I was waiting to be seated for an uncomfortably long time. I had made reservations for two and I arrived early by 10 minutes. The waitress was chatting with a customer so I stood by the door waiting for her to finish. I made sure to make eye contact with her so she knew I was waiting. She glanced at me a couple times but didn't seat me. Finally, I just walked towards her and asked if I should just grab a seat. She apologized saying she didn't know I was waiting.. At last I was seated and waited for my friend to arrive. My friend came late but the waitress was quick to see if were ready to order. She answered our questions about the menu items to the best of her abilities, I guess.
We ordered a caprese salad to share. There were 3 pairs of mozzarella and tomato slices, thickly cut so it didn't look visually appealing. I ordered the Locale pizza which I thought tasted quite good where it was crispy. There was a concentration of the oil from the pesto drizzle in the centre of the pizza so it fell apart as soon as I tried to pick up a slice. It was likely more moist from the cheese and tomato ingredients. I didn't mind the soggy centre too too much because the pizza tasted good. My friend ordered a penne with vodka sauce. It didn't come with much protein other than a sprinkle of pancetta. She said her pasta was overly salty.
We went to the counter to pay our bill so we could leave. A man who seemed to be the owner or manager gave us a lot of attitude when we asked if we could split the bill (splitting the salad and an entree per person). I don't know how he calculated the totals because when I did my own calculations, the numbers don't match. I ordered a 16.00 pizza and wanted to split the 7.75 salad, which should give me a total of $19.86 or $22.46 tax included. However, the total punched into the debit machine read $24.25, so by the time I reluctantly left my obligatory tip, I had almost spent $30. Then he conveniently became busy in the kitchen area when I wanted to ask about the price punched in. Even if it was an honest mistake on the owner/manager's part, I still wouldn't come back. I'd much rather spend $30 on a nice dinner with good service on Main Street, Unionville.