Romero — Restaurant in Berlin

We were on a school trip in Berlin and thought we would go eat some nice Italian food. Little did we know the evening was not going to be nice at all. We just arrived and sat down, when the server sighed at us and asked us if we were Belgian. We said yes, and he looked incredibly annoyed and said Belgians were a “catastrophe”. First we thought it was a joke but he didn’t laugh at all so we felt very uncomfortable. We had to wait a long time for our drinks but that’s not even the biggest problem. We got our food and it was okay. A smile or a “enjoy” was too much too ask for apparently. The pasta was fine but nothing special. Same for the pizza. We had to wait a very long time again before our plates were taken away and before we got the bill. When I wanted to pay he forced us to give a tip and complained how he found Belgians annoying again. I don’t see how this is our fault but under pressure I rounded the total up a bit. He found this too little and let me pay while grumpy. I still wished him a nice evening but he quickly walked away....

My experience at Romero came out of nowhere, Im talking 10 30 pm looking for coffee with a friend , searched on Google this place pop up and I must say it was a true Gem. Francesco served us like Kings , spoke english , italian and spanish , shared a laughs, people were dancing and singing all while a beautiful thin crusted well cooked margerita was brought to me , a long with a shot of esspreso i was taken back to 60s italy, partially provided by the cozy athmosphere and beautiful decoration of Italian photographs on one end and a beautiful winery cabinet on the other, the pizza was nicely cooked ,not oily with a crispy crust, coffee was on point overall i would definitely recommend going here if you are looking for a cozy , friendly and positive...

The restaurant was almost full on peek hour at Saturday eve. Service seemed to be nice only for usual costumers and older people. When we arrived, they asked us if we will eat and leave soon, but when we were leaving, there were still people coming to eat and it seemed far away from closing.

As courtesy, they bring you some bread which we found too simple, and olives, which on the opposite, were very good.

Alio-aglio pasta was very good and al-dente. Guess this is the one that wins the points. I ordered pasta with chicken but got the salmon instead. We decided to keep it. It had too much red pepper but it was a good plate anyway.

We would comeback to eat some pasta, but not for the pizza, far away from the best...