Yannis Pizza Restaurant — Restaurant in Newington

Ughhh. Where do I start?

Arrived maybe shortly after 5pm on a rainy Saturday to dine in. Their take out area was crowded, understandably due to the time and the fact that it was a weekend. Cool. Waited maybe about 5 minutes to ASK to be seated after grabbing the attention of a passing waitress who probably couldn’t tell us apart from the crowd waiting for takeout.

After being seated, we began to look over the menu. Our waitress was friendly and attentive. I ordered fried calamari as an appetizer, pasta with red sauce and sausage and crispy chicken. My 7 year old ordered a personal pizza. My husband ordered penne a la vodka with chicken.

The appetizer was brought out fairly quickly and shortly after, our side salads. We probably waited 30 minutes or more for the entrees to arrive. First my husband’s order, maybe 5 minutes later my son’s pizza and 5 minutes after that, my dish. As a pregnant and tired woman, it was annoying that the food was brought out at different times and I was served last.

I didn’t hear any complaints regarding the other dishes, but not only did my dish have a hair in it, the sausage was hard and I was expecting it to be cut into pieces. The dish was also cold and lacked much sauce.

I immediately asked the waitress not to be charged and shortly after, a waitress we had never dealt with MADE SURE to come grab the plate. Never said anything to anyone at the table. Not that I wanted it, but she made sure I wasn’t bringing home the food I wasn’t paying for. Our waitress did apologize, but no manager ever came over.

It is extremely annoying to have wasted my time going there to eat, and hours later, leaving hungry, tired and annoyed....

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