Ristorante Da Charlie — Restaurant in Milan

how is no one talking about the food!!! did we come on a bad night? we can’t speak for any other dish, but all of the pasta was literally terrible. everything tasted out of a jar, or perhaps cardboard box? i’m pretty sure my carbonara was made with kraft mac and cheese powder. i am not joking. the spaghetti itself was undercooked as well if i hadn’t sold it already. additionally, they brought out the wrong dish multiple times then seemed upset at one point when we turned it away. we all ordered a different pasta and he brought a pizza. what? ok. the second time they brought out the wrong dish we just took it because we wanted to leave asap. why was this inconspicuous white sauce filled with the blue cheese? the whole thing tasted like blue cheese it was terrible. not even the bravest of our group could stomach that- and she ate the shrimp for some reason. oh- he also brought out our glasses of wine in a small pitcher.. then proceeded to tell us to pour it into the water cup.🤯 hah???!!! am i missing something? guests who appeared to be locals had proper wine glasses so this was confusing. At least we didn’t get scammed like the other customers who came before us- though it seemed like he forgot the paper so he just tapped a bunch of numbers into a calc and showed me it and i was like ok. the only upside was that we probably underpaid for the food. anyway- lesson learned; ALWAYS read reviews beforehand and always be skeptical of huge...

It was our first night in Italy and we were excited to try some pasta, but instead had one of the worst dining experiences ever. We took our time ordering because there was a bit of a language barrier (we are English speaking, from the USA). We pointed to each dish and made sure we were understood, and were very polite and understanding with the wait staff. However, as our food started to come out we were repeatedly given the wrong dishes. With the third incorrect meal, we sent it back to get the pesto we ordered instead of the alfredo that was served and they seemed annoyed. When the dish came back it seemed as though they had just mixed in some pesto sauce and called it good enough. Two of my friends had the carbonara, which was undercooked and tasted like it was made with boxed mac and cheese sauce of some sort. The pork that was mixed in it was extremely salty and very poor quality, almost resembling spam. One of my other friends ordered the marinara, but instead was served some ravioli with a white sauce that had a confusingly strong blue cheese flavor. One of us got a ravioli dish that tasted like it came straight out of a can. And lastly, the seafood dish another one of us ordered seemed unsafe to consume — like it was frozen and then reheated. Oh, and our wine was comically served in water cups. Disappointing to have to pay for this meal. Definitely search somewhere else for authentic...

This is a really terrible place. The guy is really nice but is clearly only interested in upselling you coffee, bruschetta, drinks etc etc. all the dishes I ordered were wrong, and really pretty terrible at that. I ordered small wine and small water and got big versions of both. The bill was €36 which he “discounted” to €33 when I complained, for pasta that tasted like McDonald’s and “tuna carpaccio” which was smoked salmon slices on a plate. All of it was far too overpriced and poor quality . On top of all this he left me waiting for ages when I arrived and even longer when I wanted to pay, then calculated it all in his head and afterwards chased me down the street saying the transaction didn’t work when it did. Avoid...