Very good food, fairly bad service.
Five of us went to Carnevino on Thursday, 10/14. We were seated
in the second/back room, and it was clear that the restaurant was not
crowded. Nonetheless, service was slow and ineffective. We felt that
once it became obvious we weren't interested in appetizers, the
waiter lost interest in us.
The steaks were quite good ... no complaints with the kitchen!
The "sommelier" (? I didn't see any of the usual badges of office)
was, well, odd. Repeatedly saying that they "like to sell grape juice"
(I kid you not!), we observed him carrying a bottle of wine slung over
his shoulder. A request for a list of vintage ports went unfulfilled.