Twice now we have been disappointed by the level of service at Nelsons. The staff here is pretentious and rude.\r
First time, we sat at the oyster bar, where the bartenders were unaware that Nelson's offered more than one kind of oysters and then were obstinant when we asked if there were more kinds. It turns out they have 3 or 4 kinds of oysters. As the night continued the people who worked at the bar were just rude and unhelpful and couldn't be bothered. \r
The second time we went to Nelsons, we made a reservation, got there, had no reservation noted, this was not a big deal. But the hostess didn't offer to seat us, she just looked at us. The restaurant was half empty but there was not going to be anything available for an hour even though it was 8:30 at night. It was more like ""you're out of luck"". We got a table in the bar, sat and thought about it. The hostess was so rude and unwelcoming that we decided to tip our waitress for bringing us water and left. Of course on the way out nobody cared anyways, no one wished us a good evening, the hostess just glared at us. \r
Mind that every time we've been here we have not instigated bad service by being beligerant or nasty to the staff, quite the opposite.\r
We went to 18 seaboard where we received excellent food and warm and professional service.\r
Diner beware, food may be good, but I have no interest in funding a restaurant who treats its guests so poorly.
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Cons: bad service
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