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Went for dinner - very average service. Left waiting at the door while the hostess chatted to staff, Not welcomed by waitress ( all other tables nearb…
Gillian
Villa Francesca
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Not going back. In my opinion, the beer was stale and flat, the house wine was $10 for a 1/4 glass, and the food was ordinary.…
Freeatlast65
Villa Francesca
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Worst Dining Experience in 2014. My worst experience of 2014. Parked my car in a valet space in front of the restaurant in the pouring rain. No valet …
Christymayboston
Villa Francesca
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7 Reviews on “Villa Francesca”
Went for dinner – very average service. Left waiting at the door while the hostess chatted to staff, Not welcomed by waitress ( all other tables nearby were), not offered Parmesan or ground pepper etc and couldn’t get anyone’s attention to get any . The staff didn’t care and we believe it was because we looked like tourists – very unsatisfactory when all tables nearby were treated differently. Would not recommend to any tourist unless you want to be ignored and treated second rate .
Not going back. In my opinion, the beer was stale and flat, the house wine was $10 for a 1/4 glass, and the food was ordinary.
Worst Dining Experience in 2014. My worst experience of 2014. Parked my car in a valet space in front of the restaurant in the pouring rain. No valet in sight. The hostess let me in the front door and I pointed out that my car was there and I was not bringing my coat inside. She sat me and my husband with our 10 friends. Decent meal. Came up and my car was missing! Hostess never looked for us for valet hook up. The City of Boston towed my car. No-one notified me that this was happening. 1:30 am, soaked to the bone, and $438 later (including cab fare, towing charges and Parking ticket) we finally got home. There were 3 possible police stations and no-one could tell me which one. Hostess played dumb but finally felt bad enough for me that she did give me Boston Valet phone number and owner did help narrow it down to 2 stations in about 45 minutes. Cab to Police to get a release, cab to EAST BOSTON to get to the tow company which was hard to find. Remember now — we do not have our coats or umbrellas on December 6th in drenching rain — we walked across the street twice and finally spotted it behind with only one unlit sign. SO I call the owner, Thomas Salmeron who contradicted himself in telling me what I should have done = 1. I should have given the key to the hostess and 2. The hostess cannot take car keys that it is up to me to wait for the valet who I never saw until after dinner when my car was already gone. Owner disavowed himself of any responsibility, showed no compassion or offered no consideration and then hung up on me. What a guy! What a restaurant! After going to Francesca’s for 20 years, I will never go back and neither will my 10 friends. An absolute NIGHTMARE!!!!!!! Yucky food and drafty basement worse than most in old houses.
Refused to let my girlfriend and I share an entree which is what we always do. We try to keep portion size within normal limits. Completely rigid on the subject- pure greed. Will never be back. Sent all the left over food back to the manager. We own a restaurant and respect our customers. You won’t get that here. Told them it wasn’t about the money, would order plenty of wine. Just don’t want the food coma. Didn’t matter to the manager,
Average quality at premium price. Anyone who has eaten at an authentic Italian resterant knows this place is no better than the Olive Garden but at 2x the price. The lobster ravioli was precooked and soggy. I never ate red snapper that had the consistency of swordfish. Service is mediocre at best and we waited 45 minutes between services, on a Wednesday night. The coffee was not included in the seafood dinner and came at $5 / cup bringing our bill to 110 per person with wine.The cannolis were good, but that was all.
Great food…. ABSOLUTELY AWFUL service. Awesome food- delicious authentic Italian and seafood. ABSOLUTELY THE WORST SERVICE I have experienced. I visited Boston from out of town and it was a miserable experience…. EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED
The service was excellent! The food amazing! We loved the pasta-all of it!Excellent clams too!