"The food tonight was excellent. Truly excellent. The service left a lot to be desired. A lot. The waiter disappeared for the first minutes I was there. Not even so much as a glass of water when the food started to arrived, the service improved. Then the waiter disappeared again. For close to minutes. I wanted a cup of coffee. No waiter anywhere in sight. I finally got up to go find a waiter (preferably my waiter) and by the time I found him I was so frustrated I could not think about what I had wanted, just thapt he was nowhere to be found. I told the waiter that our meals were excellent, but the poor service really spoiled an otherwise lovely evening. The waiter said that he had been in back" (whatever that means). I told him that I had no idea why he had "been in back", and I could not imagine why is should be OK for him to disappear for so long. After I had spoken with our waiter, the gentleman at the table next to me got up and told the waiter that he seconded what I had already said"
