La Strega Cucina Italiana & Steakhouse

I must start by saying that I have been to this restaurant a few times and I have loved it every time. I loved it soo much that I have recommended it to others. However, I am sad to say that I will not be returning due to my last experience there. I went with my family to celebrate a family birthday. Food was great and so was the ambience and the live music. However, our waitress, Yamilayka, has to be the most unprofessional, rude, and disrespectful waitress I have EVER encountered. EVER. After a great night and yet again a wonderful experience, Yamilayka made a very rude and unexpected comment. Long story short, the bill was being split into 2. When I went to make the payment, it turns out I put $15 tip by accident when I meant to put $50 (which by the way, $50 was way more than 20% of my portion, I wanted to be generous with the tip as I usually am). The next person that paid also put tip. When we finished paying, Yamilayka had the audacity to ask me out loud in front of the whole table “was my service that bad?” I said what do you mean? She said, “yes, was my service THAT bad that you only gave me a $15 tip”. I told her that’s not possible and that I must have made a mistake. She then went on to say how she even asked for the dessert to be removed from the bill because we had a birthday. Trying to make me feel bad even after I told her I had made a mistake. As she went on to make matters worse, we actually pulled out a $20 bill and gave it to her, in efforts to correct my mistake and also to get her to go away because she just stood there going on and on. (So in the end, she actually got 20% tip of the whole bill). My face turned RED. To say I was embarrassed is an understatement. Especially considering that I genuinely made a mistake. She made me feel terrible and she embarrassed me in front of the whole table. After having such a lovely night with my family, we all left there with a really bad taste in our mouth and with zero desire to return, thanks to Yamilayka. We were all shocked and could not believe she was saying those things. She ruined the experience for us all. She should really be reminded that a tip is optional and in reality if we wanted to, we could have given her a $0 tip!