Chocolate Flourless Torte
Carmelo's Italian

Carmelo's Italian

321 West Retta Esplanade, Punta Gorda, 33950, United States Of America

Pizza • Steak • Italian • Fast Food


"I have been to Carmelo's many times and usually love my meal and can't wait to go back. Tonight was a different story. My boyfriend and I made a reservation at Carmelo's to celebrate our anniversary as it's usually one of our favorite places. Tonight it took a very long time for us to get our drinks, my boyfriend asked for lemon for his water that he had never received. We then got our appetizer after a little while of waiting, which was fine. After we saw tables around us who were seated after us receiving their bread, we then had asked for ours because we never received it. After maybe a little over an hour of being at the restaurant we got our food. I got the shrimp and scallop limoncello, which I have gotten many times there. It had diced tomatoes in it that were uncooked (along with the usual sun dried tomatoes) and this wasn't something that was changed on the menu, if it was I would have asked for it to be left out of the dish. The sauce also seemed to be extremely watery tonight. Eventually our waiter boxed up our food and asked if we wanted dessert, we got one and asked for it to be for to go and for the check. At this point we have been here for an hour and a half. He brings the check and we put the card immediately in as we are sick of sitting outside and waiting. The waiter proceeded to take the bill and talk to the table next to us for over 10 minutes with our bill in hand. No exaggeration. Just five minutes short of being at our table for 2 hours is when we finally were able to leave, as we had a 7pm reservation. Maybe this was an off night for Carmelo's, I really hope it's not the new normal here, and I may just be exceptionally frustrated as we had sat there waiting for a lot longer than we had ever experienced at Carmelo's before. We saw many tables of two that arrived after us come and go before we had even received our check."

Primal Food & Spirits

Primal Food & Spirits

202 N.C. Hwy. 54 Suite 107 Durham, NC 27713, 27713-6616, United States

Tea • Soup • Steak • American


"our family met in primal to enjoy brunch together. I have asked our reservation for 10 of us 6 adults and 4 children (3 small.) I asked the private room, if available, because of the small one. we were often in primal and have often been in the private room, so I thought the question was good. when we arrived, there was a table for 10 of us, but not in the private room, and not for 3 small children, as desired. Nobody used the private room. the manager came out and told us that the separate it area now has a minimum of $200. we were not informed before the time, and we were not sure what we would spend, so we simply took the table that they set up for us. the manager also told us that the sum of $200 does not contain the top. that was interesting because the tipp is included with a party of 6 people or more. our reservation was at 11:00 o'clock. we asked if we could order food for the little ones immediately, and they were very compatible with it. the child food came to the table at 12:05.... about an hour later. our food came to the table at 12:15 o'clock, and half of us had cold food. I felt bad for our waitress. she did the best she could with an extremely slow kitchen. since eating was so late, a few muffins would have been nice to keep the children. at one point we looked around and no table at the restaurant had to eat. they can see the kitchen, and the chefs had absolutely zero sense for drenchness. I am glad that the working atmosphere is relaxed, but with eating come over an hour later than the order, I would think they would step it a bit. the sanitation class was 94, that is the minimum I will go. my daughter in the law got kartoffeln with her order and got about a third of what they usually serve. I am disappointed because our family has always enjoyed brunch there, but we will not return."