Antica Bar & Restaurant | Bole | አንቲካ ባርና ሬስቶራንት | ቦሌ — Restaurant in Addis Ababa

The ambiance is good. The place is quiet and classy. The restaurant is in a good location.

Service wise - the waiter is polite. It seems he has a lot of responsibility to serve multiple tables. I had to sit on a dirty table until he finished cleaning another table.

Food wise- I ordered grilled Nile perch. The taste was good ,however, it was dry. My sister ordered pizza. The cheese used is a bit sour. The white wine I ordered was not cold enough to my preference. Ice was offered but I don't put ice in my white wine.

Atmosphere wise - it has a good ambiance however the place lacks natural light. While we were dining the power was out and there was complete darkness in the restaurant. They brought candles for each table. It seems the restaurant doesn't have a generator.

All in all the restaurant is good ,yet there are still a few things the management...

Went here for a late lunch. The ambience is really nice with both an indoor and outdoor space. They started us off with pita bread that was made with teff and a side of spicy guacamole. We ordered the grilled chicken w/ veggies and potatoes, which was nice and well-cooked.

Unfortunately, the quality and taste of the food does not match the ambiance. We also ordered two ginger lemonades. Those were a 1 out of 10. It was not lemonade at all. It was more of an extremely diluted ginger water. I would not recommend ordering. We also ordered a tagliatelle bolognese. The pasta was overcooked, and the bolognese had a small of unwashed meat. The meat sauce had no tomato base and was more of a ground meat gravy. Something so simple, yet...

An Italian "No go". We have been at the place with 4 people and all of us very quiete unhappy with the quality of food - compared to the high price. Nothing was Italian but the names of the dishes in the menue. My Italian Antipasto was the worst one ever. The description in the menue had nothing in common with the actual dish. In fact it looked similar to the ordered Greek salad. 50% lettuce, 20% slices tomatoes, 2 slices of Salami. No pepperoni, no prushuto, feta-cheese (!) and no any grilled vegetables. Our complaint to the manager was not understood and he mentioned "this is like it is..." never ever, as of poor food and even poorer...