La Bottega

Food, location, and the ambiance of this place is good. However, the staff judge customers by their outside appearance. I think it was the person who led us to our table and the person who served us looked seemingly at our appearance as though we can't afford the food they offer. Don't get me wrong food was great, but experience was thumbs down.

Stopped in for an early dinner and we sat on the patio. Staff was friendly and helpful, but they were understaffed. We ordered a bottle of wine, excellent! If you are a wine connoisseur or like to have alot of options, ask for the full wine list. The food was good, we ordered appetizers of croquettes which were delicious and we ordered duck prosciutto which is kind of misleading since it's really a salad with a couple pieces of duck. For main course we ordered breaded veal and fettuccini, both were great. Also we tried the seafood soup, broth was excellent.

We made reservations more than month ahead of time, they sat us in the back with no one, presumably because we had a child. Asked to sit outside, they said they had a 4 party wait, we watched uncleared tables outdoors during our entire mealtime. They had multiple waiters outside (it was 4th of July). So they had the outdoor tables, but chose not to sit us, because we had a child. I ordered a gin and soda, got a gin and tonic, no big deal. Upon re-ordering the drink I ordered, they gave me a glass of gin AND a glass soda water. Unnecessary. Just bring the mixed drink I asked for. We frequently stay at the hotel across the street & we’ve been going to La Botega for years, the service and food quality has suffered greatly.