Carrabba's Italian Grill - Family Friendly, Unless You're Sitting at the Bar

Last week my family and I were visiting family in Plant City, Florida. We decided to go out to eat at Carrabbas Italian Grill in Plant City. There were thirteen of us eating together, and Carrabbas wait staff was excellent to us.

Our group included three babies, who all did pretty well for being in a restaurant for well over an hour, though my nephew would occasionally yell for no apparent reason. Don't get me wrong, he was not screaming consistently, and if he were, one of us would have taken him outside for a few minutes until he calmed down. He simply got excited, due to the fact that his parents do not often take him to restaurants.

The area that we were seated in was right behind the bar area, which had some very rude individuals seated there. It started when a woman sitting at the bar decided to scream out, mocking my 1 and a half year old nephew. A few minutes later, a man sitting next to her screamed. The man then started making comments like, "The damn kid's mother isn't doing a damn thing!". He made several other comments, and we simply ignored his ignorant behavior.

As we paid our bill and were standing up to leave, this rude man stood up and clapped, and said "now I can enjoy myself in peace." Needless to say, this ticked off my whole family, and the manager asked us what was going on. We told the manager what had been happening, and he gave us his deepest apologies, and stated that it was a family restaurant and this behavior was unacceptable. Our waiter and waitress, along with several of the customers complained that this man's behavior was unacceptable, and that he should be removed. The manager went over to speak to the man, as we went ahead and left the restaurant.

The reason I felt like I should write about this experience, is that I was appalled at the rudeness of some people. If you want a quiet place to eat dinner and drink booze, go home, not to a family restaurant. I felt that it was pretty sad that these two people were mocking a child that is not even two years old, and they must be very hateful people. Carrabba's Italian Grill handled the situation well, as soon as they discovered what was going on.

It was a very awkward situation, and it made us all wonder what type of children these two people were when they were young, because they obviously were not taught any manners. In all honesty, the people at the bar were much louder than the six children that were with us. Please use your manners (if you have any), and remember that what goes around comes around.