Michelle Ashworth

Review of Pie cucina

Visiting family in Homer City. My aunt and uncle h...

Visiting family in Homer City. My aunt and uncle hosted a family dinner for 13 people here on 10/20/18. The food was good (3-4 stars). The main issue was the restaurant was understaffed on several levels. At 7pm when we were seated, there were only 3-4 other tables with customers. By 7:45pm there were only 2 other seated tables besides ours. The point being, the restaurant was largely empty on a Saturday night.

When our meals came out, 11 people were served within a few minutes of each other. 2 others were waiting. The 12th person's meal came out 7-8 minutes later. My cousin's meal (he was sitting next to me) came out about 10-15 minutes later. At that point everyone was either finished or almost finished when he was served. He ordered the same dish as 1-2 other people at the table.
We were not in a rush - but it was surprising that management didn't apologize or offer to comp the very late meal. Our waitress was very pleasant, but she appeared to be handling most of the seated tables. The kitchen needed help. Would definitely go back the next time we are in PA visiting family. However the staffing levels are not commensurate with the prices.