DeJohn's Italian Spaghetti House — Restaurant in Town of Pomfret

High hopes, lots of potential ...low results. Party of two. Booths, bar and tables available for seating. We came in when it was busiest around 1800. Only one server and a barkeep were on duty. That would normally be plenty for a place of this size, but not this evening for the number of guests present. The dimly lit atmosphere set up a promising meal. We were seated in the back corner of a 3 seasons room and basically forgotten about. The waitress was quite busy. The drinks did not come for some time. The kitchen window showed a younger kitchen staff perhaps the reason for the food being so so. The food was subpar and bland at best. Crabmeat stuffed mushrooms were watery, flavorless and needed more time under the salamander..Wrong order was taken down for one of us. We had the homemade alfredo with grilled chicken. . seemingly reheated burnt chicken does not add flavor..and the Alfredo was seemingly again reheated with very little taste. A cup of soup with noodles thrown on top cant be considered the soup of the day....I can't blame severs for being busy during dinner rush hour. This was a second time here to give the restaurant another shot. The food was just as bland as the first time. Although affordable I would pass...

Today my favorite Italian restaurant let me down. My wife ordered us each an angle hair pasta dinner. I had to go get it because it’s not on the DoorDash choice. I sat at the bar waiting for my order( little did I know it was sitting at the salad station getting cold. One of the servers was hurriedly clearing a booth for people to sit. The other server was walking around saying she was going to throw up out loud. Then the guy that was making the pizzas had a fit about making a calzone. The only person not complaining was the young man doing the dishes. Well back to the food. My wife ordered breadsticks stuffed with cheese. They were burnt. My angel hair pasta with meat sauce was a let down. The meat sauce was regular sauce with a busted up meatball and not covered with sauce. I know Lisa and the food has always been good. I feel bad for Lisa because I know that is not how she...

I can absolutely understand when a restaurant is understaffed. But it took 20 minutes just for them to bring us menus. And the place is pretty small and rather cramped so it was unlikely we'd go unnoticed. It was not that busy either. Also our order couldn't even be served together. My mom got the lasagna and the waitress told me that my order was taking a little longer than expected and would be out in like 5 minutes, which is okay I understand things happen. 25 minutes later, I still don't have my food and I'm forced to get a to-go box because I had a concert I was performing in and then had to scramble to get there on time. An understaffed restaurant can only make so good of an experience, but there wasn't even an attempt made to create a good...