I was there to celebrate Easter with my 8 yr old. My daughter was so excited to go to a “fancy” restaurant with white tablecloths. We arrived during lunch time and the place was empty, there were no customers. The guy who walked us over to our table had the worst attitude, he was extremely unpleasant, didn’t say a word to us, didn’t ask if the table would be ok nor informed us who our waiter would be…. I believe his name was Raul, probably around late 50s, Latino, broken English.

After the Raul guy left, I flagged down an older gentleman and asked if I could order a pizza since pizza wasn’t an option on the menu. This second guy decides to go ask the Raul guy about us ordering pizza and Raul responded with “ that is not my table! ” loud enough for my daughter and I to hear. Mind you, there were no customers and no reason to have gotten upset. Finally a third guy comes around, also seems annoyed, and doesn’t let me know that he’s our server his name was Marco. Marco doesn’t greet us, no small pleasantries only asks “what kind of pizza do you want?. At this point I wasn’t given a menu to see my pizza options, wasn’t asked if I wanted an appetizer or asked about drinks: I basically had to flag down the busboys to get any service.

Long story short, we were served mostly by the busboys who were by far extremely nice and helpful. I asked one of the busboys if he would get my tip and assured me it would go to the waiter. I said the waiter he hasnt done much, you’ve been doing all the work” But he quickly defended the waiter saying he was busy because it was going to be a busy day: not sure why the server was busy no one was there until 30 mins after we arrived, and it was a one couple being served by a different waiter. As soon as the place started to get filled I noticed that the waiters were extremely pleasant and attentive to the “non Latino” customers, both waiters were Latino. And yes, People of color can be racist and stereotype other people of color even when they are the same ethnicity.. I think they thought I was on a budget or wasn’t ordering a large meal so the tip wouldn’t even be worth it. In the end I complained to the hostess and she was above and beyond understanding and kind. Our family has celebrated an anniversary and a graduation at this place and we have never had any issues. It's too bad this happened because I will never go back. Towards the end Marco was being more attentive but that was after I asked the busboy who my waiter was and why he was MIA.

BTW - The Raul character needs to stop complaining about other waiters taking his tables, I was able to hear all the whining about this when he complained to the hostess. Completely childish and unprofessional.

• I also noticed that they sat us at a table on the corner away from the main dining. Not sure if this was strategic to have us out of the way, but it was definitely suspect. Many pretty tables in the middle of the dining room and we sat in a booth at the corner. Completely demoralizing.