I've been going to the Rose for years and it's always been one of my favorite places. I love it for the fact that it's comfortable, people are nice, the prices are very reasonable and the food (WINGS!) is great.\n\nMeredith (bartender), Alana (former bartender, doesn't work there anymore), etc. have always made me feel at home and it's the little things like remembering my order which make me come back. Even Rodney, the bouncer, is a friendly, great guy who always greets me with a handshake.\n\nHowever, they now have a server (Sara, I believe) who, based on my 2 experiences with her, is AWFUL. I was there for New Years Eve. Predictably, it was packed. My girlfriend and other friends went to look for a table while I went to the bar to get a round of drinks. As soon as Meredith saw me, she took my order. As soon as I got all of our drinks, I turned around and saw that the rest of my party had found a table. They were almost immediately greeted by Sara, who wanted to take their orders. I told her I had just grabbed drinks from the bar because we didn't know how long it would be before we could get a table. She was pissed and said something to the effect of \"That's why WE'RE here\" and walked away. \n\nThat was the last time she came near our table that night. I later went to the bar to order food since she hadn't been by our table in 45 minutes. While I was up there, the bartender who took my food order (a guy) asked me where we were sitting so he could bring us our food. Sara immediately jumped in and said \"I've already been over this with them, they don't want....\" couldn't make out the rest of her comment, but as she waved her finger and spoke in a very condescending tone, I could tell it wasn't nice. The night went on and as it got closer to Midnight, she proceeded to hand out NYE-themed hats and other party favors to everyone around us but somehow we were skipped. Seemed like it was on purpose, but that's up for speculation I suppose.\n\nIf that night was the first time I had been there, I would probably never return based on her alone. I also need to mention that I had visited once about a week earlier and she was our waitress. Overall, she was okay except she pretty much ignored us. She sat with an older couple at a table close to ours (parents, grandparents?). We had to ask for refills, drinks, our check, etc. There wasn't as much attitude but she was still not a good server.\n\nI did mention to Meredith in so many words that I was not happy with how I had been treated she apologized profusely. I will absolutely return but if will definitely send Sara away if she tries to \"serve\" me.\n\nNOTES ADDED 6/16/13- Returned and Sara was our server. She was great this time around so I thought it was only fair to add this to my review.
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