Osteria Acquarol — Restaurant in Überetsch-Unterland - Oltradige-Bassa Atesina

Been to so many Michelin star restaurants and this is by far the worse of the worse. The tastiest was the bread and the balsamic & wasn’t explained to us that the balsamic will come with a cost. Well that’s fine with us.. theres a price tag on the balsamic which clearly displayed $18.50 but when the bill came, they charged us $36. That’s fine too cos we are paying what’s worth.

As for the rest of the dishes, I don’t enjoy at all & waiting time between dishes was very long. The wait time is so long that we got to keep ourselves entertain otherwise we’ll fall asleep (beer in mind that besides us, they’re only 1 more diner). Above it, the place is very stuffy that we had to make trips in and out of the restaurant. It’s that bad. In all or if not most, the chef will present himself & interact but I guess it’s a choice this time that he choses otherwise.

Indeed, a bowl of instant noodles or pizza paired with coke will bring me better experience and joy. I’m fortunate enough to be able to burn my $$ to this restaurant. It’s a cheap experience and I will not recommend this to anyone unless u have spare change or if u wish to try what’s a lousy Michelin star restaurant. By all means pls :)

Will forgive the Michelin guide for this oversight & I’m certain this 1 star rating will be short lived.

A day after our visit and to the chef who requested our presence in his feedback to share with him face to face, I went down to your restaurant this evening after my review of this below par restaurant but u were closed. I really wanted to tell u face to face that your food really sucks. Opportunity came upon us & we discover a great 1 star Michelin restaurant just down the lane. It’s called Zur Rose restaurant which is located just a stone throw away.. it’s way way way better… wine is good, lots of selection, service is nothing short of greatness and the owner and chef even came by to say hello and check if the food is ok & interacted much with us. It was a joyous evening with the owner, service staff and chef. This is what I define as a class of its own & it’s a well awarded Michelin star chef.

Zur rose is a 28 years Michelin star restaurant & they are worth every single cent as compared to this 2 year old who got big headed and thinks he knows his stuff. I hope he can learn from Zur Rose & stay humble with his small achievement.

For all out there, pls avoid this place at all cost & head directly to Zur Rose restaurant. It’s way better & I’ve tried it today. Way way better than this restaurant a zillion times. However, if u wish to feel the difference between both Michelin star restaurants & have some spare cash to burn, u may still try this restaurant out.

Stating the the food doesn’t fit us is an understatement & I can accept the labelling from the chef from this review. I got no hatred but just being very transparent with my sharings.

Personally, Michelin rated food is way above just food. It’s a collective of many facets wrt to food, people & venue etc.. all fused into 1 & experience is very important. In this case, it’s a bad experience with Osteria Acquarol. Who know they may be better...

It's a shame, but we really didn't like the dining experience. You enter a sparsely decorated and impersonal restaurant. As there were few customers that night, only one of the two rooms was laid out. In the other, somewhat almost empty room, there was an uncovered table with at least 20 tablecloths piled on top. Unusual for a Michelin-starred restaurant, to say at least. Of the 5-course menu, we were only really impressed by the amuse-bouche and the ravioli. The ravioli were light and perfectly balanced. While the starter and dessert were still delicious, we were disappointed with the main course (lamb porchetta) and appalled by the smoked spaghetti. The porchetta was not juicy and hard to chew; the side dishes were uninteresting. The smoked spaghetti was simply inedible. It had an intense fishy flavour, accompanied by an incredible bitterness and then… nothing further. We couldn't get anything out of this dish from any point of view. On the plus side, the service was friendly and dogs were welcome. Perhaps the restaurant has just had a bad run, but after this evening we can neither understand the star-nor the high Google rating. The money could definitely...

We opted for the 7 course meal. The service was outstanding, especially since we needed English, and most of the courses deliteful. The exceptions were the pasta course with lovelace on it, which none of us cared for, and the main course which was wild boar. The wild boar was just a hunk of meat with no spices and was so tough I could barely cut it with a knife and couldn't chew it - very dissappointing given the price! Also, on a Saturday night the parking was a challenge. It was dark and rainy and we had to park at the town lot and walk back up to the restaurant. The atmosphere is modern minimalist and it was very quiet with only two other tables which was nice. I know it is typical Italian to eat late and not in a hurry, but we waited quite a while between courses - the meal took four hours! I have been to other Michelin one and two star restaurants in other countries. I don't think this one qualifies. At the very least, they were having...