Ristorante Il Gambero Rosso — Restaurant in Francavilla al Mare

CONTAMINATED SEAFOOD TOOK ME TO HOSPITAL

Day 23rd of december at 11pm, I was recommended to go for a "Menu a Prezzo Fisso", a sequence of seafood made my the chef. Day 24th around 11pm (exactly 12 hours later) I started to feel VERY bad. A few hours later a very strong diarrhea stroke me along with vomiting and fever. Day 25th in the afternoon I had to go to the hospital due to severe dehydration since I couldn't eat anymore because vomiting was intense. The doctor said there is 100% of chance it was bad quality sea food. It is unbelievable a restaurant will sell bad sea food with no quality control. There should be more inspections from authorities that allow these restaurants to operate contaminated food.

And regarding the answer from the restaurant about my comment, I have the "scontrino" with me, and here it says day 23rd of december, 2017. In fact, I should take this case to the authorities so they could inspect more closely the quality of the food provided by your restaurant. I should even take this case further, and deliver it to "Guardia di Finanza", since it is claimed by this restaurant in the comment below (I have screen-printed this), that your stablishment was closed in day 23rd of december even with a receipt issued in 23rd...

I went to this cozy resto with my wife, I had seafood salad, and stuffed spicy mussels as a starter, after as a main we had fresh chitarrina pasta with seafood (they called scoglio) and mix grilled seafood... All the ingredients were fresh, and the waiters professional. Big...

Had a wonderful dinner in their outside seating . The antipasti was multi course of assorted fresh seafood prepared many different ways, all fantastic. Really recommend. The primi and secondi courses were also very good. Waitress was very kind and professional. Will...