We love the Villa Antonio on South Blvd. The service is impeccable, the food is delicious, and we always leave feeling special. My husband and I had a LivingSocial deal for the Villa Antonio in Ballantyne tonight and we're very disappointed. We will only go to the one on South Blvd from now on.
When making reservations at the one on South Blvd, they always ask if you are celebrating anything special. My last birthday we came to our reservation and found our table decorated with special touches. When we made a reservation to this restaurant, we weren't asked that question, nor were we given an opportunity to mention it as the employee seemed rushed.
After we received our appetizer, we had to wait 30 minutes for our entree. Our waitress finally came and asked if we wanted her to continue to hold our entrees in the back (as if she had been doing that for awhile) while we finish our appetizer. I'm not sure if that's protocol, but we wanted to put the rest of our calamari to the side so that we could have some with our entrees if we wanted. If she had asked us before that time, maybe our food wouldn't have been lukewarm when it arrived. The restaurant always brings a small sorbet with champagne before your entree as a palate cleanser. I suppose with the entree being held back so long, she decided to skip that part. Being one of my favorite parts, it was very disappointing.
After we ate our entrees and had the leftovers boxed up, we sat for another 20 minutes without our waitress coming by with our check. My husband finally looked mad and an employee asked if everything was ok. We had to ask him for a check and then wait another 5 minutes for our waitress to bring it. I would understand some confusion if we had food in front of us, but our food was boxed up on the table while we waited with no one stopping by.
We left extremely disappointed with my birthday dinner. Even with a LivingSocial deal, we will not be coming back. I hope this location doesn't give the one on South Blvd a bad reputation.