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| - I almost gave this new restaurant 4 stars, but I'm choosing three based on hostess and her attitude and poor service.
Anna Marie's just opened up close to where I live, and my family was so stoked to have a close Italian food restaurant. We first went (well, attempted to go) a couple weeks ago. My husband, teenage son and I walked in and turned to the host station and said to the man standing behind it that we were a party of three, to which he said, "oh, I'm not the host, I'm just holding her place until she comes back." (?) She came very soon after and with a slight attitude said that it was full, but we could wait on a two person bench inches behind the host desk, where we would have been seated right at the level of someone's rear end. We declined and walked out the door.
Fast forward to last night. It being a Wednesday, the hubs and I thought we would give it another try, hoping that it wouldn't be too busy at 6. We walked in, waited a few moments until the hostess came (same one) and asked us how many. There were a few tables available at the moment, one round 6 person, a booth for four, and a two person right at the entrance, I mean like 12 inches from the door, so every time a door opened, someone would literally be there eating along with you! Not to mention it would also be a hot draft from outside. She tried to seat us there! I took one look at her and said nope, we will take the booth. She then walked us there with attitude, waited for us to sit, threw the menus on the table and walked away while saying our server would be there soon. She seemed stressed to say the least.
We waited about 10 minutes until someone came to take our drinks order (their version of a cosmo called a Sofia Loren was AMAZING) We also ordered an appetizer, the hot antipasto plate (again, wonderful!). After about 20 more minutes those came and the waiter finally took our order. I ordered the fettuccine alla vodka, and he ordered the meat lovers pizza. Both were incredible when they finally arrived. The very best thing I ate was for dessert. ORDER THE LIMONCELLO CAKE! superb! Marvellous! Moist, creamy, lemony but not tangy and perfectly sweetened!
This place tastes amazing, but service sucks so far. Hopefully they will improve with time!
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