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| - Let me start by stating that I have traveled the world and dined at countless places from greasy-spoon Mom & Pop's to the finest 5 Star establishments in NYC, Paris, London, Sydney, L.A., etc. and well... Pittsburgh.
I'm actually being liberal with my 2 stars because I allow for some forgiveness being that this restaurant is fairly new and probably working out some kinks.
1) Called in to check the wait time and hostess snapped at us when we asked if we could put our name in for call ahead, "I'm not going to take your name - I'll take it when you get here." (said with a REAL attitude)
2) Upon arriving was looked up and down by hostess (young lady with buzzed, short dark hair). When I asked for the wait time, again with attitude she told me 30 minutes and gave me a dirty look as if that was a long time and she wanted to turn away our business. NOT GOOD!
3) Decided to sit and dine at the bar with two friends. Our first round of drinks were just okay, but for $10 - $12 for a cocktail expectation is that they will at least taste good. Like, how do you mess up a skinny margarita with premium tequila?
4) Salad & main courses came out separately for all 3 of us. In fact, my two friends were almost done with their dinner before I got mine.
5) The Caesar salad was just plain gross. The brussels sprouts were undercooked and like eating raw with a tiny bit of char. The linguini was odd and small portion for an entree. Again, with the prices being comparable to a much finer restaurant, we expected more.
6) The braised short rib entree was delicious, but don't expect your typical shredded/pulled meat - these are actual cubed rib meat.
7) Swordfish atop risotto was also amazingly good.
8) My friend who is a huge gin drinker wanted to try a new gin, but the bartender struggled to find a list, offer suggestions and/or even bring a few bottles over. He was lost. Another clearly, more tenured bartender stepped in and made it right by finding the list and also letting us taste two different gins - of which we then ordered 2 more drinks for a nightcap.
And finally, when the bill came it was $146 for 2 of us and the bartender actually charged $0.93 cents for "margarita mix" after already charging for the top-shelf tequila that I requested. Really??? Tacky...
All this being said, I hope the place does well and works out some of its issues, but being rude and not being welcomed with a warm smile and good attitude is inexcusable... especially in a small community like Oakmont/Verona.
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