Everything about this night was disappointing, except for the nice live music & above average casual dining food. & the fact that out of the 6 main dishes I ordered, 3 were free because Pietro Ristorante Italiano is a Burpple Beyond partner.

Initially, I thought it was my mismatched expectations - I was hoping to have a nice quiet dinner, but the live music (though well played/sung) in the background was so loud that we had to shout-talk to hear each other. Ok, maybe that was my bad.

It then took them 10 whole minutes to take our order.

Our food only came >30 minutes later. That was the mushroom soup. The first pasta came 12 minutes thereafter. Remaining main courses came in intervals of 10-15 mins, one by one. Painfully, we ate our meal "zhichar"/communal-eating style. Had this been a meal where nobody shares their food, it would've been an even more unpleasant experience.

Final straw was when their credit card machine didn't work when I was paying for my meal. A few customers before me had difficulties paying with credit cards as well.

Clearly they were understaffed & operationally poor at executing. I really regret choosing this as a location to celebrate my birthday. All of us were so tired at the end of the night.

Oh, & here's a tip: If you intend to surprise the birthday girl with tiramisu, putting the plates & spoons in the table 15 mins before you bring the surprise out is a DEAD GIVEAWAY.

It's not a big deal to me, having a surprise ruined.... But you should've seen the look on everyone's face when the waiter did that. Like, bro, wtf u doin.

Unfortunately definitely not coming back. Especially since this is quite a long drive away from home for me. I'm too tired to even write about the food - so here's a collage of what we ate, & let me try to put this experience behind me.

💳 Accepts credit cards only if their machine is working
🌬️ Air-conditioned seats available
☀️ Al fresco seats available
🖥 Accepts reservations - I used Chope
🍽 Burpple Beyond partner
💦 Water is not chargeable