99 Restaurants

Went to the 99 Restaurant in Pemboke MA two weeks ago with a friend who was buying me a belated birthday lunch . I have serious gluten free allergies and have been a strict vegetarian since 1997. And bad stomach! About the only thing I can eat at the 99’s is a Romain salad with no croutons. Seems simple enough, right? Not for the Pembroke 99 restaurant. The waitress brought me iceberg, which by the way is very hard to digest and has no nutrients. If you have any type of stomach problems you should stay away from iceberg lettuce. I kept saying to her it doesn’t look like Romain. She argued with me in front of my friend saying it was . Rather than fight and ruin my friends lunch, I ate it thinking they might of used the lighter inside if Romain. I got so sick for two days. I went to speak with the manager. He went to the kitchen confirmed my order then apologized giving me a gift for a lunch. He said he would speak to the cooks and waitresses and make sure this never happens again especially with allergies! Today an old friend wanted to go to the 99! I said only if we go to “the Rockland 99 one because they make the best Romain salads! “ Pembroke has poor service and they don’t know how to make a salad! He was driving and went to PEMBROKE!👎🏼 I had to help my senior disabled friend order . He confused me and the waitress with whether he could have the popcorn or not finally telling her to please take it away. Losing patience she threw the whole thing in a close barrel with a loud bang! I softly told the waitress what happened before and stressed a couple of times.-please tell the cook “only Romain,”that iceberg lettuce makes me very sick....She said she would make sure! You guessed it she brought iceberg lettuce! She stated she told the cook only Romain!( she must of done this on purpose because no one is that Bad of a waitress or that dense🤪!) The manager said she put ONLY iceberg on the slip! Criminal-Retaliation for us being old! This time I was very angry (and originally from the city) 🤨! The manager came to apologize. Then the manager from two weeks ago came over-Wanted to get me the right salad. I said no just get me corporates phone number I’m out of here! I then said -am I supposed to eat by myself? My friend was done by the time this All unfolded! I reminded the manager that he was going to “never let this happen again!” There were literally only about three other people in that restaurant at lunch Saturday. This sort of thing has happened to others! My friend was upset the waitress did not bring his water. She was nowhere to be found, we tried to stop another waitress who also ignored us. He had to wait forever to get his rolls . Even if you don’t have food allergies don’t subject yourself to bad waitresses, managers, food and senior haters in Pembroke! Rockland takes more pride in their services They RESPECT disabled/seniors and their food is much better...it does make a difference! 😋Thanks!