We made a reservation at Sophie’s for our 10th anniversary as we heard only positive things about this place from our friends. When we arrived we were a bit early wich did not prove to be an issue of the head desk and we were quickly escorted to a table, here was the first disappointment. The table was cramed in a corner next to the staff computers against the support beam of the building, we did not have any view of the city like the place is well know for, we also were not able to experience the beautiful ambiance of the restaurant itself either because all we could see was the metal beam next to the table, the table was also so small we barely had enough room to fit the food. It felt extremely claustrophobic . We asked for a different table, however non were available.

We decided to stay anyway because the food on the other tables looked stunning. We ordered the antipasti as a starter, a pizza margarita for my wife, the chicken Casarecce for my self, the garlic bread and truffle fries.

The starter arrived shortly after ordering and it was Amazing! It was a shame that the cheeses and meat were on the same plate because the flavors mixed a bit, but disregarding that, the selection was amazing, tasty and generous!

We did not have a long wait after finishing the starter for the main course to arrive, my dish looked amazing visibly however after the first bite, it tasted good but it had a slight burnt taste, upon the next bite I was overwhelmed by the burnt taste, I noticed that the casarecce was completely burnt and the chicken was charred too, the garlic bread tasted sour, as if they baked a wonderful fresh bread but then used the pre-minced garlic from Aldi that is pickled in vinegar, the bread was so sour it was not enjoyable. The truffle mayo fries were unfortunately soggy and drenched in mayo.

We needed up sharing my wife’s pizza (which tasted absolutely perfect) and decided to have desert somewhere else due to the disappointment on our anerversary.

The waitress asked if everything was alright and I pointed out the problems with the dishes, she then said she will get the manager, 30min later the manager arrived (probably buisy) That being said, the staff was extremely friendly, and they did offer to replace the dishes we were not happy with witch we did not accept because I lost my appetite and my wife was satisfied with her food. Instead they offered to remove the items we were not happy with off the bill entirely.

It was our first visit at sophys, and even tho overall it was a big disappointment tonight, I truly beleave that we were just unlucky with the food.

Atmosphere at our table specifically - 1 star The food, 2 stars (I think we were just unlucky) The service & managment 10/10 perfect.

Conclusion: we will definitly give it another try in the future as I beleave in second chances and I genuinely think our bad experience is not the general experience at sophys.

Will update this review if we go again.