"The Dolce Vita deserves special mention here in the pages of Trip Advisor, on account of it single handedly re calibrating my sense of of what constitutes good and bad service in a decade of regular visits to France. La Dolce Vita in Menton struck a new low, that I have every reason to believe will be hard to match.French waiters are of course known worldwide for being a surly and recalcitrant lot, especially where foreign tourists are concerned. For the most part they are undeserving of such a reputation, and are in fact friendly and helpful. Bearing this in mind though, I am always cordial, polite, and will always attempt in my most pigeon like French to ask for a table and make my order. Today's visit though, barely even got that far. When I asked for a table to two, I was begrudgingly waved in the direction of a half dozen tables. I duly took a seat with my wife, per used the menu, and was then studiously ignored for the next 20 minutes. The staff, of which there must have been almost a dozen on duty, all very deliberately avoided making any eye contact whatsoever. After 20 minutes of being ignored, I left. I haven't experienced behaviour this childish since I was in primary school, and yet here it was in a supposedly "nice" restaurant on the beach on the French Riviera. To say I was angry would be an understatement. To avoid this kind of "service" for yourself, go absolutely anywhere else in the entire nation of France, and you will easily exceed the levels of friendliness shown at Le Dolce Vita..."
