My husband and I recently ate at Joe's Diner one evening. The restaurant was about 1/3 full. We were seated in a booth and then forgotten about for about 25 minutes with no water delivered and no flatware on the table. The chef/owner Roland Richter was engaged in an animated conversation with a couple at a nearby table. He did not know them and the discussion appeared trivial and unrelated to food. We signalled him to come over which he did reluctantly. We said that we had not received any water and that no one had approached us to get our order. He did not apologize and asked us what we wanted. He was in such a hurry to get back to his conversation that he did not write down the order so when our appetizers arrived about 10 minutes later they were not what we had ordered. We then waited a further 10 minutes for the correct appetizer. The entree a salad with grilled salmon arrived later with the salmon cooked on the outside and raw on the inside. By that time we were too disheartened to even send it back or to complain.
Pros: Occasional good meals
Cons: Mostly terrible and negligent service
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