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So my wife and I ran into Cafepino for a quick bite before our movie started. In the past we have found the food and service to be okay, and with 40 minutes before movie and slow dinner crowd we thought we would have no issues getting seated and served.
The hostess was very nice and sat my wife and I rather quickly at a table for two. Then for the next 10 minutes (which felt like and eternity) we did not have one waiter or busboy visit the table to either give us some water or let us know that someone would be with us shortly. After over 10 minutes I finally flagged someone down and politely asked them if we could get some service. Another five minutes passed--no acknowledgement.
So, since my wife and I were both a bit irritated and on a time crunch we got up to exit the restaurant. Just as we stood up and were getting our things together the owner (small and stocky middle aged Italian man) asked what we wanted to order. By that time our minds were set and we were ready to move on. I told him rather politely that we had been waiting for nearly 15 minutes without any sort of service and that we were going to pass on dinner there tonight.
Now, a reasonable and respectible business owner who understands that his customers have other choices than Cafepino would have probably responded like, "so sorry for the delay", "please sit down and let me take good care of you guys", or something to that affect. Well not this guy--he told me and I quote, "if you leave this restaurant, never come back"! I was so shocked that I said, what? He said it again, "if you leave, never come back. Needless to say this set me off a bit as I could not believe the nerve of this guy. After a couple of verbal exchanges on the way out he proceeded to follow us out and verbally abuse us from the patio.
As I alluded to before, my wife and I have visited Cafepino a few times and have found the experience okay. As with many of the other reviews we have found the service to be sub par as they are 10X faster at swiping your credit card then they are at refilling a water glass, but the pizza is pretty good. And with the movie theatre around the corner it is a convenient choice. Suffice to say you need to be aware of the "Pizza Nazi"--which is meant in tongue and cheek for those who remember the "Soup Nazi" from the Seinfeld days. So, if you complain or get up and leave because of no service, you could have a small Italian man yelling "No pizza for you"!!!
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