The food was amazing and the only reason we tipped was that the back of the house should not suffer for the arrogance of the front of the House. Three of us came in and we usually do not have drinks but water without ice (not just for the palate to be clean in order to review, but also a beer is a beer anywhere). Sometimes waitstaff get upset as this means less base food and drink to get tipped on. This server was visibly upset, didn't want to explain the meals or specials, and spent his time ignoring us and paying attention to the other tables, No love lost, you do you, bud. We just had the appetizers and didn't order any entrees because of his attitude and decided we should spend our money elsewhere. When I asked for the bill, however, he didn't bring over a handheld, and when I asked for the terminal, he got angry and attempted to grab my card, saying he will swipe it. (People have lost their hands for less, especially when identity theft and credit card skimming is so prevalent.) When I asked for the terminal again, he instead tried to forcefully grab it a second time, and d then walked around ignoring us and complaining to the other waitstaff loudly, and ignoring me when I walked up to him twice to pay. Staring blankly ahead as if I wasn't there, at least he shut his mouth and stopped bad talking me when to my face. I had to go to find the bartender and ask him to pay, he then took me to the terminal where I used my card. Not that hard, right? The server could have done that all along and explained that they do not have a handheld (for whatever reason in 2024).

Train your staff. Buy a handheld terminal. Don't let your amazing cooks' hard work go to waste, by being overshadowed by bad service.