Excuses, Excuses.
Hello Internet! Just thought i would share my thoughts on a recent experience I had last weekend with II Postino Ristorante. We had a party of 25 ish to celebrate my son's baptism and all I can think about is what didn't go wrong. I'll elaborate. 1. Pricing - Joe (manager) kept changing his mind on what would be included in a cost per plate scenario. He first said dessert and coffee were part of the package. He added a coffee charge to my bill that was only removed after I was about to show him proof in an email on my blackberry. The worst part was the people serving assumed it was included and served 20 dollars worth of coffee. Apparently after talking to his mom it wasn't possible to include it in the first place, not sure who's in charge of these things. 2. Service - Joe did not adequately staff for this event. He had 2 poor servers working both the restaurant below and the event upstairs. They were frantically trying to get orders in and the wait for the main course was close to 2 hours! After I spoke to Joe about it at the restaurant he said he did US a favor by having the event on a Saturday and it's busy. Really? For the mix up though he decided to throw in dessert which was already part of the agreed upon set menu! Classic! 3. Food - Okay so the food did taste good the only issue is the portion in relation to the cost. I specifically asked Joe about portion size a week before the event and asked if what I'm paying is enough to accommodate 24 rather hungry eaters after a long church ceremony. He advised there is no difference in amount just cuts of meat would change as the price went up. So for 35 dollars+ we got a piece of fish sitting on top of 4 vegetables. I don't normally review things online but I did feel it necessary to let anyone who hits this page know that it's simply not worth it to eat here cost wise and definitely not worth it for a large event. There are MANY options on this strip, skip this one.