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| - A friend of mine was organizing a group dinner a few weeks ago, and she decided that Alice Fazooli's would be a convenient location for all of us to meet and eat. Granted, the space is quite large, and in a pretty central location, but I'm tempted to say that I would have preferred eating at the Hooters down the street than spend my money here.
First of all, the service was so slow. It was a scorching weeknight and the restaurant was mostly empty, but for some reason it took forever to get our drinks and our water was hardly ever refilled.
In terms of the food, I'm seconding Justin M.'s sentiment about the arrabbiata - I ordered it as my main and it was seriously spicy. Now, I'm pretty good with heat (years of eating kimchi) and gobbled it down quite happily, but my friend who also ordered the arrabbiata couldn't even finish half her meal because it was way too hot for her (our server didn't even ask if there was anything wrong with it while she was taking it away). I remember having a glass of Pinot Grigio for a really reasonable price. We also ordered a round of celebratory tequila shots, which unfortunately seemed almost watered-down.
Also, I think the air conditioning must have been broken while we were here, because it was so hot inside the restaurant. Coupled with the spicy food and lack of water, I spent half the evening unpleasantly dabbing away the sweat streaming down my face.
My final point of contention...one of my dining companions had asked for the remainder of her food to be packed up. I left the table to go to the washroom, and saw that our server had just abandoned her plate on an empty table near the back of the restaurant - she hadn't even brought it into the kitchen. Anyone could have done anything to that food!
It was supposed to be a special evening for my friend, and ultimately it was tainted by the poor dining experience. Alice Fazooli, if I ever meet you, I will have to suppress the urge to windmill kick you in the face.
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