Mangiamo Ristorante & Pizzeria

My co-worker and I had a crazy day at work and wanted to try this place now that the opening rush was over. The host told us it was a 10 min wait, and it was probably shorter than that which was fabulous! We got seated and waited a couple minutes longer for our server than we wanted, but really not a big deal- we also work in service so we totally get it. We ordered a sweet tea and a water, gluten free pizza, and tortellini. I also asked for a side of ranch. She took our order and was very kind! Please let me preface that I'm not irate or anything more than bummed out. We didn't get our drinks until after our food, and our server was sitting at the bar chatting with the host/staff while we didn't have drinks. I totally understand forgetting, but I believe she had other tables that she was checking on. It was a little frustrating not having drinks while we could see her sitting and chatting. The male food runner brought our food out, and we asked for our drinks when he had a minute and he seemed confused that we didn't have drinks yet. He brought our food, drinks, and side of ranch in 3 separate runs to the kitchen before we saw our server. She came over as soon as everything was dropped off and asked if everything was okay before we started eating. My co worker liked the tortellini but was kinda disappointed at such a small portion for the price. She got two garlic knots with the order. I got their gluten free meat pizza and I was very impressed that the dough was made in house! That's a new one for me! And it was very good and I believed was a decent portion size. Our drinks did not get refilled, but I understand I could have asked her to and I can't expect her to read our minds. The bottom line here is, I do not mean to bash our server- everyone has bad days and they're still new. I wanted to talk to a manager about this rather than posting a review but I couldn't find one, and we were really just ready to get home. I'm only saying what I'm saying because our server won't know why we didn't enjoy our visit if we didn't tell someone. Everyone has room for growth and she totally could've had an off day. Just wanted to bring this up, as the food is good but service could improve. Thank you :)