I got a very bad service here. Our family were stayed in the Hilton hotel wich is located near by. We have a small dog with us. We went for a dinner to the closest restaurant as we were super hungry wich is a Meritorppa restaurant. The waiter not allowed us to sit to the balcony ( it was a rainy day in the middle of the week, restorant wasn't busy at all and no one was sitted on the balcony) or inside of the restaurant. This was explained by the fact that Finland is not a dog friendly country (although it is not so). Then waiter suggest us to sit in the smoking area, he get order from us and... forgot about us. We waited for him bringing us our food for too long time, and the dessert we got only after we pay our bill and when I said one more time that we didn't get it and please remove it from the bill. As I said it was a day with quite bad weather and it eventually became rainy. Under our table was an umbrella but it's was closed. I had to go by myself inside of the restraint and ask our waiter to open the umbrella because we wanted at least to finish our dinner. He promised us to do so later but he never came back to us.
It was our first experience here and the last so far and unfortunately it was really bad. Hopefully it's not the restaurant issue but problem with...
   Read moreWent for a sunday brunch. We were a group of 20 so we had pre booked and ordered, so based on that the management had decided that the cabinet doesnât need a waiter. Our water glasses were constantly empty, top ups on the wine nonexistent and we had to wait until weâve finished our main courses to get the red wines to go with the mains. Shared starters were okay but the mains were inedible. The smoked celery was way too smokey and had no other flavour in it whereas the beef cheek was so salty it couldnât be eaten. Unfortunately our waiter was way too busy with the other customers to come check on us/take our drink orders/bring more water. dessert cake was very dry. Definitely not the experience we were waiting for, and i wouldnât recommend this to anyone. We come here once a year for this brunch and this was by far the worst...
   Read moreSaapuessamme ravintolaan vastaanotto erittÀin tasokas, tarjoilijalle isot kiitokset. Alkupaloiksi valikoituivat katkarapu-skagen, sekÀ seuralaiselle blinit. Skagen oli todella maukasta, blinit taasen palaneita, kuivia ja todella suolaisia korppuja. Blinit takaisin keittiöön ja tilalle uusi yksi iso blini. TÀmÀ kelpasi ja siihen oli selvÀsti panostettu enemmÀn kuin ensimmÀiseen yritykseen.
PÀÀruoaksi valikoituivat mustana hevosena hirvi-makkara, sekÀ seuralaiselle varmana valintana tryffelirisotto. Tryffelirisotto saatu jollain tavalla sekÀ erittÀin vetiseksi, ettÀ liian suolaiseksi, eikÀ tÀllaista komboa oikein yrittÀmÀllÀkÀÀn usein saa aikaiseksi. Hirvi -vaikka riistaa onkin - oli todella kuiva. Lautasella olevat makkarat myös maistuivat pakastetuilta/kaasuun pakatuilta tuotteilta. Kastikkeen (sinappipohjainen) ja lisukkeiden sekoitus ei toiminut hirven kanssa lainkaan, vaan peitti koko hirven maun. Toisaalta makkaraa ei ilman lisukkeita voinut syödÀ kuivuudesta johtuen, joten kaiken kaikkiaan hÀtiköity idea. Myös annoksien pÀÀlle heitetyt rucolat, sekÀ muut salaatit olivat silmin nÀhden nahistuneita, eikÀ paikassa ennen nÀkemÀÀni esillepanoa oltu mietitty yhtÀÀn. Plussaa tulee perunasta, joka oli kaikin puolin tÀydellinen.
Ruoan suhteen siis tÀysin luokaton esitys. On vaikea arvailla, mitÀ keittiössÀ tapahtui. EhkÀ kyseessÀ oli harjoittelijan ensimmÀinen pÀivÀ, sillÀ kontrasti aiempaan kÀyntiin oli valtava. JÀlkiruokiin emme tutustuneet, sillÀ ruoan heikko taso pÀÀtti illan pÀÀruokiin. Tuon esityksen jÀlkeen toivoa ei enÀÀ yksinkertaisesti ollut.
Palvelu sen sijaan oli todella tasokasta. Meille yritettiin toki tuputtaa tÀyttÀ laskua, mutta tÀmÀ mitÀ ilmeisimmin johtui siitÀ, ettÀ meitÀ palveli kolme eri tarjoilijaa. Suun avattuamme tilanne kuitenkin korjaantui, vaikkakin hinta/laatu-suhde jÀi tÀstÀ huolimatta pohjamutiin.
Ruoka 1/5 (skagen tuo pisteen) Palvelu 3/5
Kokonaisuutena pettymys. Olen kuullut tason tippumisesta ja ollut kriittinen tÀllaista puhetta kohtaan, mutta kokemus oli todellakin jotain aivan muuta kuin aiemmin. TsemppiÀ...
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