Ristorante Pizzeria Orti16, Con Cucina Mediorientale — Restaurant in Milan

If you’re Arab or Muslim, then you won’t be welcome here. You’ll be seated inside the empty restaurant while there are 4 free tables free outside on the terrace. The Palestinian owner will pretend not to be able to speak Arabic although his menu has an Arabic translation. He also doesn’t speak English. Neither does the staff. He will laugh and make jokes with locals but ignore you completely. When we ordered kofta, we got it barely cooked, it was red on the inside and tasted raw. We wanted to send it back but the staff didn’t understand after multiple tries. We stood up to pay the check and leave because we weren’t comfortable and the food was not up to par. After paying, the owner suddenly remembered how to speak Arabic and started arguing about how the kofta was amazing and that the raw taste was our fault, as it was our personal opinion because he hadn’t had a complaint in 45 years. When explaining I am Egyptian and know the Arabic kitchen very well, He ended by saying the restaurant wasn’t meant for Arabs anyway. This is not how you treat your guests, this is not how you treat people period. It was clear we were unwelcome. We felt disheartened by...

We went there about 6 days ago.. was walking along and decided to try the dishes they had to offer.. Well.. the review said it was good so we thought why not and give it a try.. We are not hoping for a 5 star dishes anyway.. but what we are served are not even worthy of a star to be honest.. My wife ordered a spaghetti while i ordered a dish consisting of beef and chicken in a plate. Can't recall the name of both dishes however when it both arrived.. we had the shock of our lives.. the spaghetti is drenched in oil believed to be olive while the beef and chicken served in my meat platter dish feels that it had been precooked.. it tough like rubber, cold the centre and burned, the chicken though had this weird smell.. seems that the meats had been microwaved.. and to top it off.. the kitchen staff keeps looking at us as though trying to see whats our reaction to the dishes.. Appalling indeed.. thank god there are other good halal restaurants while we're in Milan.. That meal completely...

We learnt about this restaurant from Jordanian friend. It servers Jordan / Lebanese cuisine (and Italian, which we weren't after). We tried many dishes from Mediorientale section: starters were delicious (best falafel I had in a while)! So was kofta. I didn't particularly like lamb with yogurt, but it's my personal preference, my friends enjoyed it. They also serve great mint tea with assorted sweets. It's a good place to enjoy the cuisine from that area. My only concern is that despite that we were seated inside, nobody...