[Girlcopper]

Originally Posted by Ellwoodrick

I must agree that many of the Restaurants are sub par inside the Bubble.

Friday my wife and I went to the Bonefish Grill. Pricy I know but generally good. Our waitress came to take our drink order. I asked for a "Diet Budweiser" (my standard joke). She promptly told me "we don't serve Budweiser". My wife and I looked at each other as she never got the joke. I had to tell her that they had Bud Lite on tap. Got my Beer then. Go figure......

Waitresses work their tails off and just maybe aren’t interested in your jokes. How about just ordering properly and saving the jokes for family who are forced to sit thru it

[Girlcopper]

Originally Posted by airstreamingypsy

I think your complaint is unreasonable. Linguini with white clam sauce usually runs around $18.00 to $20.00 dollars and is an entree. If I were the waitress I don't think I would have understood that you wanted a $18.00 side with your entree either. $3.00 should have given you a clue that you weren't going to get an $18.00 Linguini with clam sauce. You ordered two entrees, not an entree with a side.

Perfectly said. And it sounds like they received an alfredo sauce, not clam. Changing a sauce is changing the entire item. It’s not like asking for a change of salad drsssing. And who mixes a white clam sauce pasta with chick parm which comes with a red sauce? I think the whole,order was a horrible idea. Sometimes it’s best to just stay home.

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Holy crap I remember Wursthaus, right next to Out of Town News and the old entrance to the Red Line. I used to busk in that spot, and across the street at the Coop. Never ate there but I think I remember using their bathroom once or twice. Do you remember the Tasty, around the corner? And the Coffee Connection in The Garage?

My teenage hangouts! Most have been replaced by Harvard owned corporate tenants now. Was one of the best live music/drinking spots I can ever remember. Too antiseptic now

[TheWarriors]

I’m amazed some Villagers heads can even fit through most restaurant doors here.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by xhippee

This was almost amusing. Went to Napolinos last night with another couple. I told the waitress I'd like chicken parm, with linguini and white clam sauce. She said it would be a $3 upcharge. I said ok. When it arrived 40 minutes later, the linguini was doused in a thick, white gravy...devoid of clams. When I pointed this out to the waitress, she said if I wanted clams in my clam sauce, I'd have to order it as a dinner. I actually laughed. First and last time for me there.

This IS the type of incident that keeps me from frequenting restaurants. I enjoy eating at home where I can control the environment and the ingredients put into my food. For example, I don't like excessive spicy. Restaurants typically jack up the spice to give their customers a more "memorable" experience eating out. Also, many restaurants seem to "hurry the customers out the door" for maximum profit. But, the customer wants a COMFORTABLE and RELAXED night out.
......I have also always felt that the tipping process created a "phony interaction with the waitresses or waiters"......like "pretend" friendliness.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Shipping up to Boston

Sounds amazing.
My two favorite German restaurants are now defunct. One was the Wursthaus in Harvard Square in Cambridge and the other was called Jacob Wirth in Boston’s theater district. Both were authentic and very popular in their day. German cuisine is definitely underrated imo

LOVE German cuisine. With one exception: raw beef or pork, AKA the "cannibal sandwich" popular with many Milwaukeeans. We have family there and have encountered it from time to time: it is a favorite of my sister-in-law, an ethnic German. I've tried it, mainly just to be polite: I recall mom staring at it for a time and then commenting, "if you give me a frying pan I can fix that".

But overall, great food. Hollerbach's in Sanford serves good German food in huge portions.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

This IS the type of incident that keeps me from frequenting restaurants. I enjoy eating at home where I can control the environment and the ingredients put into my food. For example, I don't like excessive spicy. Restaurants typically jack up the spice to give their customers a more "memorable" experience eating out. Also, many restaurants seem to "hurry the customers out the door" for maximum profit. But, the customer wants a COMFORTABLE and RELAXED night out.
......I have also always felt that the tipping process created a "phony interaction with the waitresses or waiters"......like "pretend" friendliness.

And if you stay at home you are creating less greenhouse gases

[New Englander]

Originally Posted by TheWarriors

I’m amazed some Villagers heads can even fit through most restaurant doors here.

[eremite06]

Originally Posted by NotGolfer

ThirdofFive said it the best!! You left "there" for "here" and expect "here" to be like "there"!!! This "IS" the south and it "IS" Florida. So many "expert" food afficiandos seem to gravitate to being food critics....Wonder if they were happy where they came from??

I agree

[LonnyP]

Love that place. Humans make mistakes sometimes.

[Two Bills]

German Cuisine. Meat, potato, Strudel and beer.

[Karmanng]

Originally Posted by xhippee

This was almost amusing. Went to Napolinos last night with another couple. I told the waitress I'd like chicken parm, with linguini and white clam sauce. She said it would be a $3 upcharge. I said ok. When it arrived 40 minutes later, the linguini was doused in a thick, white gravy...devoid of clams. When I pointed this out to the waitress, she said if I wanted clams in my clam sauce, I'd have to order it as a dinner. I actually laughed. First and last time for me there.

I hate to say it but you DID SAY white clam sauce as a past server you got exactly what you ordered. YOU made the mistake thou not the kitchen or her..........No reason to not go back when you were at fault.......

[kingofbeer]

Originally Posted by Uncle Creepy

Every "restaurant" in the Villages is possibly the worst service and food I've ever had. I would rather eat a MRE (Meal Ready to Eat) from the Army Infantry.... including hospital and VA food. It's absolutely disgusting.

I think Prima is good. Harvest is beautiful venue(great service, did not care for the food there). The Chop House is the best restaurant IMHO. Once I went to Roberto's on a Friday night. The restaurant was vibrant and crowded. I was very optimistic. But soon realized, that the food here was not good. Had house salad (lettuce and tomato) - total garbage. Chicken Parmigana (tasteless), Pizza (fair). Sent back the chicken, took the pizza home and ate it there. Carrabbas is good and consistent. Wolfgang Puck's is good, but there is a small menu.

[aesachs]

Originally Posted by xhippee

This was almost amusing. Went to Napolinos last night with another couple. I told the waitress I'd like chicken parm, with linguini and white clam sauce. She said it would be a $3 upcharge. I said ok. When it arrived 40 minutes later, the linguini was doused in a thick, white gravy...devoid of clams. When I pointed this out to the waitress, she said if I wanted clams in my clam sauce, I'd have to order it as a dinner. I actually laughed. First and last time for me there.

Seems to me your protein was the chicken and your choice of starch was linguine and instead of tomato sauce you asked for clam sauce. You got the sauce you asked for. If you had just ordered linguine with clam sauce the clams would be your protein.

[Normal]

If only there was a restaurant with Middle Eastern Shwarmas, Shanghai lumpia, Kimchi, Turkish rope bread, German Schwank, French crepes, UK pasty’s and Mexican street tacos. Then maybe top off the whole smear with service at tables on uneven walk stones and coasters to balance the legs. Throw in a fine selection of the entire universe in beers and paradise would be achieved .