Friday, September 23, 2011

Lelli's

On Tuesday the 20th, my friend Tim and I went out to eat at Lelli’s, and had a somewhat unsettling experience. Lelli’s is an Italian restaurant located in Auburn Hills. It is a rather small restaurant that consists of a bar and room with tables in the middle and large booths lining the wall. We both live in Rochester, so it took us about twenty minutes to get there. Lelli’s is a fairly nice restaurant, so you have the choice of valeting your car or parking it your self. People that dine there tend to dress business casual. I wouldn’t recommend people our age to go out to eat there for several reasons. First of all, the crowd that goes there are mainly older people that want to have a party that consists of people their age, or a nice quiet dinner with their spouse. Therefore, Tim and I felt awkward and left out.  When Tim and I arrived, the hostess lost our reservation, so we had to wait an hour and a half to be seated. Also, our waiter was not friendly at all. He did not make us feel welcome, and was rude to us throughout our entire dinner. He was careless and made it obvious that we weren't worth his time, which made Tim and I feel very uncomfortable throughout the evening. When we would order or ask questions about the menu, he would act like we were stupid, and we could even overhear him talking about us to his coworkers. I believe he was acting this way because we are eighteen year olds, and he didn’t want to take us seriously. In the past, when I have been to this restaurant with my parents, the staff was much more friendly and respectful. Eventhough the service was awful, the food was fantastic except for the bread and the fact that once our food arrived, it was cold.  The bread we received that evening was beyond stale.  Not to mention, it was accompanied with butter that was as hard as a rock.  For the appetizer, I ordered the house salad, along with a small cup of minestrone soup. For the entrée, I ordered the fettuccine pasta in a palomino sauce. It took our waiter what seemed like eternity to bring us our food. Eventhough the food tasted great, it would have been much better if it was warmer. Once we were done with dinner, we ordered dessert. Sadly, they were all out of my favorite ice cream, which is the home made chocolate ice cream, therefore I ordered the Spumoni. Overall, even though the food tasted delightful, I would never recommend going out to eat at Lelli’s, especially if you aren’t accompanied with an older crowd. The awful service wasn't worth it, and it ruined our dinner. There are plenty of other Italian restaurants near by that would be much more worth going to. I do not plan on going back again any time soon. 

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