Matt Robbins Review of Cafe' Giovanni
I was quite disappointed in the experience. My gir...
I was quite disappointed in the experience. My girlfriend made reservations 2 weeks in advance and we arrived 10 minutes early. The restaurant was half full, at best, and the maitre d had us wait well after our reservation. The bartender was quite kind and was apologetic. Once we were shown to our table we had to wait a good 10 - 15 minutes till our waiter showed up, but there was no gretting, no welcome, it felt like he was not going to say a word unless you spoke to him. Quite awkward. I got a tea, which was awful, and a coke, with no refills. My girlfriend and I made our order at an Italian restaurant of a single meatball for an appetizer, italian salad, and entree. The meatball was mediocre, at best. It was luke warm. Our entree arrived about 25 - 40 minutes later with our bread, which was 2 small cresson rolls, and no salad. We brought it up to the waiter, he apologized and said the kitchen was slammed (I counted 12 tables) and offered us free desert which was good. The given reason for 2 stars instead of one.
Overall, the restaurant severely lacks a friendly staff. The mediocre food is overpriced, in my opinion. The veal was hallow which led me to believe it was mircowaved. The comped desert, my girlfriend said, was delicious.
Sadly, I will not return.
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