Watch Your Dog

Never in my life have I felt more disrespected by the staff of a restaurant.
I'll preface this review with the fact that my server Jodie was friendly and prompt, and the food was delicious. And one gentleman food runner was very kind and brought my dog a big bowl of ice water.
Instead - several employees (food runners/bussers) harassed my dog by approaching and sticking their hands right into her face without asking me or without my permission. Despite her backing up and showing a fearful posture, they continued. One of them ignoring several "excuse me's".
It was super rude and invasive - and when I was upset about this, and asked them to leave my dog alone - a manager came over, not to resolve conflict but rather to berate how I handled the unconsensual invasion of my and my dog's personal space while I was eating.
To make it worse, one of the food runners that harassed my dog came over to call me immature.
I was a military police officer for 6 years, and I worked in the service industry for just as long, and I've never had an issue with employees at any restaurant or even the other Dogwatch stonington location getting in my dog's face without my permission.

I'm not unreasonable and a restaurant should be judged on it's food and it's service, I'll update this review to reflect the more positive notes if I receive some kind of apology and assurance that staff will be trained to be respectful of patron's and their dog's personal space.

Jul. 06, 2022