John's of Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10014
Phone: (347) 706-3336
05/10/2007 Posted by littlepooh
A friend and I went in for a pie before dinner rush, so the place wasn't crowded or very busy. The waiter came to take our order and seemed nice enough until I declined to order a salad to share with a polite "no thank you." After that he became huffy, grabbed the menu and left. I didn't realize that they donate $ to a brain tumor charity for every salad ordered until he left, but he could have pointed out the charity to me or explained how ordering a salad was for a good cause. When we were ready for the check NONE of the wait staff would look in our direction. I even waved my hand to get the waiter's attention, but they steadfastly looked anywhere but at the customers. I finally had to literally grab a passing waiter and ask for the check, but before I could ask him to wrap the remaining slices, he ran off!! I turned for a second to get my wallet out and when I turned back around, the check was sitting on one of our grease filled plates and the waiter was off and running again. I sat waiting for a waiter to take my money so I could get change for a tip, but again, none of them would look directly at me. When I finally did make eye contact with one and made a gesture to ask for change, he just stared at me with a nasty look on his face. I finally got my slices wrapped (after tackling another running waiter), but still no change or even an oppurtunity to ask for change! The guy I asked to wrap our slices ran off AGAIN without acknowledging my request! I decided they weren't worth a good tip anyway, left exact change on the table and just left. As for the pizza: we ordered a half meatball and half pepperoni pie. The meatballs were tasteless bits of mystery meat! The pepperoni was much better; crisp on the edges from the oven and the crust was nice and thin. Overall though, not worth the hype. As a native New Yorker, I would rather get a slice down the block than ever go back to John's. The wait staff needs lessons in customer service.
Pros: decent pepperoni
Cons: wait staff
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