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This last Sunday was my mother's 59th birthday, and we decided, despite the economy, to make it a nice evening out for her. You see, my father is currently being treated for cancer, with my mother acting as his faithful nurse, so we all felt she deserved a special night out. Our family has dined at Anthony's many times over the past 25 or so years, so the restaurant was not ""new"" to us. We had made a reservation for 6pm and, despite a virtually empty restaurant, we were asked to wait in the lobby for almost 10 minutes before we were seated. Our party consisted of 6 adults, 2 children, and a toddler. Once we were seated at our table, it was 10-15 minutes before our waitress came to ask what we would like to drink. She was unfriendly and disinterested... it took everything she had to squeak out a ""your welcome"" in response to the ""thank you""s we readily said. Our food was OK, although the salads were very soggy, but our greatest disappointment came from Anthony's discontinuation of their sourdough bread bowls, which have been replaced with a cheaper loaf. The wine glasses were filled less than halfway full (at over $6 per glass!), and we were never once offered a refill of our drinks by our waitress. Anthony's has apparently also discontinued it's policy of offering free desserts to customers having birthdays, anniversaries, etc... which our waitress gave the ""shocked"" answer about when we asked her, saying she had NEVER seen that ""once in the years she'd been working there!"" I informed her I was a former employee, and that I knew otherwise... The waitress then, because the bill was coming out and she knew she had offended, brought my 59 year old mother out a child's sundae (with a forced smile), in an attempt to gain our favor. But we all saw what her actions were... a desperate attempt to squeeze a decent tip out of a large party she had greatly disappointed. Our family has decided to skip Anthony's from now on... Don't bother!!!
Pros: Beautiful view
Cons: Poor service, average food, poor cleanliness
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