Ippolito's Neighborhood Italian — Restaurant in Roswell

I would just like to start by saying I usually don’t write reviews and really wanted to enjoy my experience here. I used to come here as a kid and was excited go here after moving back to the area.

My girlfriend and I came in tonight and experienced what I think was the most awful dining experience i’ve ever had.

I’m saying this as someone who has works in the industry for 13 years and used to own a restaurant…so I usually am understanding and forgiving but my experience left me inclined to leave this review so others don’t have to subject themselves to this place.

The main issue I had was with our sever. He was an older gentleman. From the get go he was incredibly stand offish and rude.

Our waiter did not even say hello or any thing other than “drinks?” In an irritated tone.

I told him I would have a water while i looked over things.

My girlfriend had not even had a chance to order her drink and he just replied “Alright 2 waters then” and walked off as she tried to order a coke. We had to call him back so she could get the drink she wanted.

I was going to maybe order a drink but he took the list from us angrily saying “i’ll take this since we are not getting drinks”

At that point I did not want to bother talking to this man again since he obviously did not want to take care of us.

I hoped the food would make up for the off-putting service but that was bad to. Everything tasted like it was nuked in the microwave and the sauces were watery and flavorless. My girlfriend could not even eat her chicken because it was so rubbery and dry.

we gave her plate to the manager told him it did not taste good and she might get a desert. I decided to keep mine because I was hungry. He did not seem to care or even be concerned with what was wrong with it. Just asked if she wanted to order something else.

We decided we did not want to spend any more of our money here and asked for the bill. When the server came back he did not even acknowledge that she had a problem with her food or say anything. Our waiter just dropped the check and said nothing.

I was trying to give him the benefit of the doubt that he was just having a bad day. But then we noticed that he was being friendly to all the other guests around us.

Like i said I am usually understanding knowing how hard the business can be but this was ridiculous.

I honestly could careless about the food being bad. I was excited to dine here again and was embarrassed having told my significant other that this used to be a decent restaurant. We will definitely...

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