After strolling around the Duomo and the Galleria we looked for some lunch. We spotted this place -…read morestill having one of the few tables outside available (there's plenty of tables inside).
Happy to have found a spot for lunch we ordered some drinks soon. Beer, a glass of red wine and some water. Service was pretty quick, but looked quite stressed / under pressure. We didn't check the reviews before coming here....maybe should have.
Soon after we decided on the food: A Peperoni Pizza, Pasta with Speck and peas, Pasta with Porcini Mushrooms and Seafood Spaghetti.
We just came back from a 5-week Road Trip in Italy and we've been spoilt with fantastic food and wonderful hosts. So let's see how this - touristy - place will hold up. And for the quick reader: Not too well!
The Pizza was very basic. And there were really only about 4-5 very thin stripes (not slices) of Salami on it! A joke! The Pasta with Speck and peas never arrived....but got another pasta with Porcini instead. Happens, but not impressive.
The Pasta with Porcini (which I actually ordered) were ok. Mushrooms tasted fine, pasta a bit overcooked. Seafood Spaghetti were pretty decent, tasted fresh enough.
So, two meals ok so far, one wrong order and a pizza to forget. We didn't stay long yet, about 30mins when the service kept showing up every 2-3min. Asking if it all was ok and if we are finished yet. Well, some of our party-of-four clearly weren't. Leave us alone pls.
This kept going on for about 10-15mins. Then a bald guy, probably the manager / host showed up. Asking us if we are finished yet. Still eating buddy....and he came back yet again, asking the same questions. We really felt pushed. Clearly they wanted us to leave, so they can serve the oh-so average food to some other lucky customers.
Maybe they should put up a sign which says: Time-Limit 30 minutes! The food was barely ok, but edible. But together with the not-at-all Italian hospitality this place is best to be avoided. On our Road Trip we've had so many wonderful experiences...food-wise and concerning locals. But this here is so touristy...forget about it. The only other plus-point are the quite fair prices.