Since I moved to Denver last year I have dined at Racines 2-3 times a month. The food is always great and so is the atmosphere. However, the ONLY good service I have had at Racines is when I sit at the bar. The bartenders are always attentive and friendly, if not going above and beyond. It took me getting mediocre service in the dining room countless different times before I smartened up and moved to the bar. I work in the service industry so I am usually sympathetic towards servers overlooking small details. However, forgetting something I asked for FOUR times and then being rude to me about it is not such a small detail. I am also very understanding when I can see that a server is busy as long as that server can still present themselves with a smile. This is not the case at Racines. Every time I dine there when its busy, my server has been short with us, forgetful, slow, and even rude. This all came together for me last week when I was sitting at the bar. The same server I seem to always receive dreadful service from was standing in the well and bad-mouthing all of his seated customers. So if you want great service, go to Good Friends or to Dixons, where the menus are almost identical to Racines. If you insist on going to Racines do yourself a favor and sit at the bar but away from the well where all the servers go to bad mouth the customers who help to pay their bills.
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