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| - I mostly enjoyed my meal at Cowboy Ciao. It started a bit rough. I made a Sunday evening reservation, to celebrate an anniversary. We were promptly seated, given a lunch and dinner menu. This led to confusion initially, then mild frustration when it took our server over 10 minutes to come see us. My date and I decided on a Bottle of martinelli's cider, and a glass of champagne for her. I requested the champagne be poured in a red wine glass, because she'd be adding the cider to it. A bit of an unusual request, but far from difficult I thought. I also mentioned very clearly to the server that I was not drinking. AND I said, word for word while making eye contact, 'I don't drink'. He returned 10 minutes later with 2 empty red wine glasses. 5 minutes later he brought a flute with champagne, and a bottle of alcoholic cider. I poured some without looking closely, then caught the smell of alcohol. I flagged him down with some difficulty, and explained that he brought something other than what we ordered, and mentioned again that I don't drink, while pointing at the label showing '9% alcohol by volume'. He was completely confused. He said something like 'oh, I forgot to mention this alternative suggestion.' I then asked him to please bring the Martinelli's we ordered, and a second dinner menu (I had mentioned that problem earlier as well).
He returned fairly promptly with the right bottle. The rest of the meal service was mostly uneventful, the server was semi awkward but attentive. He kept saying 'I just want to check with you that the (salad/appetizer/entree) is ok' . I had the lamb - very GOOD but not great, she had the pork chop - GREAT.
I don't see myself retuning, there are better options nearby. And please Cowboy Ciao, remind your staff that serving someone alcohol when they say they don't drink is uncomfortable. I think this was just a factor of him not listening, which is unpleasant.
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