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Alberico Fine Wine

Alberico Fine Wine

5221 McCullough AveTX 78212, San Antonio, United States

Wine • Juice • Fusion • Brunch


"I contacted Albericos midweek to book for people for dinner before a play on Saturday. I was concerned about time and discussed this with the person I booked with and the chef. We moved our reservation to pm to be out by pm. We arrived earlier and the table was ready. They asked us to share menus as they only had available. We were the only customers when we arrived. There was only one waiter who also served as host and I guess bartender, also, give how long it took to get a glass of wine. They had no pinot grigio chilled. We began ordering but then other customers arrived and the waiter left us to take care of them. Our orders were finally taken after he seated and served yet another couple of customers. Our salad and appetizer orders came. And we waited and waited and waited for our entrees. We finally began getting then at pm. Some of the group were not served until pm. Our halibut, substituted for sea bass, was good, but several others did not fare so well. The pork tenderloin citrus, was overcooked, tough and dry with a red sauce that was not citrus. I had recommended this as when I had I a month ago it was excellent. This was not the same dish. I am not sure what others ordered but many were disappointed with their meals or commented that they said they were out of items that were requested, such as the sea bass or halibut. As we were the first customer of the evening, one wonders what the planned to serve. To say service was slow is an understatement. Had I not called days ahead to assure that the restaurant would be properly staffed, I might be more accepting of this situation but I did call. Our group had eaten here before and enjoyed it, but this will be our last visit to Alberico’s. They do not seem to value repeat customers and are absolutely not prepared to serve groups"

John Davenport's

John Davenport's

155 Temple St.CT 06510, New Haven, United States

Beer • Wine • Drinks • Brunch


"write reviews for two reasons out-of-this-world experiences and horrible/won't go back experiences.....This clearly from the one-star was not a good one. I went this past weekend for my mother's birthday one of the bigger ones and being the eldest/most local of the son's, my dad and myself wanted to give her a very special day/night; ending with a great dinner. that highly fell short We had made reservations for this past weekend for my parents, a handful of relatives and myself. I got there punctually for our dinner reservations to be greeted by the hostess which was nice to give me a menu to lookover while I waited a few minutes for the others to park their cars. Note: always use the valet service Friday-Saturday; parking can take a considerable amount of time otherwise Soon after the rest of my family showed up and we were seated. Aedan think I spelt it correctly helped by getting all of us water and asked him a few times throughout the evening for things, that he was very quick to get. Robin was our main waitress, and she was great throughout the night; especially with the disarray that was about to commence. So the party of seven sadly one couldn't come finally of us were there at 6:30pm and got water/drinks/rolls in the first 20 minutes. Robin seem to be only one of one of two main waiting staff with 1-3 helping dining staff/ not counting the bar staff because of this she appeared to be swamped by the number of tables that she was serving. That night was also the night that Yale vs. Harvard game was and that was one of the main excuses that I heard continuously on why things weren't going smoothly. So now that you have the mood set; after the first 30 minutes everything started to fall apart We than waited more than HOUR for our meals came right before 8:30pm not an hour from when we got there but an hour from when we got appetizers. Got there at I can time stamp all the activities of the night because of the slow escalation of frustrating text messages I was sending my partner throughout that evening After receiving our food several people at the table ordered the ribeye steak with chard corn and what was stated to be mash potatoes with horseradish infused. The individuals at the table including myself who ordered the ribeye, tried the food and all of our mash was cold but also have barely had any flavor of horseradish. My mom and my uncle couldn't even taste it but this was a hint of horseradish I could pick up. So as soon as I got my food I was sending it back, along with the other two orders. Robin empathetically apologized numerous times before this for the wait for our meals and now again was having to apologize for this she could change. She had the chef make mash for the table, which came out in small cast iron pans. This mash potato had no flavor of horseradish what so ever. I emphasize about this horseradish because that was the main/ pretty much only reason my mom got that dish in the first place and"