La Macina

So we walk in and they ask us where we'd like to be seated ( group of 3 ). We pick a regular table for 4. Mind you the restaurant is empty aside for another 3 patrons sitting at a table for 4. A couple of minutes later another waiter comes in ( i guess the head waiter) and moves my wife's chair closer to mine and my daughter's saying: let's make this a bit more cozy. Then he starts chiding the other waiter for giving us a table for 4, and then separates the now unoccupied half so that he can seat more patrons ( again the restaurant is almost empty) Fast forward 30 minutes later, they bring us the food and it was barely fitting on the table. Our feet are constantly touching underneath cause the table is meant for 2 not 3. The restaurant is still empty. We ask if we can move the other half of the table back so that we can have more room and enjoy ourselves. He said "no not possible". We finished our meals and left. The table next to us was still empty. Out of the 6 tables around us, only 1 had patrons. Check the picture.... What a stupid way to treat a customer. You gained nothing, lost my future business, and now you have a bad review. Was it worth it?

We had such a lovely experience here that we came back the next day. The restaurant is not too fancy, which made us feel comfortable. The food was absolutely delicious! We had the family size pizza which was enormous and super tasty. The pastas were great as well. We loved the ravioli with walnuts as well as the seafood pasta. On our second visit we tried a fillet steak, pasta with ragu, chicken fillet and another pasta with seafood. The chicken fillet was a little bit dry and the mushrooms that were ordered as a side dish were probably canned rather than fresh but the rest was very good. One of the best things about this place is the friendly service. The staff was smiley and very informative despite the language barrier. And now to the best part: For some reason we decided to walk to the restaurant from our rental house and didn't take our cars. When we wanted to go back we realized it's too dark outside, the roads are not lit and there are many curves along the way, which could make it quite dangerous. To our amazement, the waiter offered to give us a lift back home. He and the cook drove us in two separate cars back to our place. They didn't even want to take the money we offered to pay for their kindness and superb service (We gave it to them anyway). So thank you La Macina crew for an awesome experience!