Sant Ambroeus Suckage

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Despite walking by it a billion times, I had never eaten at 'charming' little Italian eatery Sant Ambroeus on W. 4th Street and Perry...until last Sunday. We sat outside even though it was a tad cool, relying on coffee and tea to keep warm. When the first server appeared to take our drink order, I ordered coffee; my friend: just tap water. A few minutes later, sans coffee, another server appeared who asked us if we were ready to order, so we did. My friend ordered some tea at this point. Then the server turned to me to ask, “are you ok with just water for now?” I replied, “well actually, I had ordered coffee.” The server snapped: “well, do you want ME to get it for you?” Me: “Um…I don’t know, that’d be nice?” This totally rubbed me the wrong way. Apparently this guy was "not our server” so that’s why he didn’t know that I ordered coffee, as he explained to me. But all I was doing was informing him that I had already ordered a drink, whether from him or someone else. Geez.

Clearly this must have either put us on their bad side, or they wanted to fuck with us, (or they were just plain snobby and thought we looked like we were poor) because thereafter, we received the worst service I have ever experienced. The pasta was delicious, I went with a simple yet exorbitantly- priced Veal Bolognese, my friend went with the Ravioli with Sage and Butter. We asked for more milk, more Splenda, more coffee at least four times from four different people. Finally, as we were PAYING, the manager brought us more milk, but another server had already taken away my cup. Sigh. It was one of those exasperating experiences that makes you not want to go out to eat. It’s safe to say, I ain’t never coming back to this joint.