Artigiano at Vila — Restaurant in Tirana Municipality

Service: Warm welcome from the start with a hostess bringing us to the table. Wines were brought to our table aswell before pooring it in our glass. Would have apprecoated a pre-taste, but I will let that slide in terms of the service quality.

Very weird timeframes in which the different courses were brought to our table. We specifically made an order for the dishes, but got each dish right when they were finished. Therefor only one of us could eat at the time.

One of the waiters had a long face throughout his service, whereas others could incidentally crack a joke. Eventhough it wasn't that busy, I would have appreciated a specific waiter (or no more than 2) different waiters serving us, felt more all over the place in terms of who was bringing the food. Finally, the waiter who had been staring at our table for whatever reason, but didn't serve us that night, brought us the bill .

Her first sentence was: the tip is not included. I found this quite offensive, and an entitling attitude. Thinking about it, considering the pricepoint and the quality of the food I, immediately took my cash tip back.

For the food: A 'schrimp salad' for 7 euros with a miserable 4 pieces of pre-baked shrimp. Salad wasn't even cut so felt like a goat while eating it. The avacado and the strawberry was however very nice, I give them that.

Fish soup was okay, filled with plenty of fish but could have had more taste to it imo. (Could be personal preference).

Tuna tartare was very average. Sub-par pieces of tuna with lots of chewing, especially for the 14 euro pricepoint. Would have expected a bit more for that price.

For our mains, the veal was overcooked and apr. (200 grams). The taste was just plane dry in certain parts, again, 3 miserable pieced of cooked potato, a couple mushrooms, no sauce, and some random garnish. Unacceptable for 20 euro's. I figured from the start that this dish wouldn't fill me, but wasn't expected this disappointing plate.

The 2 tuna steaks were nice (eventhough one of them was arguably also overcooked), bit more garnish and good seasoning, also nice sauce. Mind you, this was 18 euros.

Lastly, the deserts. Presentation was good, but the lava cake was dry and not fluid inside. The ONE strawberry that we both got was green. Futhermore the coffee ice-cream tasted like one of them nesquick packages. With a lot of imagination the 5.50 pricepoint is okay.

Lastly, the wines were pretty good. Overall, for a nearly 100 euro bill I would have expected a lot more from this restaurant visit and found the overall experience very disappointing.

The 'tip' remark was the nail in the coffin for our restaurant...

So me and my Wife are currently in Albania 🇦🇱 on our Honeymoon from our home in Manchester, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

We were in Sarande for 2 weeks before heading back to Tirana for 1 day as we fly out back to Manchester, England Tomorrow.

So when we got to our Airbnb for the night we headed out and grabbed a Drink at Doctor Artist Lounge and looked for great restaurants in Tirana and Artigiano at Vila came up so we got a taxi and headed to Artigiano At Vila restaurant.

We arrived and were warmly greeted by a Waiter who took us to a table(We didn't book, We just turned up), To drink I ordered a Draught Beer and my Wife ordered a Glass of Red wine 🍷.

A few minutes later our drinks arrived My Beer was ice cold, crisp and went down a treat and my Wife really enjoyed her Red wine, So for food my ordered Grill Prawns to start, I ordered the Garlic and Parsley Foccacioa.

Food arrived several minutes later The Foccacia was amazing, Cooked perfectly, Delicious and my Wife lived any shell fish and she absolutely loved her Prawns, They were extremely fresh and very succulent and she finished the lot.

For Main I Ordered a Cheese and Ham Pizza 🍕 with a side order of French Fries, The Pizza was thin crust, Cooked to perfection, The pizza was absolutely huge, It was absolutely delicious(One of the best pizzas 🍕 I have ever eaten), The French fries were homemade and tasted great.

My Wife ordered Lamb Cutlets with crushed baby potatoes and Butternut squash puree, My Wife really enjoyed her Lamb, The cutlets were tasty, Fresh, Fragrant and tasted absolutely amazing, The Crushed baby potatoes were soft boiled and then cooked till they were slightly crispy.

The Food was very well presented, Generous portions, Excellent value for money, Excellent Customer service, Polite and friendly staff, Great variety on the menu, Restaurant was spotlessly clean, Plenty of staff on hand, Lovely Interior and exterior, Lovely little Neighbourhood, Amazing last meal in Albania 🇦🇱 before we head back home to Manchester, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

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