Enza Famiglia — Restaurant in Paris

I dined alone. I was seated quickly upstairs. I was given the menu and asked what I would like to order. I asked for the carbonara(as that appeared to be the most authentic item on the menu - I just arrived from Napoli Italyand I had spent time in the Lazio region so those were my benxhmsrks). I also asked for the arancia (which I pronounced correctly). The server though asked what I said and repeated it back.Whst she said sounded slightly off but I said yes anyway.

Within 10 minutes, I received the carbonara. For an Italian restaurant, it was anything but authentic. It was soupy, creamy, but tasteless. It tasted like a TV dinner version.

Within 5 minutes of getting the dish, another server poured me a glass of Orangia. I was puzzled but drank it anyway. I later realized they didn’t realize I ordered Arancia (which is pronounced chee-a for the stem of the word).

I picked at the carbonara. Another server (or manager?) a tall thin blond woman asked me if there’s anything wrong with the dish why I wasn’t eating it. I said no and felt pressured to eat it. So I ate some.

I then asked the original server for the artichoke salad. She seemed a little annoyed but put the order in anyway.

About 10 minutes later I received the artichoke salad. It was the worst salad I ever tasted. Way too sour. There were hardly any raw artichokes and there were just a bunch of cheap greens.i tried to eat as much as i could of it.

The bread though - focaccia - was really quite good. Perhaps the best I ever had.

But the server with the blonde hair came up to me and suddenly asked, “Are you finished?” I was still working on my salad. But she clearly wanted me out of there. I was surprised because meals in Paris are usually not rushed. I felt compelled to say yes. Note this was the second time she had confronted me.

Some moments earlier too a family was seated next to me and they were asked if it’s ok they sat next to me. This was a bit offensive.

I feel that this place had treated me with discrimination. They did not refuse me service, but 35 minutes is all I got. Too bad — I do like to support the Italian people. I just arrived from Napoli and I regularly go to Italy for work. But this was not good Italian food at all (other than the bread). I base this on my travels to various parts of Italy from the north to the south over the...

A truly bizarre experience! Upon arrival we asked for a table for two, were offered patio seats (it has started to rain), we asked for indoors, to be told there was room but only on the upper floor... Fine! We waited inside to be taken to a table, but the greeter went on with her other business. Eventually we gave up and went upstairs on our own to find one waiter, run off his feet, who took ten minutes to acknowledge us, before doing the lomon sucking thing, and offering us seats if we ate fast, as he had a group coming. Ok, we'll give it a go. 15 minutes later we still hadn't been able to place our order, Then he asked my wife to move so he could let three ladies pass to sit at the reserved group table, at the other end from us. My wife figuring she was going to be up and down like a lady of the night's underwear, asked if we could move to a dirty table for two in the corner. The waiter gives us the ok, and we go back in the waiting queue to place our order... Our food duly arrived and was ok, not great, not awful, but definitely overpriced for what it was. Now comes the truly bizarre part. They have a projector showing ariel views of Italy on the wall, which is occasionally interrupted by advertisements, so presumably being steamed from a video streaming site like YouTube.. The adverts have nothing to do with food or Italy, but why would they when the restaurant is playing 80s pop music to accompany your Italian food. We had Micheal Jackson, The Communards, Kim Wilde, Madonna and so on.. The whole thing was so much like an episode of Fawlty Towers, that I kept looking round for John Cleese to enter at stage right, saying "don't mention the war". Overall it was so comical it was almost good if you were in the right frame of mind. We weren't as it was our wedding anniversary and we were hoping for quality, service and calm. We got...

I do not recommend this place if you do not want to be served by an aggressive staff member with paranoid thoughts. Here’s why:

When we arrived, we sat outside, but because the children got a little cold, we decided to move inside at the same moment our food arrived. It didn’t seem like a problem; the staff brought our food back inside.

The food was good and warm. I ordered the quattro formaggi with extra grilled vegetables, my wife ordered scampi pasta and the kids got the bambino meals with lasagna and pizza margherita. I loved the fact that Coca-Cola is served in a 330ml bottle.

However, when I was almost finished, I wanted to order another drink. I raised my hand to call a waiter, and when the short guy came, he got very angry and told me in a very aggressive way, “We don’t snap our fingers here to order.” I was shocked and couldn’t believe it was happening. I never snapped my fingers and was never rude to anyone there, especially when I have my children around me. I would never display rude behavior.

When I asked what the problem was, he answered that I could talk to the boss because he wouldn’t talk or take my order. He was only willing to bring the bill so I could leave.

Wow. I’ve never experienced something like this, and it ruined the whole experience at the restaurant. I wasn’t even finished.

The boss did apologize for his behavior and said that he was just like that. I still don’t know what that...