We had our dinner there with my wife. We ordered the tasting menu of 4 dishes per person. The last meal for both of us was canole. Unfortunately, we found hair in the inner filling of the canole. We showed the hair to the waiter and sent the dessert back. Later, the cook came and said it wasn't a hair, it was a string that broke from the cloth he was drying the ricotta cheese with. I'm sure that it's hair. however, even if there is no hair, a foreign substance coming out of the food is not acceptable for a restaurant of this quality. moreover, it was surprising that no apology was made on such a mistake. Only the explanation that it was not hair and so on. We did not have appetite any more. Moreover, the check was taken from us in full as if everything was normal. I think it's normal for this restaurant to have a piece of cloth coming out of the food. I really don’t understand that how is it possible that a zero customer happiness policy restourant is recommended...
Read moreBeen there on August 22, for the 4th year in a row. I did not notice major changes / improvements from last year but I have to admit there is notuch to improve.
Went for the Blue Moon menu option, with a change in one of the courses that might have messed up the kitchen therefore one of the courses was mistakenly skipped. We highlighted it, the chef came to apologize and the course was then brought.
Food is simply amazing.
Service could improve if they present you the dish when they bring it to the table, rather than just saying "enjoy" without even mentioning what you are about to eat.
The online menu with qr code is a bit odd and has a couple of spelling mistakes.
Location is beautiful, with a view of the coast and the Stretto di Messina. I wish they could re establish the tables on the edge of the quay as in 2018...much...
Read moreIl ristorante dello chef "stellato" Pasquale Caliri, è una realtà gastronomica - gourmet - consolidata e una certezza in un panorama culinario messinese che, nonostante le potenzialità elevate sia per l'invidiabile posizione geografica di incontestabile bellezza sia per le eccellenti materie prime - di mare anzitutto - che il territorio offre, si presenta povero e, in generale, non adeguato alla città dello Stretto. In una location incantevole, per il panorama, per la tranquillità e per i sofisticati arredi di ispirazione gradevolmente minimalista, avvolti da una suadente musica al giusto livello di volume - non sempre purtroppo è così - circondati da personale di sala attento e professionale, che risponde con prontezza e in modo esauriente ad ogni vostra curiosità culinaria, potrete vivere una esperienza gustativa superba, un vero viaggio immersivo dei sensi, nessuno, dei cinque, escluso. Del resto, come Ulisse, il nostro chef Caliri, non si ferma ai primi piatti creati - seppure riusciti - ma seguendo l'istinto innato di conoscere nuove mete, di affrontare nuove avventure, non smette mai di sperimentare, con successo, nuove deliziose pietanze. Una esperienza da vivere che sicuramente suggerisco, a un prezzo davvero sorprendente, positivamente, assolutamente adeguato alle piacevole...
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