Ristorante La Reserve — Restaurant in Bordighera

Experience beyond expectations. I travel a lot for work and have been with my elderly parents many times at Bordighera, but today December lunch here has been by far one of our best memories as a family. Believe the 4 stars only might be biased by the price point a bit beyond average, but the combination of the unique location, great food and service deserve sure more. What I like is the quality, variety, stick to tradition (acciughe abbottonate incredibly tasty and balanced and "must try" the use of artichoke and the mixed Cousine between sea and the Ligurian inland traditions). Also a satisfactory and hearty quantity for every appetite (my parents felt at home, even coming from the 40ies generation). Great service, attentive (also to celiac customers) and always with a smile. Location finally is absolutely unique..broad sea terrace spacing 180 degrees from Ospedaletti gulf to the beautiful Church of Sant' Ampelio, sourthermost diamond of Liguria Ponente. Thanks..will come...

Ho delle riserve sulla Reserve. Sono cliente abituale di questo luogo grazioso dove solitamente prendo focaccia con avocado fatta in casa al costo di 10 euro. Cara si ma la location e la qualità mi hanno finora spinto a ritornare. NON sarà più così da sabato scorso. Ho preso ravioli ai carciofi costo 20 euro ok ma per una volta mi dico si può fare. Ebbene c’erano 7/8 ravioli minuscoli nel piatto , buoni ma PORZIONE RIDICOLA. (Premetto essere magrolina e non mangiona. Preferisco la qualità alla qualità ma c’è un limite a tutto!) Il mio compagno prende un fritto misto che era aumentato a 28 euro !!!! Ma fin qui nostra scelta. Io critico : Le porzioni minimaliste dei ravioli la mancanza di cortesia e flessibilità del proprietario a cui ho fatto presente la cosa ( porzione ed aumenti) col sorriso e mi risponde : “queste sono le nostre porzioni.” Replicò: “essendo cliente ve lo faccio presente prima di scrivere una recensione. “ Cara Reserve, avete una location fantastica e continuerete a lavorare con i francesi ma un atteggiamento poco aperto al dialogo non vi rende onore. Per 4 ravioli 🥟 dico io! Ecco 12 sarebbero il numero giusto. Grazie ☺️

J'ai des réserves sur la réserve. Je suis une habituée de cette jolie adresse où j'ai l'habitude de me procurer une focaccia maison à l'avocat pour 10 euros. Cher oui, mais l'emplacement et la qualité m'ont jusqu'à présent incité à revenir. Ce ne sera plus comme ça depuis samedi dernier. J'ai pris des ravioles d'artichaut coûtent 20 euros ok mais pour une fois je me dis que c'est faisable. Bon il y avait 7/8 minuscules raviolis dans l'assiette, bonne mais PORTION RIDICULEUSE. (Je commence par être maigre et ne mange pas. Je préfère la qualité à la qualité mais il y a une limite à tout !) Ma compagne prend une frite mixte qui était passée à 28 euros !!!! Mais jusqu'à présent, notre choix. Je critique : - Les portions minimalistes des raviolis - le manque de courtoisie et de souplesse du propriétaire à qui j'ai pointé la chose (portion et augmentations) avec un sourire et il m'a répondu : "ce sont nos portions". Il a répondu : « étant client, je vous préviens avant d'écrire un avis. " Chère Réserve, tu as un emplacement fantastique et tu continueras à travailler avec les Français mais une attitude qui n'est pas ouverte au dialogue ne te fait pas honneur. Pour 4 boulettes 🥟 je dis ! Ici, 12 serait le bon...

Not customer oriented.

My friends and I ordered the same dish (calamari) and we were not able to eat it because it tasted really really bad. We had one bite and realised we can’t eat it. The taste of the calamari resembled frozen but we were made sure it’s fresh. However no attempt to understand what’s wrong with the dish was made by the restaurant.

The restaurant didn’t even offer us another dish free of charge - they told us you can have something else but you need to pay for it. Or at least offer a desert. They didn’t care that we didn’t basically touch our dish.

The waiter was friendly and nice and tried to somehow placate us. We realised it’s actually the management of the restaurant that has such non...