Pomodoro

10/16/10

Hormone replacement therapy?!

by Agitated at Citysearch

While there may have been some confusion regarding our actual reservation time (made by the concierge), we arrived and were scolded by who we hope was the owner (I can't imagine a manager with this attitude would still have a job) and told if we didn't eat within 45 minutes, we would need to go elsewhere. We were also served by the rudest waitress we have ever encountered. Later, the owner/manager approached us to inquire how our scarfed down meal was, and we replied by asking if we were eating fast enough. She sent over a complimentary dessert. (Did not make up for the indigestion). On a lighter note, the linguini in red clam sauce was great although the wine was still in the process of being fermented and was costly. Recommendation: have a thick skin and a bottle of estrogen with you for all of the staff. They are a bit cranky to say the least.

10/06/09

racist owner

by eatnutella at Citysearch

I see that another reviewer had a horrible racist experience here at Pomodoro... I did as well. Not only is she absolutely rude and treats customers like dirt, the owner there is a clear racist (I won't repeat her remarks here) and gives different races preferential treatments. For example, I argued her about it (we waited for a table for more than an hour, but she ALMOST gave our table to a "better race" group who arrived much after us), she didn't even apologize. This was not the only incident that night... Will never go there again.

• Pros: decent food
• Cons: absolutely rude

08/12/09

RUDE SERVERS,but good food.

by gisa at Citysearch

Very small place w/ unconfortable chairs,RUDE servers but they have good food.

• Pros: Good food
• Cons: unconfortable sits,RUDE blond waitress.

07/12/09

AWFUL

by care516 at Citysearch

my problem was that the waitress was incredibly rude and made inappropriate comments to me that were so hurtful that i walked out of the restaurant crying. my date and i were there for 2.5 hours, and she asked us quite rudely to leave so that other customers could have the table. i've never been asked to leave a restaurant before, and while it's somewhat understandable since it's a small place, we paid $50 each for an entree and a shared bottle of wine and she could have asked more nicely. we left her an $18 tip, which i wish now that we hadn't. i went to use the restroom after we paid, and when i came out, she started yelling at me that "in this country and in this culture, it's considered polite manners to close the bathroom door when you're done using it." she also said more stuff to follow up on that. first off, it's not my fault that the restaurant is so tiny that i couldn't walk out of the bathroom to close the door, because the waitress was pouring wine at a table. secondly, why does she have to assume that because i have an asian face, that i'm not part of this country and american culture? i've never had someone make judgments on me because of my ethnicity, and so yes, i walked out of pomodoro in tears.

• Cons: horrendous service

06/22/08

Not Kid Friendly!!

by FooFoodie at Citysearch

We made a reservation for 3 and baby. When we arrived, they said they didn't have high chairs!!?? They offered us no solutions, nothing! Not even the courtesy to try to borrow one from a neighboring restaurant. We had to eat at another restaurant. Very disappointing service.

FYI, we found that many restuarants in the North End do not have high-chairs.