I've always had good experiences at Giorgio's ... until the other night. First, my party of three walked in and had to wait several minutes until the host even acknowledged us. He looked right at me and said nothing while he was busy cashing out a gift card customer. Then after that, instead of saying ANYTHING to us, he immediately started talking to a server about a DoorDash issue or something; meanwhile, other folks had come in behind us. I finally had to ask if we were supposed to check in somewhere else! After finally getting seated, we were greeted by maybe the most apathetic server I've ever encountered. When we ordered, I requested the zucchini noodles without feta and mentioned I'm vegan after she asked if I wanted protein. On the second or third bite I knew there was cheese in the dish - come to find out there is parmesan in the pesto - and we had to flag someone down. The host (or maybe he's a manager, which makes the beginning even more disappointing) came over and apologized but was a little weird about it ... "You didn't eat it, so we won't charge you". No, you shouldn't charge me because the server knew my dietary specifications and either wasn't aware of the ingredients in the dish or simply failed to inform me and/or notify the kitchen. Not sure I'd eat here if I had a food allergy! I didn't make a big deal about it but I was bummed out and ended up just continuing to munch on the hummus appetizer.

To wrap it up with a bow, towards the end the server started talking about the bread and how there's so much of it out back and how it's hard to resist, etc. Sorry but it's kind of unprofessional to talk about helping yourself to food that we patrons are paying money for.

Maybe it was an off night for them but I would be hesitant to return. The ambience was nice as always and my martinis were good but those were the only highlights. One person in my party was from out of town and it certainly wasn't a good first impression.