Not being from Houston I have never heard of La Strada and had no idea what to expect. We arrived at 11 am and were immedietly seated and pleased with atmosphere and waitstaff . We were never told there was a time limit to our stay upstairs and the only signs we noticed were about a "strict dress code." While celebrating my sister's 27th birthday the hostess came to the table and told her we must leave before finishing our pitcher of drinks we had just ordered and paid for. We refused and 20 min later she came by and demanded that we leave...we refused and asked to speak to the manager. While still finishing the pitcher of bellinis that we had paid almost $40 for, the manager called us "cocky brats" and "he did not want people like us in his establishment." We were horrified that anyone could be so rude and arrogant. Afterall, we were paying customers and were being anything but offensive or "cocky.". To top things off the manager brought "security" to escort us away. I am still shocked by the treatment we received. I have never been treated so rudely and do not understand why a business would want paying cutsomers to leave. The only nice thing about the place was our waiter who tried to allow us to stay and the story we can tell at work today. Afterall,it is not every sunday that a group of doctors and attorneys get kicked out of a restaurant for minding our own business and spending money on overpriced drinks.
If you do decide to go and waste your money on drinks you can not finish, I encourage you to stay as long as you want and stand up to the arrogant staff ot this so-so "brunch"
The owner of this restaurant should be throroughly embarassed and I hope he/she rethinks how to run this over popular, over rated, and over crowded sunday brunch!
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