VIVINO - חיפה — Restaurant in Haifa

Usually I do not type reviews about restaurants in israel, Unless I really love them, But this one is a exception,

I ordered food from them, The problem was the food and nothing else, Lets leave the money aside even that they charge 90 shekels per a meal,

With that money you would expect quality and tasty food,

But unfortunately, I didn't get neither, I ordered a risotto

And to say I was met with the most disgusting dish won't even start it,

This wasn't what risotto stands for, It didn't have a creamy texture, The Rice which lets be honest is the MAIN ingredient about this dish, Was UNDERCOOKED, It was grainy, And wasnt soft, I felt like I was eatting plastic,

And to add on to of that, They put more mushrooms than rice in my meal, Nothing about this meal was good..

It felt like pebbles cooked with supermarket cream with tons of mushrooms,

Not sure if it was a mistake or not, But regardless, Considering this is supposed to be one of the top restaurants known for its amazing pasta, It feels like a complete lie,

And this is a shame to italy itself

Vivino, Consider this a wake up call, Because the second your Chefs stopped tasting their meals before sending them out, Is how you got to this point,

Do I expect something to happen? no, Why did I write this review? Well, I'm just deeply...

For me its one of the best Italian kitchen restaurants, and as a restaurant in general, Especially this “one in haifa” Things I appreciate: They alot of parking spots next to the restaurant, but Relatively they have enough parking spots, it’s situated next to a major bus station easily accessible if you plane to reach it by bus

the restaurant is huge with 4 compartments with special atmosphere, one of them is the huge BAR, my favorite place to set and have something to eat, though the 1) service very good, it is the best on the bar! ((((Reserve a place on the bar be for you go)))) the Food is very high quality food, for every single thing in the menu is highly recommended, don’t hesitate to order new dish, even the row meat, The desert is the same, I recommend lemon pay, service, very kind professional staff they always able to offer and recommend you a dish or wine, there advice wouldn’t disappoint you, Prices, according to the quality, quantity tasty good looking food and dishes, the prices are amazing good and fare, one of the best prices for a restaurant for me. Atmosphere, music, design, even if you search for a place to maybe have a drink and a good talk, this place would be an...

Update,26.7.21 I still think this is one of the better Italian restaurants around, but the service was a disgrace.

First plates arriving with main, dessert/coffee requests not even taken, wrong wine, waiting almost 30mins to pay.

Really, horrible.

And saying sry afterwards with a free dessert to next time to this specific location only (its a chain yeah...?) Made it worse.

Doubt ill ever be back. To clarify, we weren't alone, table next to us never got drinks, the other one basically waved endlessly for attention, just. Bad.

Original review (few years back) I'll be very clear here, this has been the best Italian restaurant I've been to in Israel. Period. The dishes were generous, staff was beyond lovely and the food was just superb. From starters (crusted camamber and arnichini) to main (pasta taliotali carbonara and a slow brewed meat linguini) to an amazing milfay mascarpona it was just amazing. Place is also very well maintained and clean. We really had a blast. Expect to a medium / high price tag (we ate 2+kid a 3 course meal with wine for about 400 and it was worth every penny).

Highly...