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Grace's Place Pizzeria

Grace's Place Pizzeria

1316 Grandin Road Southwest, Roanoke, 24015, United States Of America, 24015-2346

Beer • Pizza • Cheese • Italian


"My boyfriend and I popped in for a quick, late dinner at like 8:50pm last night... our mistake, we totally missed that they closed at 9pm. We assumed closing time was a bit later, like 10pm because it was a Saturday. We've never been here before, so we weren't familiar with their hours.. and of course didn't pay attention to the sign. The guy at the register was nice, said they were closing soon. We apologized for our timing and expressed that we didnt want to put an order in to hold them up, but he assured us that a to go order was OK. There was a middle aged, thin, dark haired caucasian female employee sweeping/cleaning the lobby who was incredibly rude, though. While waiting for our food, my boyfriend was in her way at one point. He apologized and moved immediately, her response was super pleasant. But as we continued to wait, a few more people came in. There was also a table that was finishing up their meal kinda slowly. I get that she was frustrated over those things due to it being near/at closing time, but she was walking around audibly complaining or otherwise expressing her aggravation with the customers coming in/ being there near/at closing time. Like at one point, someone came in as she was sweeping near us. She slammed the broom against the wall and let out a kind of loud scream/sigh type noise as she stomped by us the turn the open sign off. Like, loud enough to startle us haha. Not a super big deal, I know. But in the moment it was just.. super inappropriate and unnecessary. The food was pretty good... but we will probably not be back anytime soon because of the way that employee acted. I've worked in retail and food service, too. For years and years. Closing time customers happen. Some on accident, though! It's just the nature of the beast. My suggestion would be to turn closing time customers away, politely, instead of taking their order then parading around in front of them as if they've insulted you personally."

Dante's Italiano

Dante's Italiano

13200 New Falls of Neuse Ste 117 Raleigh, NC 27614-8293, United States

Pub • Wine • Pizza • Italian


"I?ll start with this used to be my favorite local Italian joint? Went on a date night here with my husband last night. Our server was friendly and mostly attentive. Ordered a Caesar salad with my entree, way too much dressing on it but I sucked it up.Entree was decent but not what it used to be, their marinara sauce on eggplant parm used to be amazing-not anymore. When it cametime for boxes our waitress disappeared, we didn?t get drink refills as requested, a different waitress boxed our leftovers andimmediately brought the check. I wanted dessert to take home but whatever. While waiting for our check I watched a waitresswhose last table left (it?s about 8 pm at this point) go to the bar and pour a glass of wine. No big deal she was off shift. Wepaid and left. When we walked outside our ?2nd? waitress and the waitress who was drinking wine were sitting outside. Again nobig deal perhaps they were off shift, however, just seems unprofessional to be sitting outside the front entrance drinking whilecustomers are still inside. Business hours are until 10 pm so perhaps they could have waited until closing. Heated up myleftover eggplant parm for dinner tonight again just mediocre, few bites in and guess what I bit into?STEEL-WOOL/Brillopad/scouring pad. Glad they?re cleaning their pots and pans in the kitchen but really could have done without the STEEL! I hatewriting negative reviews but this place is really going downhill, doubt I?ll be back to give another try."