il forno — Restaurant in Medellín

It is located in a crowded shopping mall called Satafé, so it seemed really busy at lunch time. So plz don't expect good services from your servers! Their mango juice was terribly too sweet to drink, which they might've put some more sugar in it. Or the server should've asked her customers in the first place if they want more sugar or not. Sugar makes people fat and have a high risk of diabetes and grow cancer cells. Nowadays many people tend not to have extra sugar. And plus I didn't eat while bread because it could raise my blood sugar levels so quickly because spaghetti noodles had done its job already in my body.

I think we waited quite a long time until we got our food and the salad was just ok but my meat balls were overminced so that we couldn't enjoy chewing them. The tomato sauce they used didn't have any deep & profound taste, just tasted thin & watery tomato soup. It should be boild for a long time to get the deep & profound taste. To get rid of fish & meat smell it would be better to put some garlic but we didn't have any garlic in our dishes. I guess It is not important to have a wide range of menu but to focus on the better quality...

In English (Español abajo): Good service, terrible food, and a kitchen that doesn't follow instructions.

We ordered a shrimp tomato soup and asked for no cream or parmesan. It came out with the cream and parmesan. At least they fixed it quickly, except all they did was remove it off the top... But even past that, the tomato soup was just bad. Tasted like it came from a can...

We also ordered these tomato bruschetta that were so completely drenched in olive oil that we couldn't even eat one piece.

We also ordered this chicken panini, it came surrounded with sauce, and that, plus the fact that the bread was soft, and the bacon was soft, made for a mushy soft experience all around. Not pleasing at all.

Finally, we ordered a Nutella and fruit waffle. We ordered it with the ice cream on the side. The menu did not say that it had butter, but it feels like it should be obvious we didn't want butter when we asked for the ice cream on the side, and that the shrimp soup have no dairy... It was fine I guess. A bit chewy.

En Espanol: Buen servicio, comida pésima y una cocina que no sigue las instrucciones.

Pedimos una sopa de tomate y camarones y no pedimos crema ni queso parmesano. Salió con la crema y el parmesano. Al menos lo arreglaron rápidamente, excepto que todo lo que hicieron fue quitarlo de la parte superior ... Pero incluso más allá de eso, la sopa de tomate estaba simplemente mala. Sabía como si viniera de una lata ...

También pedimos estas bruschetta de tomate que estaban tan empapadas en aceite de oliva que ni siquiera podíamos comer una pieza.

También pedimos este panini de pollo, venía rodeado de salsa, y eso, más el hecho de que el pan era suave y el tocino era suave, lo convirtió en una experiencia blanda y blanda. No es nada agradable.

Finalmente, pedimos un gofre de Nutella y frutas. Lo pedimos con el helado al lado. El menú no decía que tenía mantequilla, pero parece que debería ser obvio que no queríamos mantequilla cuando pedimos el helado de lado, y que la sopa de camarones no tiene lácteos ... suponer. Un poco tieso...

7/30/23-

Had the Riso Baby Beef. The "risotto" that came with it was a actually pretty good. The baby beef was sliced very thin, and while it had good flavor, it seemed that they had cut down the portion size. I also ordered the meatball cacio y pepino dish. Very good cream and they meatballs were decent. It came with 4 small slices of garlic bread. Taste and flavor of this dish were good, but portion size was left wanting.

Typical mall restaurant ambience. Decent service, and even when busy they got the dishes out fast. Not too disappointed, and good fast alternative to the line at Crepes...