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| - I don't know what it is... But my experience here was, umm quite interesting. I guess coming on Christmas Eve wasn't the best idea? Because right from the get go when we walked into the restaurant I felt that we were met with some stupidity.
Let me set the scene here. Envision a restaurant, about 3/4 empty, and a hostess as well as a manager in the front standing to greet customers. We walk in and we're greeted with the standard: "How are you? What can we do for you?" of course the easy reply: "We have 4." Now, the following response started getting me worried. "Did you make a reservation?" REALLY?! So, you're telling me that at 7:30 PM on Christmas Eve, we need a reservation when the restaurant is 3/4 empty? Are they going to rush in at 7:45 and fill up the restaurant?
Anyways, we got seated. When we got seated, my worries had came back in full. Waiter comes up: "Hello. You're my last table here, and I'm ready to get out of here because it's Christmas Eve and I have a lot of things to do at home." My thoughts: "WTF?!" and I was about to respond "Well, if you need to go home, go. I'll find another waiter who wants my tip." But, I sat silently because what I just was absurd and I was not going to play along with ridiculousness.
Placed our order. I ordered the Chicken Pomodoro Pasta. Food was great, we also ordered some bruschetta which was amazing. I did order a salad along with my entree but it came out cold and soggy. I guess I'm too picky as far as salads go, but I do like it crisp.
We get to the end of the meal (which was amazing by the way). Our waiter gets the check and gives it to us. My Mom jokingly says: "Well, we better leave so you can get home." She then continues and says: "Yeah, my brother came up from Florida and I haven't spent any time with him! I also have so many presents to wrap, and the bosses who own this franchise don't understand that we need to be home too. They're with their families somewhere in Colorado, and we're here working."
You're joking right? I didn't even look at her, and my parents already stood up and were leaving when she was in half sentence. If you don't want to make money on Christmas Eve, then don't come! I'm sure someone else would love to take that from your hands to make some extra cash for Christmas. Blaming the restaurant that is giving you a job is not a good look, on top of blaming it in front of patrons of the restaurant.
All in all, this place would have been an easy 4 if we had the right attitudes and intelligence as far as services go. The food here saved it from a 2 star. Service was poor, but maybe it was because it was Christmas Eve? Who knows? All I know is that I was definitely not impressed.
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