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| - I went here last night for a few drinks in a group of 4. It is a very nice small bar in Little Italy. The cool night air was refreshing and this bar had their windows open to let it all in. Upon entering there was dark wood tables and chairs, candle light, exposed brick, dark wood wainscoting, a dj, a long glass tiled bar, and a nice quiet patio in the back. The bar felt welcoming, seductive, and kinda trendy.
Maybe it was an off night but service was shit. Not just any shit but runny, nasty, putrid shit. The shit you wish never existed and can't imagine come from a living being. It wasn't busy when we walked in so I would expect service to be on the ball but they weren't. The waitress that served us wasn't really the brightest and forgot what drinks we ordered several times and had to come back to ask again 15mins after we ordered. If you forget thats cool, I mean I forget shit all the time but 15mins after we placed our order? You can do better than that. That is ridiculously slow. That's so slow it could possibly be a special gift, a very special gift. What was she doing in that 20mins before placing our orders?
Throughout the night she was also putting on her jacket, grabbing her purse and would leave the place for 30mins. Where is she going? Oh I know! She went to leave us without a replacement waitress so we ended up having to go to the bar ourselves. The staff at the bar on the other hand were pretty cool. Laid back and unpretentious. Up for conversation. Super friendly.
We also ordered a spaghetti, calamari, and bruschetta... wtf. It never came. I know our waitress was dumb but she actually put the order through, I assume, because when we got our bill the food was on it. So I think that's the kitchens fault on that one. Again another shit stain on service. Around 11pm our server's friends came to the window, they started talking and she left for the night. We were given another waitress... THANK GOD!
But to no avail she sucked balls too. She was rude, didn't look at us, and didn't know what to recommend. Not even a small smile, at least the dumb girl was smiles ear to ear. She also forgot what we ordered a few times but she had the decency to come back within 3mins to ask us. Is everyone here high or something? I haven't experienced this much temporary memory loss since I was in college. It's not like we were ordering complex drinks or abundant amounts of stuff. Simple things like beer, gin and tonic, maybe even a scotch.
Overall the drinks were priced nicely. I don't know about the food but looking at all the other tables that actually got their order it looked mediocre and can't say it is worth the $15 price tag. The atmosphere was great and the decor relaxing. Too bad all the service sucked massive nuts because it would be a great place to have a few drinks and maybe eat if your food actually arrives. Come for drinks but stay at the bar because the waitstaff can't handle simple orders. I feel compelled to go again just to see if the service is this bad all the time and maybe to enjoy the quiet patio.
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