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| - My dining experience at Vito's Italian restaurant was different to say the least. My friend and i arrived at 7:30 on a Wednesday evening and the dining room was at full capacity, which was to be expected. We were greeted by the hostess and were told there was about a 20 minute wait. I asked the hostess if we could sit in the bar area which had four tables that were not being occupied. There was one person sitting at the bar. the hostess told us we could go ahead and seat ourselves, which we did. The bartender, who was also our server looked at us when we say down, then proceeded with her conversation with the customer at the bar. Ten minutes went by and i had made eye contact with the bartender several times as she still hadn't come over to give us menus. I'm assuming her conversation was over because then she came to our table, mind you, it was only three feet from the bar at most and asked if we were ready to order. To be honest with you, I almost laughed. Instead I asked if we could see a menu. She said, "oh yea, let me grab you one". she brought the menus over and started to walk away. I said, "excuse me, do you think we could order a drink?". I ordered a miller lite and an iced tea, and my friend ordered a glass of water. Five minutes later we had our drinks, again keep in mind the bar is no more than three feet away. The bartender came over with our drinks and says " are you ready to order?". My friend then asks her if he could have a crown and coke. She says "yeah", then walks to the bar and makes the crown and coke. She leaves it sitting on the bar and proceeds to walk right past us to the dining room area. She is gone for at least ten minutes. I can see her in the dining room talking to another employee. She walks right past us again, goes behind the bar and starts talking to the only customer at the bar, yet again. At this point I'm a little irritated. I walk up to the bar and ask her if i could have the crown and coke for my friend, she says, "yeah, sorry" and goes back to her conversation. Five minutes later she returns and asks what we want to order. I order the bruchetta as an appetizer and lasagna for my main meal. My friend orders the chicken parmesan. The bruchetta arrives and is absolutely amazing. I like that the restaurant puts feta cheese in the bruchetta and the bread is soft, not hard like I've noticed in other restaurants. The main course arrives and my lasagna looks mouth watering. The sauce is sweet and the cheese is just melted to perfection. I believe it's the best lasagna I've had, other than my mom's, just in case she is reading this! We finish our meal, in which the bartender never never came over once to ask how it was and we wait for about fifteen minutes before she brings the check. I hand her my debit card and she brings me the receipt to sign. I notice the amount I signed for isn't the amount of the bill she brought over to me. I mention this to her and she realizes she ran my card for someone else's bill. Wow, is all I can think at this point. She corrects the problem and brings me my bill. All in all, the service was terrible and the food was amazing. The question is, would I eat at this restaurant again? The answer is yes. I would request a different server, and hope for better service. I would recommend the food to everyone.
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