It broke my heart not to be able to give Vesta all 5 stars...\r
My husband and I have been dining at this great place for a few years, actually we met there, so it's a very special place for us. For years we've received above stellar service. We've dined in the dining room and at the bar, and have always been treated like royalty by the entire staff. We never worried when we saw new faces because we were sure Vesta only hired the cream of the crop. A few weeks ago though, we went in for dinner and sat at the bar. We've never, ever had such a bad time at this restaurant. We left disappointed withough complaining because maybe it was just an ""off"" night. We came back the next week and again the bartender, a man with a dark beard and tattoos, gave us the exact same treatment. He completely ignored us, and instead focused all his attention on a group of single girls at the end of the bar. He was slow to take our order, we felt like we had to flag him down to get his attention. When he finally brought us our mojitos, a common drink, they were terrible! We ended up with a glass of wine and a beer instead. Our food was delicious, as always, it almost made up for the rest of the experience. At the end of our meal we decided to give him another chance and ordered two lemon drops - drinks we've had there before and enjoyed, and again, a very common drink. It was almost comical how long it took for him to make them, and with all the effort they were just so different from when we've had them there in the past. I think the rudeness of this particular person left us with an overall bad taste in our mouths.\r
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This is oddly uncharacteristic of this restaurant, and I'm sad to even be complaining. Normally, Vesta offers service that surpasses any I've experienced in my travels around the world...I hope these two experiences are not a sign of where they are headed.\r
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As always the food was phenomenal. We are seriously considering ordering our food to go in the future.\r
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