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| - For 6+ months I'd had a reservation for my son's rehearsal dinner at their first-date restaurant, Buca in Station Square. I only wish someone had told me they were overbooked for the night. We were a party of 40 put into a room for 30, with a separate area with 2 additional booths, not what I had expected and not a good way to "Blend families" . We were also told there were 2 other rehearsal dinners that evening, which I'm assuming is why even though we were 20 minutes late for our reservation, it took another 30 min to get settled; we needed additional chairs, waited for salads & bread & champagne for a toast. For this 30 minutes we had 1 server for 40 people. Also, the temp inside was about 90 degrees, no lie. The 2 infants were down to only diapers in an attempt to cool them off. The staff told us they are not allowed to fan themselves to playoff the burning temp. You could see the sweat on the brow of many. Our reservation was for 730. Around 820 we started to receive bread, etc. At 830 finally additional servers were able to jump in; I'm guessing one of the other dinners had ended by this point. Once we got the additional servers, the food & service was excellent. However, as the host it is very stressful to watch 40 people waiting for food and receiving the wrong drink orders if getting ANY at all. When I addressed each issue with the manger, first the dissatisfaction with the space and then at the end of the night the delay in service, she disagreed and almost argued with me. She gave me NO discount or satisfaction not that anything could have saved the night. We finished @ 1020pm, A bit late for the night b4 a wedding. I was so aggravated after planning this for months. I highly encourage you to consider other venues for your party. Just not a good value; POOR MANAGEMENT!
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