Tutto Italia lunch
We had dinner here two years ago and really enjoyed it, so we thought it would be a fun place to lunch while on the deluxe plan. We were able to move our 1:30PM ADR back to 11:30.
The atmosphere was okay but there was a lack of friendliness from our host and server and the manager who had to come talk to me about my food allergy (bleu cheese). He was also pretty misinformed. He asked if it would be okay to just take the cheese off a premade plate or if I needed an entirely new one. And oh yeah, it was gorgonzola so I should be fine, right?
Sigh.
We all started with breads and a bowl of olives with pits:
DS picked the fresh mozzarella sticks, which DH and I pretty much ate:
It was nice for him to have different choices for a starter.
DH and I ordered the Italian sampler for two - the source of the bleu (according to server) / gorgonzola (according to manager) (both cheeses of which I am allergic to) problem. In the end, we opted for no, don't just take it off a plate. I also opted to never mention it again while at WDW and just order foods without bleu cheese, et al (it isn't a fatal allergy or anything that won't be reversed with antihistamines).
The red peppers were good, I loved the artichoke hearts, the fresh mozzarella was like solid milk - kinda boring. The salami meats were excellent, DH liked the mortadella which I skipped, the prosciuttio was salty but good, the beans and shrimp were okay and the tomatoes and zucchini were okay. Avoided the fungus. Ick.
In the end, we weren't thrilled but it was a nice sampler.
DS chose spaghetti and meatballs, which he liked a lot:
So did DH:
I very foolishly ordered the lasagna. I wasn't that hungry, but I had read how good it was and decided to order. Stupid choice - I know how rich bechamel is and I read the menu but WOW. This was HUGE and very, very rich:
Please don't get me wrong - it was very good, but way too big and rich for lunch. I ate about 1/4 of it and gave up.
Max opted against dessert, but DH and I decided to order. DH picked the profiteroles - mini cream puff shells with vanilla gelato and chocolate sauce. VERY good!
I couldn't decide between the lemon cheesecake and tiramisu so I got the sampler:
This was a tiny chocolate cup with about two bites of tiramisu, a small sample of the lemon cheesecake with limoncello strawberries and a chocolate cake that had nutella in it? They were all good.
All in all, we were not blown away by Tutto and won't be going back any time soon. We didn't feel welcome and comfortable and spent much of the meal wanting to just leave and get something CS somewhere. Without the DDX, we'd never had gone.
Hope it doesn't heat up too much but at least you'll have a great place to swim when it does!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy the new resort which I know you will! Btw, its suppose to rain all weekend up here so enjoy sunny warm Florida for me. 
I am so trying that in June 
. I have tons of photos and I just can't put together the time to organize, upload and review. We're having such a wonderful time so while I'll continue to take photos of everything, I won't be posting them until we get home.
