La Strada

La Strada is an Italian restaurant in Merrick on Merrick Ave.  My family and I have gone to this restaurant a few times now since it  opened 3 or 4 years ago.  The service isn't as good as other Italian restaurants that I have been to.  It takes the waiter/waitresses a long time to take your order once you are seated.  They take too long to bring out the food.  My father once asked for extra pasta sauce on the side with his meal.  They didn't bring it out with his meal, and he had to wait an extra 10 minutes to get the sauce.  I asked for another soda, it wasn't brought out until my meal was done.  No one comes around asking how the meal was either!  Besides the not so good service, the food is delicious.  I usually get Penne A la vodka, or the Veal Marsala.  Excellent choices for this restaurant.  There Dessert Menu includes many cheesecakes, pies, brownies, cakes, ice cream.  Really good choices for dessert too!