So, I have to be honest. I had high expectations. Italo Disco got five out of six stars in Politiken, Denmark's biggest newspaper. And the man behind Wascator, one of my favorite bars in Copenhagen, stands behind Italo Disco as well. But unfortunately Italo Disco wasn't even close to living up to those expectations.
A few things worked out fine.
The atmosphere was nice.
The wine list was good.
But that's about it.
The food... nah. It just didn't work. It was boring. I'm usually a big fan of both Italian food and many small dishes (I love Osteria 16 a few streets away), but the dishes here were just so random. We started out with shrimps, carried on to ham and sausages and then mussels. And then two pastas in the end. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either. Several of the dishes lacked salt. Lacked a little twist. And when going out to eat, I expect so much more than boring and tasteless dishes all night.
A small detail which made the impression of Italo Disco even worse: I told the waitress that I'm a lactose intolerant. Half way through our third dish she informed me that she had forgotten to tell the chef, and that the dish I was eating included milk. She apologized and asked if she should bring me a new dish. I said yes and then she forgot all about it. And for the dessert, I just got half a dessert. The restaurant had skipped the part including milk and hadn't replaced it with anything else. It might sound like a small thing, but when other restaurants in the same price range in Copenhagen can figure it out, it's just not good enough that Italo Disco can't. read more