We drove from Riverdale NY to try this restaurant....

We drove from Riverdale NY to try this restaurant.
The food tested good, the place was clean and the hostess was very helpful. Unfortunately the service needs lots of attention. There were five of us and they only brought out two waters. It took them more than 10 min to bring out the remaining three waters.
We got our appetizer and we still did not have our silverware on the table.

One of us was celebrating her birthday. I noticed another table ordered a very cool birthday ice cream and they sang HappyBirthday to them.

I order one for our table but they never sang HappyBirthday to us.

Dear Sign of the Whale service team:
Please remember to step it up. The place and the food must match the service. This way you will no longer screw your tip.