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| - Visited this restaurant while taking in some Spring Training in the area and based on the positive reviews listed here on Yelp. I was a little disappointed by the service and the mediocre fare.
First, I'll say that my visit was on a Saturday evening, and there seemed to be a large group occupying a number of the tables. We were greeted by someone that appeared to be the owner and pointed in a direction toward a table. Several of the wait staff passed by our table over the next 15 mins or so until the owner came by again and asked if we had been taken care of yet. We told him "no" and he replied that he would send someone over. A female server was speaking to another table when one of the other guests pointed out to her that we had not been helped yet, so she came over and took our drink order which consisted only of sodas and water. That was the last we saw of her for another 15 mins or so until she returned with the drinks and told we could have some more time to decide on our order as she walked away.
We we mildly entertained by a live duo playing music that seemed a little too loud for the smallish venue. At one point, each of the players were sound-checking themselves throughout the restaurant and the management then asked if they could turn the volume down a little.
The place was beginning to thin out and we had not had our order taken yet. The owner again passed the table and asked if we were taken care of and then apologized saying that we would soon be "back on track". Our server returned to take our order of spaghetti, lasagna and a meatball plate with some garlic bread to start as an appetizer, which we thought might be some fairly easily prepared dishes that might speed up our wait time. We were wrong. After a long delay, our garlic bread arrived along with a few plates and a stack of utensils which our server quickly left and again departed. More time passed and we finally received our main course which I can say was "okay" at best. A little bland, and none of us finished all of the food on our plates. Honestly, because of the very good reviews listed here on Yelp, I had anticipated a nice meal but can tell you that we left disappointed.
Service was sparse, food was ok but we will likely not be visiting this establishment again.
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