text: This is a pretty straightforward Pita Jungle I have been here twice both times for lunch on a weekday Parking is a pain so plan accordinglynnThe decor is nicer than other Pita Jungles I have been to as far as being less bohemian and more upscale I suppose If your idea of upscale is minimalist modern art s decor lots of black and white geometric shapes with pops of primary colors nnThe food is as good as any Pita Jungle It did take a very long time to come out even though we ordered right away upon arrival and while the restuarant was busy it was not crazy busy nnThe real issue is the service We have dined at the restaurant twice with groups that are not particularly huge people the first time people the second time nnOn my first visit the hostess tried to refuse to do anything to allow us to sit as a group of unless we wanted to sit at the tall communal table It was months ago so my memory is a tiny bit fuzzy but what stands out is that a our very reasonable request was apparently insane and b she was very very rude and continued to be rude in our direction throughout the entire mealnnOn my second visit this past week we sat at the high communal table to hopefully avoid conflict with any wayward staff members The communal table is perched at the edge of the bar area and it suffers from what I consider to be barbadservicesyndrome which is where the servers handling tables in the bar either have way too large of a section andor are also taking tables in other parts of the restaurants and as a result they never show up to help you nnOur server s long dark hair mean face was incredibly annoyed with us from the very beginning Any and every request was met with exasperated looks irritated body language and eye rolls galore Not can I please have caviar served on a gold platter while you balance on an elephants back sort of requests can we please have straws can I substitute roasted vegetables instead of salad etcnnHeres the thing when you disappear for minutes at a time yes when you return to the table there are going to be several requests that have built up in the meantime since you deserted us with no assistance for way way too longnnWe were celebrating one friends birthday hence the lunch outing and when the bills were presented I asked the server to please charge both my check and her check to my Amex As you can imagine irritated hair flipping and grimacing ensued I even made it as simple as possible by placing both checks into the same black folio When I recieved my check back I noticed it was for a lower than expected amount Upon further investigation the birthdaygirls check was charged to ANOTHER member of the party who had not asked for this SO FRUSTRATINGnnWe worked it out amongst ourselves and beat a hasty retreat far far away Hopefully we can find a better Pita Jungle destination somewhere close to work for future lunchjauntsThis place is the pits