Above average food, below expectation service - Waited 2 hours for our pizza despite checking in with the waiter twice. Seated at 8pm, ordered around 815pm and got our pizza at 11pm after multiple reminders*
Was recommended this place by our hotel, atmostphere and ambience was not bad. Had a long queue when we got there, the wait was not too long considering it was a saturday. However, service was surprisingly not what we expected considering the reviews and also the price of the food (above average).
We ordered a Beef Cappacio which was really good. We sat down around 8pm, ordered about 8.20pm and was served the beef cappacio around 845pm.
We were 2 girls so we also ordered 2 drinks and a pizza to share. After a long wait, we looked around and everyone seemed to take some time to get their pizza so we continued to wait. 1 hour later, i asked to check on the pizza and a server with short hair said she will check and never got back. 20mins later i asked again to check on the pizza as it is close to 2hrs since we ordered and 1.5hrs since we were served the appetiser. She said we will get it soon and the kitchen was doing the last order.
Then 2 tables who were seated after us got the food. The final straw came when the very last table who were seated at least 45mins AFTER us also got their 3 pizzas, I was extremely disappointed and annoyed. That's when i asked for an update again for the pizza and a bartender (nice guy) tried to do some recovery and offered us a drink. He then went to chase on the pizza and told us the kitchen is making it now (after close to 2hrs)
In summary, food is good and ambience is not too bad but service was below expectations for a restaurant like this. In fact, no one should have to wait more than 2 hours for a pizza and in the event this may happen due to the crowd, i do think it is also basic for the restaurant to manage expectations prior to sititng the customers.
Also when a customer had to check twice on their food, it is also basic for a service staff to at least check and get back to the customer, even if she may take a longer time to do so.
Very unpleasant experience and no matter how good the food taste, we will never go back...
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