by Charity Prestridge on About a few weeks ago, my girlfriends and and I hit up The Estate for my best friend's 21st birthday! It was Friday night and we had booked a table downstairs in one of the booths on the left side of the dance floor. There were about 8 of us, and as soon as we showed up at around 11:30, and got the attention of the VIP host (who was a sweetheart!!) we got right in and didn't have to pay admission! The host took us straight to our table where our INCREDIBLE waitress was waiting! She was so fun and cute! We ended up getting a Magnum Grey Goose (sooo worth it) and having the BEST time EVER! We gave her a huge tip at the end because she was always right there filling up our drinks!! Pretty sure every Friday night is International House night, but regardless the music was insane and we danced until the lights came on at 2am!! Everyone had such a great time!! We ABSOLUTELY need to go again. I told some of my guys friends about The Estate and how amazing the dj was when we went! They went that next Friday, had such a great time, and now they go and get the same table every single Friday night! Guess that says a lot about the place!!!
by Linda Vetterick on I echo Patricia N's comment: "Don't come here on an empty stomach." Even after reading that, I went to Martuni's starving. The watermelon martinis were amazing - and strong. I hope to re-gain my memory soon. Very wonderful space - dark, intimate and great drinks.
by Mallory P. on If ever there were a reason for me to join rateclubs, it was most certainly to give Pietro's a bad review. It has been a few years since I went to Pietro's, and there's a reason for that. First of all, I never would have gone to Pietro's on my own. I think the place looks like a chain restaurant. And it's not! (Yes, they do have two locations). I think the main appeal is probably outdoor seating on Walnut Street, and everyone gets their attractive-looking pizzas, which you can see when you're hopping between Arden B. and Knit Wit (two stores on Walnut Street I've never considered shopping in). But the outdoor seating undoubtedly draws people in. I had a friend who SWORE by Pietro's. Every time she came downtown, Pietro's was her place. She loved the pizza, and always ordered the same exact thing. I went there with her once, and I thought it was nothing to write home about. I wrote it off as "Meh." I thought it was overpriced for what they were offering. I wound up getting dragged there with her a second time, and I ordered a salad, which was pretty much a $7 pile of lettuce. I told her I didn't want to go there anymore. But, alas, ONE MORE TIME, I was persuaded. "We're just going to get dessert," she said. Okay, dessert, I can handle that, right? This was the WORST experience: We got there maybe at 7 or 8, and there were 3 of us. It was sort of crowded. We told the hostess we just waned dessert. She sat us outside, which was fine. A guy brought over complimentary bread and olive oil and we told him that we were only having dessert, but he said it was complimentary no matter what, so we starting eating it. The waitress came over to take our order and we started ordering dessert items, when a man came over and started flipping out at everyone. "You can't sit here if you're only getting dessert!" he yelled at us. "And you don't get bread if you're only getting dessert! Take away their bread and find them a new table inside!" The waitress looked at us, with the bread in our mouths, and embarrassingly cleared away the bread and oil. The man continued to yell at us... "You can't just sit anywhere you want, especially when you're only having dessert." We explained that, obviously, we hadn't seated ourselves, and that we had informed the hostess of our dining plans. He huffed and puffed and told us to get up. We started to get up, when the hostess came over and explained that that was the case, and that she wasn't aware that there were stipulations for dining outside. The man rolled his eyes and told us to sit back down. Then he told us not to sit there again if were were just getting dessert or appetizers. Then he walked away. The waitress and the hostess apologized for him. After we ate our dessert (which we had already ordered, or else we would have left), we asked someone if we could speak to the manager. We were lead to the back of the restaurant to wait for him to come out of the kitchen. We waited at least 25 minutes before our original hostess walked by and asked us what we were waiting for. We told her we had been waiting to speak to the manager. She told us that the man who yelled at us was the manager. We asked her to get him for us, and she came back a minute later only to report, "He said he's not going to come talk to you." She apologized repeatedly. And THAT is why I haven't been back to "Pietro's Mediocre Pizzeria with Complimentary Awful Service"
