Tony-Man reviews Giuseppie's

I don't eat much with people.  I find the experience mostly tedious, and a chore really.  Granted the last time I went out to eat (at the Genghis Grill, if you remember) had been a pleasurable experience, and a memorable one, I find the experience a little lacking at this place.  So why have I eaten here twice, and the Genghis Grill only once?  Well, really so I could try to remain objective.

Giuseppe's Pizza and Italian Specialties is located on 3690 Wheeler Road in Augusta, Georgia which really doesn't lend itself out to availability.  At least not directly.  The food is adequate, but the presentation of said food leaves one to be desired.  The first time I ate there, all I had was a salad.  That was good, doubly so since it was free.  Bought by a friend of a friend of mine, so who am I to argue?  The second time I went, I had some Shrimp Scampi.  Which, while the food was good, it simply looked like it wasn't good.  (Note: I felt a little sick some time after I ate; but that was probably for unrelated reasons.) 

I'm not used to eating with people, and Giuseppe's is a little too small for my tastes.  I'm not claustrophobic, but I do have an issue with feeling crowded when I eat.  I don't like when people touch me when I eat, it is just a peeve that I have, I guess.  I don't really do meal-time conversations either.  It's an awkward situation for me.  And not only that, but I don't like having to have servers push together two tables together to make a bigger table, for a larger than normal party.  As was the case for the second time I went out there.

The price here was sort of inordinate.  While I don't mind paying for my food, I do mind having to pay a "mandatory gratuity."  I'm the kind of person who will pay a tip based on the performance of the restaurant as a whole.  This include the food, the hostess, the waitress, and all the people involved.  Therefore, I pay more when the food and service is excellent, and less if the same is crappy.  But I shouldn't have to be made to pay anything.  In my opinion, the second time I ate there, It wasn't a job conducive of having a 15% gratuity.  Which is a shame, because I gave Genghis Grill a 35% gratuity for their job.  I understand that they were rather busy that night, having several parties larger than usual, but they could have tried a little harder.

Now that I'm doing this cleanse diet, I probably won't have much to talk about with food here on this review blog; but what I expect from any restaurant is good food, at reasonable prices, with decent service, and I felt I didn't get any of those things.  Perhaps I expect a lot from everything, but I don't sound too unreasonable.  Or maybe I do.  In any case, while the food is adequate there, it's a place I don't think I'm going to frequent.

Until next time.