Red Bank Restaurant Guide

I recently dined at Dish restaurant with my friends. We were looking forward to an enjoyable and festive night out over a great dinner. When we arrived, we were greeted with an empty hostess stand. We waited several minutes for someone to return so that we could be seated. The hostess finally arrived. She looked annoyed and perturbed and without uttering a word, she seated us. The hostess promptly left and we sat around Waiting for our waitress to arrive and greet us. We waited over ten minutes but our waitress never came. After fifteen minutes, the same hostess/waitress returned bearing the same unfriendly and annoyed demeanor. We asked for some water and her already present frown enlargened. She appeared anxious to leave and we tried to give her our order before we lost her again. She seemed so frustrated about having to linger and take our order, that we thought that perhaps she was not our waitress...although we later learned that she was. We asked the waitress for the standard bread and olives (that every other table had) and she never returned with it. We had to flag down the bus boy to get the bread since our waitress had failed us. About 45 minutes after we were seated, our appetizer finally arrived. It was served by our busboy because our waitress had completely ignored our table. In fact she walked by our table every 2 minutes, but never once stopped to ask how we were doing or if we needed anything. In fact, we still did not get our water. We finished our appetizers and the waitress still had not yet visited our table since she took our order. The busboy cleared our dishes. When it was time for our entrees, again the waitress was still MIA. The busboy served us our entrees and when we finished, the busboy cleared our plates. All this time, the waitress still had not once stopped at our table, even though she passed by it very frequently. Exactly 1 hour from the time we had placed our order, was the second time our waitress finally returned to our table. We were so put-off by the bad service that it really ruined the entire dining experience for all of us. There were exactly 2 waitresses for the entire restaurant of 12 tables (and one of the waitresses was also serving as the hostess). While we could understand the complete lack of service if they were understaffed, we found it outrageous as to how rude the waitress was. Each time she passed our table, we sustained her nasty glares and frowns as she breezed past us. God forbid we ask for an extra napkin, all hell might have broken loose. It is amazing how terrible service can ruin an entire dining experience, but this waitress managed to accomplish it. One could find better waitress service at McDonalds...at least they greet you with a smile. In the end, we stopped eating and took our food to go because our evening was ruined by this one person. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone. As regards to the food, it was ok, but not spectacular...and certainly not good enough to offset the bad service. If you are considering eating at this restaurant, take my advice and move on. We've regretted choosing this restaurant..and have no intention of ever returning.