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| - I would never come here again. We walked in around 6PM on a Friday night and asked for a table for two. The hostess asked if we had a reservation, we said no, and she said she would check if they had any availability. She came back and said it didn't look like they had anything, but then another person they could seat us outside if we wanted, which we did. The waitress was so nice that we didn't complain when we received fried calamari instead of sautéed for our appetizer. When my plate of food was delayed because the dish broke she offered a drink while we waited, so we ordered a carafe of wine. The food came and was fine- nothing spectacular, but not bad. We finished our dinner and were drinking our wine when the busboy asked whether we were done- we had basically a full carafe of wine left. We said no and continued to have wine, meanwhile paying our check. When giving us the check the waitress said take our time as there was no rush so we continued to sit outside, drink our wine and enjoy the night. Around 8PM the owner came out, asked if we were done, tried to take my glass and asked if I was done. When I said no (my glass was still full) he said we have a reservation and "you've been sitting there since 6." I was so taken aback I didn't say anything. By sitting there did he mean ordering and eating dinner and drinks? I guess the policy of the restaurant is order, eat quickly, pay and get out so they can get other people in. I understand we walked in and didn't have a reservation, but if you give us a table and say we can take our time then I will take my time finishing my drinks. The thing that get me was how incredibly RUDE they were. If they just asked for us to move to the bar or even asked us to finish up more quickly because they had other people coming in, I would totally understand, However, to just say "you've been sitting there since 6" and try to take our drinks is absolutely the worst service I've ever encountered. I will never come back here, Mia Bella has much better food and much better service.
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