The Good:
The wait staff was friendly, present, and attentive.
Just OK:
The restaurant is located on the top floor of the Grand Hotel Bristol Rapallo, so it overlooked the Italian Riviera which was awesome, but with the vaulted and round ceilings, it was exceedingly loud. Across table conversations had to be almost yelled.
The dessert was a collective of a small offerings. The cream puff, chocolate mousse, and gelee were good. The macaron was bland and chewy. There was a small muffin dripping with limoncello that was inedible.
The Bad:
My starter was a tuna entree. Very overdone with pomp and presentation as if art was more important than the food. The two 1 cubic inch pieces of fish were cooked to past well done and were poorly seasoned. I ate part of one, but it was so dry that I had to wash it down with wine. The rest was left on the plate.
The next entree was spiral pasta with bits of fish. The fish was quite odiferous. The pasta was undercooked. The entire entree was cold - wasn't supposed to be. The whole plate was such a disaster that I just let it sit there until it was picked up.
The whole restaurant just seems self-important and the food was more about how it looked rather than making delicious food. read more