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| - I feel like three stars is generous, but I'm going to give them because in the end, we got a lot of tasty food for our money and the staff took care of us. First off, when you walk in, the sign points you toward the restaurant and you end up on the opposite end of the dining room from the hostess stand sign "Wait to be Seated". Weird that you have to walk through the dining room past people eating to the hostess stand. Anyway, we sit down, are given the buffet spiel, which is what 4 out of 5 of us do--$12 for mixed greens salads, soup, and a make your own pasta bar? Yes, order made. Wine was not so easy. When we asked for a wine list, we got a hand-written, on printer paper list--really? No prices, so we asked about bottles, and were told glasses were generally $6. So we get two bottles (there are 5 of us), 4 buffets, a bowl of soup, and 1 bruschetta. The soup doesn't come out until we have already had our pasta made and are eating it. Then the wine is brought to our table opened and no one tastes the wine before it is poured. It's just poured. Giant glasses for everyone. No preamble. Disappointing because ordering wine can be so fun and I have never had a bottle brought to my table already open before. Ever. So, when we finally do get the bill, the soup is still on there, as well as 5 buffets (not 4) and two bottles of $32 Ecco Domani--whaaaaa?? We know ED is $10 max in the store and even at $6 a glass, we paid too much. We ask to see a manager to speak about it, and she gives us a price discount because of the miscommunication, but then the bill needs to be revised three more times because of server mistakes. Sigh. End result is we get free dessert (I'll find out how good that is once I'm home), decent priced wine, and a really good pasta buffet. But damn, did it have to be so hard?!?!
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