Greek Chef Salad
The Serving Spoon

The Serving Spoon

1825 S Osprey Ave, Sarasota, United States

Vegan • Coffee • American • Breakfast


"After googling where to eat in Sarasota on our trip, I am SHOCKED I am leaving this place a ONE STAR review. We (family of 4 with two twelve year olds) walked in around 9:15-9:20am Saturday March 25th 2023 and were greeted promptly by the young hostess who asked if a booth was okay, which of course we said yes. There were multiple tables empty and so was the bar area. We took about 5-10 mins to decide what we wanted to order, at that time we noticed a few people come in and sit at the bar. Then a guy by himself, both were greeted and both had drinks within mins by the bar wait staff. No one had acknowledged us yet but there were 3 wait staff that had walked by us multiple times, two women and one guy. Then a couple gets sat in front of us at a table. Within 2 mins they were greeted and asked what they wanted to drink.. I tried to signal that waitress over to see if she was ours and she turned away. within another 5 mins, they had drinks and the waitress was taking their order. At that point, which had been about 20-25 mins my husband went back up to the hostess to let her know we had yet to be acknowledged. She came over and was concerned, I asked who our waitress was and what section we were in. She looked towards the back and said, She should be with you soon but I can take your drink order if you 'd like. Of course I said yes and we put our drink order in. Hostess got busy up front with checking two people out then nothing for another 5 mins after that! NO ONE ACKNOWLEDGED US besides the hostess. Not a hello, not even a glance at our table, NO ONE! We were there for a good 25-30 mins with not even a drink! Is this a place just for the locals? Our girls were the ones who helped pick out the places we would eat and were very upset at this whole experience. If you 're a tourist, go down to the nearest IHOP where we were greeted by multiple staff members and weren 't ignored. I 've worked in the service industry and there is no excuse for not one person looking our way. Two thumbs down."