to Alexander Rowson, whose wake we attended and then went out to eat after.

My husband and I visited Fratello's in Laconia when we were dating about 8 or so years ago. The decor has stayed the same. It's in an old bank with a piano in the corner, a fountain in the middle, a former vault now used as a wine cellar, and an upstairs dining room. There were only a few people in the restaurant because it was so late and a Monday. Our waiter was a nice man in his 50's. He was extremely courteous and attentive. He brought us all water, we desperately needed after standing in line for over 2 hours to express our sympathies our family friend Dave and his wife. He took our drink order and brought what had been ordered out very quickly. I got a bottle of Pellegrino. It was refreshing. He took our orders, women first, I ordered the chicken saltimbocca and a side salad with blue cheese. My husband got his usual chicken parm. After he took our order he brought out warm, delicious bread sticks with 2 kinds of spreads. One was butter and the other may have been flavored cream cheese. The bread sticks and spreads were so yummy! The salads came next. My FIL got a Cesar salad with his meal that was on the small side. My salad was a house salad that was also on the small side, not worth the extra cost. It had black olives on it, which I detest! It ruined the salad in my opinion. The dressing was good though. I won't bother ordering a salad again, unless it's part of the meal.

Our meals came pretty quick. The portions were just right. My meal was ok. There was one overall taste. You couldn't taste the prosciutto very well or the artichoke. It was well cooked though and the sauce was nice. My husband complained that the chicken had a crispy coating on it, but in my opinion it was probably cooked the real Italian way. We were exhausted and still had a long drive home so we didn't order dessert.

Overall I would give Fratello's 3 stars. We might check out the one in Manchester sometime. http://www.fratellos.com/index.htm