Aria — Restaurant in Tel-Aviv

It pains me to say, but this experience left much to be desired. The lack of seasoning, flavor and personable service...made this dining out a bit lack luster.

Let's start with the good, i was seated quickly and my first course was amazing! I was a little concerned when they didn't have tuna and instead served me palamida (bonitos) fish. But it was well seasoned and buttery, a true delight and I though a sign of what was to come... But alas, not so. My next course the scallops... While Cooked perfectly, lacked seasoning as well as it's sides. The next dish, the shrimp showed promise but again lacked seasoning. I enjoyed the middle east flavor but it was in serious need of Salt! Lol i did like the raisins...not sure if they were fermented or what, they were a nice sour surprise to the dish.

Now on to the service. The food came out fast, but i was the only person at the bar and the bartender didn't initiate any convo...i was a little disappointed. Sometimes it's nice to have a little banter in between courses!

I didn't even stay for dessert! Which says a lot! Lol.

Overall a 3.7 is what I'd rate. Maybe you'll have...

If I was to evaluate the place on the scale of 1 to 10, I would give the food a 10+ and the service a 1 (or even 0). The waiter who "attended" us seemed very lost and all over the place - he would bring food, but not the cutlery, he would spend 20 minutes to bring us bread while our food was getting cold and we even had to wait an extra hour for our last dish. All this under the pressure of "you have to leave the table at 10:30". To make us feel even more comfortable the waiter and a manager would constantly look towards our table while talking angrily. The most amusing part of the eventful evening was when the waiter dared to claim the tip for his "service". Pathetic. As we observed there were more people not happy with the service in the restaurant and many of the staff members seemed srtressed and on edge - not a good environment to relax and enjoy your New...

I was at Aria for the new year’s eve dinner and it was a terrible experience. We reserved the table at 23:30 and, even if we were there on time, we waited until 00:15 for the table (they gave us a table for 8 while we were 12) and thus they didn’t allow us to celebrate the new year. In addition, the manager of the restaurant (a blond lady) was completely unpleasant and she didn’t help to find a solution or simply to apologize with us, she just told us “it’s not my fault” or “if you want you can go away”, she was very unpleasant with guests in general, not only with us, she didn’t care at all about the situation and did nothing to solve it even if she could. As for example in our table they were waiting for the bill for 20 minutes. The food was quite good, but the service very very long, we ended up eating the...