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Crowded Parking Lot

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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna (Post 997019)

We visited the one on 301, south of 466. When we couldn't find a parking place we should have gotten clue. Normally a crowded parking lot is a sign of a good restaurant, but not this time. It took us three hours to get a crappy meal. Never again. Or if not "never", then a long enough time for this outfit to get its ducks in a row service-wise.

New businesses, particularly restaurants should take not of the well-known ground rule...

The good news about The Villages is that news travels fast. The bad news about The Villages is also that news travels fast.

It's so crowded, nobody goes there anymore.:a040:

Did he assault someone at the restaurant or elsewhere?

Been there 6-7 times and the meals keep getting better. The service goes from good to fair but I'm willing to suffer that little problem for the extraordinary food. Basically, they do simple dishes excellently. There is kind of an art (or dance) to working with front of the restaurant staff. Sometimes if all goes wrong but experienced diners can usually figure out the harried server with a kitchen that it way behind versus a clueless server that just can't seem to get the order right and try to move things along. But, sometimes there is just no air in the football.

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Originally Posted by Golf View (Post 997689)

It's so crowded, nobody goes there anymore.:a040:

i love yogi too

Went there today for lunch. Great food . Tomato sauce and the bread were excellent. To me these are the key ingredients in Italian restaurants. Oh , good vino too. ��

Love that place best true Italian food since moving from Chicago. Original dishes that are beyond excellent. service does go from just ok to awesome. We'll be regulars for sure. Hope whatever happened gets ironed out. I'm so relieved to finally have great Italian food around here!

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Originally Posted by shcisamax (Post 997041)

We were there in the beginning of January and the dinner was great...and to be honest, we're pretty picky.

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Originally Posted by MikeV (Post 997069)

We love it there.

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Originally Posted by blue72 (Post 997594)

We ate there the other day for the first time. Food and service was excellent. Will definitely go back again.

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Originally Posted by Amfunny (Post 997612)

Excellent food and great pizza!

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Originally Posted by Jdmiata (Post 999644)

Went there today for lunch. Great food . Tomato sauce and the bread were excellent. To me these are the key ingredients in Italian restaurants. Oh , good vino too. ��

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Originally Posted by rdhdleo (Post 999663)

We've been there several times and agree with all of the above! We had heard that the service was "just ok" occasionally, but we personally have never experienced that. We took 90-year-old friends there to celebrate one of their birthdays, and the restaurant staff went all out to make the occasion so memorable!

Issues among their staff members that have nothing to do with patrons are none of my business. I'm not about to sit in judgment about something that I don't even know the whole story anyway. Besides, I'm too busy living my own life....