My fiancé and I went for dinner tonight around 7 pm and dined on the patio. We were by far the youngest people there and I feel like we got treated poorly for it. I am 7 and a half months pregnant and obviously can't drink but there was no non alcoholic beverages anywhere on the menu. Being a server myself I know what it's like when someone just orders water. I explained that I was pregnant and asked if they had any mocktails. The server seemed irritated by the question and answered with " uh... Shirley temple..." My fiancé ordered the sampling of beer and then I asked if they had any flavoured San pellegrino. He answered with the same enthusiasm "no... Just regular". Not knowing/given any other option I just got a water.
We ordered the Belgian frites and bistro salad add goat cheese to start. The apps came out quickly and both were delicious. I had to stop the server to ask for more water and then asked for a juice and soda water mix. He seemed irritated again that I had asked for more water after I said thank you for the water he just placed it on the table and walked away.
Our mains came out in good time. I ordered the braised rabbit ravioli and my fiancé ordered the duck confit pizza. I asked the blond women who dropped our food off for some cracked pepper but didn't get a chance to ask her to remove the empty frites container before she hurried off. I get being busy but she passed us another 3 times (empty handed) and never brought the cracked pepper. Our server returned with the second beer my fiancé ordered about 5 minuets later and I asked him to remove the empty frites container and mentioned that I had asked the women who dropped off the food for cracked pepper but she must of forgot. It didn't seem like she had told him about it either.
Our mains were very good. Pizza was perfectly seasoned and had the perfect ratio of ingredients. The ravioli was perfectly cooked. I loved the sauce and the rabbit.
Our server returned and asked if I'd like to look at the desert menu. I said yes. By this time he seemed to have warmed up towards us. We ordered the stout and skor ice cream and the crème brûlée. Both were on point. My favourite was the crème brûlée, very creamy and the cooked sugar wasn't burnt which sometimes happens when done too quickly. The server asked if I wanted water this time. I said yes but unfortunately never received it.
We asked for the bill and received it quickly (I hate waiting around when I am done eating). I tipped the server 20 percent, as I know about tip out and I believe in tipping karma, but mainly because I wanted to prove we did belong there.
The food was delicious enough for us to come back but I truly hope our next experience is better. If I wanted to be treated like I don't have money and I'm wasting someone's time I would of gone to mc Donald's.