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| - Six of us went here for dinner the other night. I hadn't been here in about 4 years. The restaurant seems to have changed ownership, but I cannot confirm that. The service was inconsistent and frustrating.
Upon sitting down we waited with our menus for at least 10 minutes without any water being poured or glasses for our wine being provided. The waitress came to take our order without any water having been poured. After ordering, no bread was placed on our table. The salads then arrived at a staggered pace. First 3 people had salads, 2 minutes passed, a fourth salad appeared, another 5 minutes brought with it the remaining two salads. This is not rocket science. Coordinate the service. While eating the salad, I asked the waitress for some bread. She returned laughing saying that they had run out of bread. While I understood the meaning of her words, their placement in a comedy routine escaped me. An Italian restaurant should not run out of bread on a Sunday night at 7:50pm. If they do, they should send someone across the street to Provigo to buy more. Again, it's not rocket science.
The main courses followed the same pattern as the salads. They were served in a staggered order leading everybody at the table into a rousing version of "Please start eating......no that's ok...where's your food......no I insist...please start before your dish gets cold" There must have been about 3 minutes between service of the first two dishes and the second one. The remaining 3 plates took another 2 minutes. The waitress then disappeared leaving us staring at the parmesan cheese grater on a counter nearby. I got up and took it myself to pass around our table. The waitress showed up a minute later and acted surprised that we had the cheese grater already.
The food was ok but not spectacular. My wife ordered a tomato bocconcini salad that was basically all tomato with 5 coin sized slices of bocconcini placed on tomatoes 5 times their size. My caesar salad was passable, but for 10.95$, it was basically no more than a handful of lettuce on a plate. My pizza was quite good, but not spectacular. My wife's Gnocchi however was flawlessly executed.
I had always liked this restaurant and I hope they can improve.
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