My wife and I had supper at Slackoni's shortly after it re-opened. My cannelloni was excellent, and the portion was more than adequate. My wife chose a shrimp dish, which was OK, but the told the waitress afterwards that the shrimp were just a little tough - no big problem though.

Well -the place fell apart; it was a bit like the 'dirty fork' scene from Monty Python. The chef appeared to apologize, and said he had tried them himslef, and they were not up to the standard he expected. There were profuse apologies all round, and they didn't chargeus for my wife's meal. We left, leaving guilty for complaining at all.

On a second visit, we took two guest for lunch. This time, everything was perfect, and the portions were still huge - more than enough for the two visitors in their twenties, let alone us old folks    []

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Not real Italian food
We waited more than a half hour in an empty restaurant.

Finally this guy comes out with our food. I exclaimed to him that it was a long time, he ignores me by asking whom the rigatoni is for (they couldn't even their act together to give the dishes right, we were the only two people at the table).

I repeat my complaint of its lateness, and he starts making excuses that our waitress is busy cashing out a big party inside.

Waitress finally makes an appearance. I complain that my rigatoni is cold. It is waaaay too salty, sauce liquidy and watery, might as well have been Ragu. My date's linguine was equally smothered in salt and had large quantities of dirt in it from the mushrooms (literally every bite you're eating a ball of dirt).

The waitress defensively says that this is a gritty dish. No charge for my date's meal. There should have been no charge for anything but the drinks.

We walk out of there never to step back again.    [20 Oct 2007 13:54:22]

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