Vito’s — Restaurant in Moncton

I had not been to this restaurant for over 30 years. At that time we were a group of gays celebrating a birthday. The waitresses were having a great time snickering at us, a city policeman came in who was a friend of one of the waitresses, she whispered something to him and they both looked at us and laughed. We said nothing, times were different back then. But I vowed never to return. Last week I had a friend visiting who wanted to eat there, ..well, I thought, all of those waitresses are dead by now so lets give it a try. We walked in, 3 staff were standing at the door but looked at us and walked away....there was no "wait to be seated" sign, assuming we seat ourselves we walked across the dinning room towards a vacant window table. A waitress came up and said I will seat you follow me. Back across the dinning room we go, down a hallway into another curved hallway to a table. I do not want to sit there I said, she huffed and back through the dinning room we go, passing empty window tables. What about here I said....they are reserved was the answer, although no sign saying so...to a table at the back of that room. She put the menus down and left. I said to my friend ... how do you feel, uncomfortable was the answer. Without sitting we left..... really...is that the best hospitality you have to offer people who come to spend their money at your business....how have you stayed in...

Vito's reminds me of one of the restaurants I used to visit when I was a kid. It fills me with nostalgia even though it isn't really a childhood restaurant. Sure the decor is older but to me, that just adds to the charm. The food is pretty much the same. My son and I both had the lasagna and we shared a bruschetta. The lasagnas were of generous portions and were heavy on the meats, sauce and cheese. There were surprise pepperonis in there, which was interesting.

We were seated in no time, took our order within 5 minutes and the food was on the table 10 minutes later. Great service already. As I was cutting my son's lasagna he poked me with the tiny sword holding the two cherries in his shirley temple, I pulled back, hit my soda and ended up with a coca cola lasagna. The waitress soon tended to us, she notices my soaked pasta and insisted on offering me a free one, I declined as I was half way done already. She still insisted and I agreed. 5 minutes later, hot steaming lovely lasagna #2. Can't beat that service. To top it off I had forgotten the stores closed early so she rushed my bill and things got wrapped up quick. Top notch service.

So this was a great experience. The only thing I could criticize was the bruschetta which wasn't on par with the rest.

Great price overall, stellar service, good food, and a nostalgic experience. I will...

It feels like we walked back in time. We sat down and all elderly around us, some speaking Italian. Started to fall in love.

But then our order wasn't sent to the kitchen, four tables who sat after us already got their food. Here we are, having waited over half an hour and the waitress came over and apologized and told us what happened. We let it go, no complaints. She offered to give us the salad first that came with our meals. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING! The Caesar salad was drenched in this god-awful dressing. The croutons were stale and definitely came from a bag. The bacon was rubbery.

Then came out orders. My husband ordered the lasagna and garlic bread. The garlic bread was definitely not homemade. The lasagna was put into this metal tray that should've been thrown away honestly. But the taste of it tasted like a Stouffer's lasagna. Gross and lacking taste.

Then came my order. A 6" pizza. The crust was hard and powdery. It tasted like a frozen pizza. I ate two slices out of the 4 and set it to the side. This and the salad started to make me feel sick. And I only ordered hot water with lemon, so it wasn't anything to do with what I drank.

Also, on that note, my husband ordered coffee, which was really watered down and was not asked for a refill once.

Will NOT be going here again. One and done. My advise,...