Dio Modern Mediterranean - Tampa

I had a wonderful time and enjoyed the food. Although they didn’t have the red snapper, the well dish was also very good.

The restaurant was nearly empty inside, with just a few guests outside. We waited two hours for our meals, and they were terrible! The chicken and fries were cold, the lamb was overcooked and chewy, and the chicken marsala was made with low-quality chicken—absolutely disgusting! Despite our long wait, many guests who arrived after us received their food in a reasonable time and seemed to enjoy their meals. The waitstaff kept saying, “The kitchen is behind” whenever we inquired about our food. One member of our party spoke to the manager, who offered a 50% discount due to the extended wait, but he never bothered to come over and discuss the situation or check on whether our meals were acceptable. After the meals were settled, we hardly saw any staff members at all. The only positive note was that the dip and drinks were delicious! We left $200 poorer (after the discount) and still hungry. Thank goodness McDonald's is open 24 hours! Save your money and don’t eat here!

Overall, it was a fantastic dinner! Although the outdoor seating appeared to be fully booked, the tables we wanted were actually vacant. When we arrived, the area was empty, and it remained that way for two hours before we left.

Eating was amazing, but the service was absolutely terrible. the food made itself out of the lack of service.

Review I was not able to give anything lower than a 1 star rating which I would have preferred. 8:45 pm We arrived at this restaurant late in the evening after traveling all day. We were very hungry. We were seated inside at an empty table (no waters or set ups) and immediately brought the menu up on our phones with the QR code. A waitress came by only to tell us she would be back. 9:10 pm We requested water and to order. Had to wave down a second waitress bc ours had never returned. Got water ordered. 9:40 pm. We waved our waitress down and asked for a refill of water and asked if the food was close. She said it “should be” because food was coming out of the kitchen. That is what she said... then didn’t go into the kitchen but back outside to check on tables. 10:00 pm. We waved down another waitress bc ours had never returned and was not making eye contact. We said we were going to leave. We were told our food should be out any minute but she would go check on it. She went straight into the kitchen and came back 10 min later to tell us our food order had NEVER BEEN DELIVERED TO THE KITCHEN! 10:15 pm. Manager comes out and tells us it was a problem with the printer in the kitchen. We pointed out that our waitress was well aware that our food had not been delivered and had not once gone to check on it or this mistake would have been found earlier. He admitted that was true and said she was “new”. He offered us our meal for free but we would have to wait for them to make it. He also said he could bring out some apps more quickly. We were so frustrated by this point, we said no. We walked out the door having had nothing but two glasses of water each. Still very hungry but by this time only a couple of places are even serving food. All and all....a disaster.