My wife an I have a track record of bad luck when we visit a restaurant for the first time. It seems that they always get my order right, but not hers. Either she orders a steak meadium-rare and it comes out well-done, or they put onions on the food when we asked for the onions to be left out (she is extremely allergic onion juice), or she orders a chicken alfredo, and it comes out in a tomato-based sauce, and by the time they get her order done right, I am already done eating. This doesn't work for us. We kind of like getting to eat at the same time.\r
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When I called Carrabba's to make reservations, I told them about this, and I told them that we would be celebrating our 8th wedding anniversary. The lady who took our reservation promised that they would do everything possible to make our evening splendid.\r
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When we arrived for dinner, we were met by a smiling hostess who took us straight to our table, and introduced us to our waitress. Our waitress was also extremely pleasant, and took great pains to see that we were well taken care of. She also made the effort to find out which items had onions in them, and point them out to us. Our soft drinks never ran dry. This lady worked hard.\r
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My wife ordered the Chicken Alfredo, while I ordered the Norwegian Grilled Salmon along with a bowl of an Italian Chicken Noodle soup.\r
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My wife's Chicken Alfredo actually came out in a very tasty Alfredo sauce, not some red tomato-based sauce that another restaurant had tried to pass off as an Alfredo. It had spring peas that were delectably crunchy, and it arrived at a temperature that was just absolutely perfect.\r
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My Norwegian Grilled Salmon was divine! I grew up an hour south of Seattle, WA, where the seafood chefs consider cooking salmon to be an art form. This salmon was among the very best that I have ever had! Scrumptuous! On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being ""yuck"" and 10 being ""heavenly"", this was an 11!\r
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To top it all off, the manager came over and offered us each free desert on the occassion of our anniversary. Since we are both Type 2 diabetics, we had to pass, and we did tell him why, but that we also appreciated the gesture.\r
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When he heard this, he refused to allow us to pay for our meals. He did this as a gift for our wedding anniversary!\r
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All in all, the manager and staff at Carrabba's went way over and beyond anything that we had expected. They gave us an evening that was something we will never forget, and I can guarantee that we will definitely be back! The fact that my wife was crying tears of happiness over what they did for us pretty much guarantees that we will definitely return!\r
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