1 /5 Paul Pelletier: We have a group of 9 friends that go out to dinner and listen to live music weekly. Tonight one of our people was celebrating a birthday and we decided to go to Pirates Cove for dinner and to check out the band Justified. One of our group is an excellent cook and baker. She made homemade fruit tarts with homemade lemon curd and fresh fruit on a buttery crust. Our baker even brought plastic plates. We order apps and drinks. When we were ordering our meals the server said that the manger told her to make sure to tell us that if anyone ate the fruit tarts that our friend brought that we would be charged a cake fee of $2.50 per person. We said that we did not have a cake that needed to be cut or served by the staff. We had fruit tarts and brought our own plates. The server said sorry, its not my rules, that is what she was told. We certainly understand that, if they had to cut and serve, and plate the dessert we would be charged. But, really, charging us for doing absolutely nothing. We are our meals and listened to the band for a few hours. When leaving the baker gave 5 extra fruit tarts to the waitress and said for her to share with the rest of the staff. Needless to say the manager who insisted we pay a per person cake fee dove right into the amazing fruit tarts. I hope the manager enjoyed it. Because our group of 9 friends all said we would NEVER RETURN to Pirates Cove after being charged the cake fee that no staff had to serve or plate. We as a group spend over $1,000 ever time we go out. Not a penny will ever go to Pirates Cove again.
