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| - Sometimes there is such thing as too much of a good thing, in this case, greetings. Much like how Safeway grocery store now has this kind of forced pleasantries thing going, Oreganos is at it as well.
My coworker and I were greeted warmly by the nice host. Within the next two minutes, we were welcomed/greeted probably 23 times. I kept waiting to be asked if I was saved, or get a free copy of the watchtower. Please don't get me wrong, I love manners, they are great- like beer, but a little goes a looooong way.
My buddy and I order lunch, a couple of slices and cheesy garlic bread. I think I jinxed us, because I 'checked in' with my excitement about cheesy garlic bread, and the appetizer never arrived.
Our lunch arrived, and as we scan the table discover there is no silverware, napkins, etc. After waiting a few minutes our server shows up and sees that we have made no forward progress, and brings us our silverware, and made a comment about forgeting the silverware. Totally cool, and I thought he addressed it, but no harm done. The server then asks if we ever got our appetizer, and we told him we did not. His reply would have made sense if I told him the sun would rise tomorrow, "Oh." Kind of matter of fact, but there was no attempt at service recovery, or making it right. I would have been really pleased with a "Oh, sorry about that." or "Can I buy you guys dessert?" etc. Nope, didn't happen.
It is a good spot, and they are insanely busy during lunch, but I think it would be good for them to remember to pay attention to details, it is important.
The pizza was just ok, nothing to write home about. I think next time I will check out NYPD, they have great pie.
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