This is the first time I have ever written a review.
Two friends and I went to Salotto Caronte for a nice Saturday night dinner and were severely disappointed. From the moment we walked in the waiter was not very nice. I sat in a place that didn't have a full setting and rather than moving the setting to be placed in front of me he simply removed the placemat and walked away leaving me with nothing in front of me. I moved the setting myself.
We ordered parmigiana di melanzane for an appetizer and we waited 45 minutes!!! Around the 40 minute mark we inquired what was taking so long but he simply shrugged. We did notice that he knew a group of people who came in after us and they did not wait nearly as long as we did. When it finally arrived the parmigiana was very good.
We thought our food would be right behind the appetizer, it was not. We waited another 15 minutes, all the while watching his friends get all of there dishes before us.
One friend ordered chicken curry which was cold, bland and the chicken was very poor quality. Another friend ordered tagliata di tonno and was also disappointed. My tagliata di manzo was the most disappointing. I am no afficianado of beef, but the quality of meat was TERRIBLE. Also there was blood on my plate. The waiter never asked how I wanted my meat cooked and brought me bloody meat. I decided to try it anyway. It was horrible. Usually rare meat is tender this took me ages to chew so I just gave up. We also ordered vegetables from the oven as a side. While they were quite delicious, 8€ for the tiny portion was completely out of order.
When the waiter came to ask us if everything was ok, I said no and told him how terrible my less than half eaten dish was. Another shoulder shrug and he collected the plates and was off.
Needless to say AVOID THIS RESTAURANT AT ALL COSTS.
The place is very very cute, but it is not worth the price we paid for bad food in that neighborhood. read more