Canaletto Bistrot — Restaurant in Milan

The atmosphere was good and the overall look of the restaurant was clean and welcoming. The staff was really slow to serve, though we were ahead of the main rush of the evening. It took 20 minutes to meet our server. The lobster linguini tasted pretty good and was a huge portion with minimal lobster cracking required ( see pic) though the pasta was definitely not homemade and was nothing exciting. The ravioli was where everything took a major nose dive, it tasted like the frozen stuff from the grocery store, boring with no flavor and a super let down for my husband. My husband makes homemade pasta at home so he knows his stuff but he never likes to complain about his food at restaurants; he usually just gets through it without making a big deal with the staff if something is wrong. Tonight though, with the first bite, I could tell he thought it was awful. He did his normally thing and didn’t complain but he shared that it was definitely the worst food he’s had during our time in Italy. So my advice, avoid the ravioli and hopefully you will have an experience closer to what they usually see in...

We literally randomly poked out finger on the phone screen and this place popped up. The outdoor seating is a long wait. If you're impatience, have the weakness in body, mind, and soul then don't wait. We'd waited about 15-20 minutes and were considered "lucky" because the first couple waited too long and walked away. Once we'd sat by the front door (by the canal), it's another long wait for the waiters (standing around of course) to provided the menus and by the time they take our orders it is way over 30+ minutes. Thank God we are not diabetic patients. We had the mixed seafood pasta, which is good (4 stars), al dente chewy as it should. The Greek salad was ok, cucumber skin was not shaved off. The veal was a bit thin and no flavor so are the potato chips, I just used salt and pepper. We weren't too sure that veal is veal or pork chop. Finally, the 4 stars atmosphere, if you're into large endless crowds passing you (hope you enjoy all types of scents like bodily odors, perfumy, cologne, smoking) and staring at you while you dine, passing flowers and cigarette vendors that harass you, this...

Really bad service. Don’t recommend if you want to have a nice time. We came, waited for 20 minutes for an order, even thought the restaurant wasn’t fool. We had to ask to order many times. After that we waited for water for another 20 minutes, the appetizer came in turns - first bread, after 10 minutes cheese and forgot the oil. For drinks, they gave us a wrong order, wrong water, wrong wine. Food was good but the whole experience was awful. They just didn’t behave nicer to customers, I felt like an annoyance that I even want to order. Didn’t ask if we wanted to refill glasses, even though we sat with empty glasses for a reaaally long time or any desserts. They were just cleaning the tables after they saw one plate empty. (Table next to us had to get their wine glass back, after they took it even though it was half full). Asked 3 times to get a check. Unsuccessfully. Waited 20 minutes. Went to bar, waited another 10 minutes. The restaurant looks nice, but the service ruins everything. Really disappointed I had lost one...