saturday night is just a bad night to dine out!. the capt & wife are just about to give up on dining over the weekend. it's a good thing for st. louis restaurants to be busy on saturday night but for us diners, it feels like i'm on a mass-production assembly line at gm. lorusso's is one of our fav places to dine but last night it seemed like "hurry up, eat faster...we've got more people who need your table. i hadn't even had a taste of my martini & we were being rushed to place an appetizer order & then our server was hounding for our dinner order. when i tried to "slow" things down a bit and while nothing was said, it was obvious our server wasn't happy with that idea. we watched as many of the servers appeared very hurried and stand-off-ich with other customers; seemed to send the message...more people, more tips!
the capt had the seafood cannellonispecialwhich was pretty good; way too much flash fried spinach but the pasta &specialsauce was good. wife gail had the vegetarian butternut ravioli and tried to make a small substitution with a side. after a second request for this she was told the kitchen could not make this sub - we even offered to pay more if necessary. rich...probably something you need to immediately address. we've asked for similar minor substitutions at some of your competitors (harvest, cardwell's, marcella's etc) & they always go out of their way to accommodate the customer.
overall, we gave our experience this past saturday a c+ tops & that was due to the food. again, we've dined here many times but i am now recommending not doing again on saturday night. seems like wed or thu nights restaurants are less busy and more laid-back. servers / cook staff have more time to pamper the customer & take adequate time to prepare the food.