*** CELIAC BEWARE! ***
Edit as of 10/25/2024 - In response to the owners reply, what's "unfortunate" is receiving a plate of wheat bread after making it clear as day that the person ordering said plate, has an allergy to gluten. Regardless of the bread being "optional" if it had the allergens in it, it should not have been offered? Doesn't take a ton of intelligence to understand this concept. After reading your response I can say with confidence that we won't be back. Appreciate you making that decision even easier! 😊👍🏽
10/24/2024 My family and I went here for my birthday yesterday. My mother has celiac (gluten allergy), & we were very excited to try this place given the gluten free options we heard about! For starters, she ordered the Burrata Caprese, and the Olives. Both of these items on the menu had 'GF' notated next to them. As my mom ordered those, out of habit she did mention, she needed them gluten free not due to preference but due to allergy. Our waitress brushed my mother off quite quickly saying 'Yep, yep there's no bread or wheat' and immediately walked away, leaving us feeling quite irrelevant. When the Burrata & Olives arrived, the plate with olives on it came with grilled bread. I flagged the waitress down, and asked her, "Is this bread gluten free?" To which she responded, "No.". I reminded her again, that THIS is why my mother felt so empowered to mention her allergy, that it's not due to preference, but that she will get insanely sick due to consuming gluten. The waitress yet again, brushed us off, and advised my mother, "Just don't eat the bread then" , and stormed off to greet her other tables. I come from YEARS of experience in the service industry, I can understand that after a long time doing this, you get 'good' at it. However, I'd like to remind this waitress, that when guests make their allergies known, to be 'present' and to actively listen to the guest. She was very 'transactional' with her demeanor and behavior. I actually remember having her back in January when we came for my husbands birthday. She must have the same section each time, we were seated in the booths near the hostess stand, right behind the big circular table. We were very turned off by her demeanor, and made sure to reflect that in her tip. (5 person tab). We probably will not be back.