We had decided to meet with another couple for dinner at Circostas, both couples had a coupon from the Entertainment book. We wanted to each use our card, but they would only allow this by putting everything on the same check. This was not right as we were 2 different families and the discounts would have been different. When the owner came out, we asked if we would just have 2 checks..very rudely she insisted that the book said one check per table and the lowest meals would be taken off. As we were only getting sandwiches and our friends getting meals, that did not make sense. We then decided to just have our friends use their card and we would just pay for our meal in full. The owner said NO that they could not have a separate check and that the lowest meal would still be taken off. The only way they could use it for their own meals was IF our friends sat at a different table. By this time, it was getting extremely uncomfortable as we just wanted to make use of our discount card that we PURCHASED to use for this restaurant. The owner was very rude and said to us ""DID YOU READ THE BOOK, IT STATES 1 CHECK PER TABLE"". *(this is the only establishment in the book that says this). While this conversation was going on, our friends notice the cook in the back yelling and waving his arms around and staring at us- after seeing that we DID NOT want to eat at this place for sure. At this point, my husband walked the owner to the front of the restaurant and told her that she made us very embarrased in front of our friends and others in the restaurant and we want our check for the drinks we were served and that we wanted to leave and would NEVER return to this restaurant. We left. Instead of this facility keeping a good reputation and taking the $12 off the bill as promised by the coupon, they just lost several customers. This was a terrible experience for us. As we dine out quit often please be sure, we will never go back to Circosta's Italian Ristorante again!
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