1 /5
Rating
★
I agree with the previous reviewers. We like to eat at small local places off the main path, and we were the only ones who were not locals and therefore did not know how this place works. You go inside, pick out your fish and antipasti from the case, then sit down and wait for it to be prepared (there's only one way of preparation which is grilled with veggies). Not knowing this, it made for a little awkwardness at the start. We asked about a table and staff indicated we were free to take one so we did. And waited for menus or...anything. Finally someone came out to ask us if everything was okay, and it was explained how it all works. Went inside and ordered, came back out and sat down. We too were not offered some things that I saw on other tables. I asked for still water and instead got a jug of lukewarm water which was never refilled. Other tables got full baskets of bread, we got literally three pieces, also never refilled even after a waitress offered us more and we said yes. We had two small bowls of very fishy soup, some oily octopus, and chose branzino as our dinner with some additional shrimp. After a very long wait, the branzino arrived (with four shrimp) and it was delicious after my husband filleted the huge whole fish himself since the waiter never came back to do so like he did at the table next to us. Literally, he never came back to our table. He was certainly nice enough but we sat there forever wondering what the heck was going on and finally my husband went inside and found him and very politely asked for the check because we'd been there well over two hours and had somewhere else we needed to get to. The total price for the meal was A LOT more than we anticipated based on what the waiter had quoted us per person, so we too felt ripped off for what we got. My husband also did not appreciate the chef weirdly shouting "BYE BYE!" at him over the counter after the check was paid, and everyone turned to look at us. I mean, what the heck?? Overall it was a very strange experience that left us feeling unwelcome.