Puka M.
Yelp
This was our first time to this restaurant on the strong recommendation of a very good friend of mine. The food was as advertised. Very delicious including the bread pudding Ala Mode which normally I'm not a fan of but my friend insisted I try it. My wife and I shared & loved the lasagna, the salad, everything! The four star rating is solely based on the whole experience. I am wine industry and it is industry etiquette to share a glass of wine with your server or sommelier or chef if you bring in your own wine with dinner. Equally, it is the etiquette of most restaurants to wave of discount the corkage fed for industry, however not all restaurants recipercate that courtesy and I understand that. Where I draw the line is when you extend that courtesy to the waitress and the owner who happened to be covering for the chef that evening and your waitress instead of waiving your corkage fee, waves it for the table of obnoxiously loud group of four sitting right in front of us simply because they kept badgering her to waive their corkage fee even though not one of them in the party offered or shared not even a splash of their wine with her , the owner, the dishwasher, no one! So, what is the compelling reason to waive their fee? Talk about feeling excreted on, that was poor judgment and certainly disrespectful to industry professionals. The foursome in front of us were so loud, and filthy mouthed that when we were leaving the restaurant, the loudest one said to me as we pasted their table, " have a good evening, I hope we weren't too loud and boisterous for you guys"! To which I chose to decline to even respond. If you have to say that to the rest of the guests trying to enjoy an intimate dinner experience, you know damn well you were too loud and obnoxious!!! Also, restaurant personnel should not be so scared to lose business that they fail to politely and discretely go over to a table that's behaving like they're at a hockey game or concert to ask them to please be respectful for the rest of the guests who would like to here the conversation at their own table but can't because they've taken over the whole room with their immature behavior. That's unfortunate when the food is great but the etiquette of the restaurant and the unbridled behavior allowed by their regular customers kill the atmosphere and experience of a first time guests!!! Not sure if I'd go back!