Went to Las Strada with group of friends to celebrate a birthday. I have been to the La Strada restaurant in the galleria area several time before it closed. I guess my mistake was to expect the same "Great Service". Well, where do I begin...We had a large group of ten people, it was a rather chilly night for Houston (lower 40's). The dinning area was the terrace on the second floor. The terrace only had three patio heaters that did nothing to relieve the chilly night air (also too many hole in the plastic that cover the terrace). We were seated at a 6 foot plastic banquet table (black cloth table cloth cover to hide the cheap detail). Did I mention we had a party of TEN PEOPLE!!! Very cramped!!! We finally had a server after approx 10 minutes. He said he would get us water and the waitress would be over to take a drink order. She never came, the "water boy" finally took drink orders as each guest requested one. Water and many of the drinks were served in plastic cups...guesss the dishwasher had the night off. Never saw the waitress until the desert tray came around and only half of the table was even shown the desert tray. The only thing good I have to say about the restaurant is that the food was excellant. However, the service was sooooooooooo poor...I'll NEVER return.
Pros: food was good
Cons: service was poor, pricey restaurant , shouldn't have to beg for drinks...
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