text: We went to Caffe Boa with a friend who raved about the place and said everything he is ever had there was great We arrived for our reservation on time and were seated immediately However no one came to greet us After minutes of waiting we asked someone if we could please have a server She did not apologize for the situation She just said she would find someone Five to ten minutes later a server finally showed up with an excuse not an apology that he was opening some bottles of wine for some other tables as if we should understand We ordered our meals then to min later the server came back to tell us that they were out of shrimp so my friend had to change his order to something he ended up hating The food took forever so in the meantime we asked for some more bread and another beer We also asked for some balsamic vinegar and olive oil to go with the bread since that is what my friend said he has every time he goes and that is what normally comes with the bread We eventually got the beer but no bread Had to ask again for bread and the server said they were baking more Could he not have mentioned that before we had to ask again We got the braised short rib pasta which was bad and the seafood ravioli which was good I would have ordered something for dessert but I make it my policy not to order dessert and sink more money into a restaurant if I do not like it When the bill came they ended up charging us for the balsamic vinegar You would think after the long wait to begin with slow service and lack of shrimp they could just throw in a few drops of balsamic vinegar for freebut no We just wanted to get out of there I will not go there again The only good thing was the ambiance