Ravintola Piemonte — Restaurant in Tampere sub-region

I went there for lunch and got the lunch deal and a drink. The drink was great but the pasta unfortunately left a lot to be desired. First of all, I think it's presented in the wrong plate, like a long salad plate instead of a deeper plate. The sauce was very very watery and not mixing with the pasta at all, staying all at the bottom (I had to use the spoon I accidentally had from the starting soup to not waste it). The fork was tiny and made it very hard to eat the pasta, in combination with the watery sauce and the large plate, resulted in splashes everywhere. The sauce also lacked salt and felt like it could have easily been much better by adding some other ingredient, though I guess this last one...

The lobster spaghetti served as a main course was terrible: the small half of the lobster was dry, and underneath it was a pile of spaghetti without sauce, priced at a whopping €36. The octopus appetizer: five thin octopus rings, priced at €14, the price/quality ratio was completely incomprehensible, almost €3 per ring. When we paid, I said I was paying with a Mastercard credit card, but they deliberately put it on the debit side. I will never step foot in this...

I have been here two times: once lunch and once dinner. Both times everything was just perfect. The atmosphere is elegant and relaxing. The waiters are supernice, happy, and very professional. I have tasted two kinds of risotto, negroni, espresso, wines, and the antipasto of tongue with sardelli. Everything was very good, just like in any high quality place in Italy. Especially risottos were crazy good. Prices medium-high (big risotto 18€) but everything is...