I can't recommend this restaurant enough but not for the food. Don't get me wrong, the food was phenomenal but it was the people. My family and I, along with our two dogs drove 8 hours, only to have our Lodging arrangement turn into a nightmare and have to scramble at 9 at night to find a new one. We finally find a hotel and get settled in at 11 at night but have to find food. We stumble in to Paninoteca Ermete just before midnight. We order food to go and the manager, I apologize because I don't know if he was the manager or if he owned the place, cooked all of it fresh. while it was all being cooked he came out and talked to us along with a couple of his friends. They all fawned over our dogs, who were exhausted as well. Just as the food was ready, thunderstorm hit. Initially, he gave my wife an umbrella to walk back to the hotel but then said it's too bad, pulled us in to the restaurant and told us he was getting us a car to drive us back. we assumed he was getting us an Uber or something but then he pulls up with his own personal car piles my wife and dogs in the back seat (the dogs are 60 and 80 lbs) and me in the passenger seat. He stops to take a few selfies with the dogs and then drives us back to the hotel. we tried to offer him some money for his kindness and time but he wouldn't hear of it...and didn't even take his umbrella back. On a day that my family got beat up pretty bad, stopping in this restaurant reminded us that there are good people in the world. The food was delicious, the restaurant was great but the ability to make a customer feel cared for and welcome...
Read moreDi solito mi astengo dal fare recensioni, ma in questo caso sento di non potermi sottrarre. Giunti alle 19 in loco, ordino dapprima un succo di frutta ma, la cameriera (l'ultima, forse, dei colpevoli), ignara dell'assortimento di questo prodotto, torna elecandomi i 3 gusti a disposizione. Non essendo soddisfatto della risposta, ordino un americano. Probabilmente colpevole di non aver specificato, mi arriva il caffè americano, quando in realtà avrei voluto il cocktail. Facendolo presente al barista, probabilmente anche lui ignaro di ciò che stesse facendo, porta indietro il caffè, tornando poi con il "cocktail". Il risultato? Una roba imbevibile. Percezione alcolica molto alta; grado zuccherino elevato, soda non pervenuta, gubetti di ghiaccio che galleggiavano, bicchiere completamente sbagliato. Alla mia amica, la quale aveva ordinato un hugo, non è andata meglio, anzi, ha forse avuto la peggio. Ci chiedono se gradiamo patatine e olive... evidentemente non è loro prassi portare qualcosa durante l'aperivo o semplicemente non è il loro core business, di conseguenza per loro è importante concentrarsi su altro. Fatto sta che ci arrivano sì le patatine ma, in sostituzione delle olive (non le avevano), ci viene portato del prosciutto annegato nell'olio ma, tutto sommato, la proposta "snack" era meno drammatica. A piccoli sorsi proviamo a ingerire i 2 miscugli alcolici ma, non riuscendo ad arrivare neanche a metà bevuta, ci alziamo disgustati per pagare, senza che nessuno chiedesse il motivo per cui avessimo lasciato i drink. Ora, non sto a soffermarmi sulla formazione del personale, perché ci sarebbe da capire quale sia stato il criterio di selezione e la retribuzione spettante; quanto meno però sarebbe opportuno che ogni locale si concentri sulle cose che sa fare; non è un male dire al cliente che un determinato prodotto non viene servito perché non si è in grado di rispettare determinati standard. Se, come il nome del locale stesso suggerisce, il core business sono i panini, è bene concentrarsi su quello e prodotti della stessa categoria. A voler fare tutto, si rischia di...
Read moreWe walked in for a late lunch in Lecco. We were greeted with a smile and had two sandwiches and some fries. Everything tasted great and the cappuccino was on point. The lady owner offered to warm our eight month old’s bottle which was much appreciated and they also had a change table in the disability access toilet. They also offered to hold our baby while we had our lunch but our LO was not having a bar of that (in her separation anxiety phase). She offered tiramisu for dessert and how could we say no with all that hospitality? The tiramisu was very homely and tasty. Overall, we were impressed by the great food and family...
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