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| - ok, I know I'll probably get a lot of flack for not rating this place 15 stars, but I gotta be honest...
We went for a friend's birthday since we needed a special occasion to wait 2.5 hours for a table. We were told we could wait at the bar next door (bar bianco). It was great, pre-drinking is always a good time, but about 2 hours into the wait we went to check on our table and we were told we were taken off the list because we didn't check in every hour! We were never told this was required!! Oh well, it added another half hour to our wait time...annoying but whatever. 3 hours of waiting.
Once we finally got seated, we were so excited from the anticipation that we were immediately let down by the service. We told our server we were celebrating a birthday, and he said "you and three other tables." Hmmm...well, ok, I guess you deal with special occasions a lot.
I'll sum up the rest of the visit: food was good, but I'm sorry, not great. Service was average, no enthusiasm about a wine recommendation, and I guess they don't believe in water refills. And lastly, our birthday girl wasn't even offered a dessert or a drink. I'm not expecting free stuff, but I think it's just restaurant standard to make the b-day person feel special in some way, right?
All in all, maybe because of all the hype, and the 3 hour wait, we expected more. Oh well.
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