Signorvino Milano — Restaurant in Milan

Being the average never a good mark in particular for such wine & deli bistrot under the Calzedonia Group umbrella. The Signorvino (Mr. Wine) brand launched back in 2012 grew up until 25 stores spread across northern Italy mainly in Veneto, Lombardy and Piedmont regions.

Here’s point, they claim to offer a cheerful experience and amazing regional culinary traditions pairings to their excellent Italian wine - lesser known varieties, apparently - it turns out to be just decent presentation of food and wine, nothing really catchy, nothing outstanding. In particular the marketing of labels, mostly very well known hence the vast majority crazy expensive with some exemptions (check below).

Back to our experience - at lunch, seating out, little veranda area (street side) tiny tables, uncomfortable seats - we went for the most expensive choice in their menu, a charcuterie & locally made preserves selection speaking of, the Group itself shows off in their corporate presentation of the Signorvino brand.

Top choice coming with a variety of regional “delicatessen” charcuterie incl. but not limited to three types of ham - cotto, crudo, culatello - two types of salami, mortadella amongst the rest. Point is, difference with other charcuterie platters (up to fifteen euro between top / lower menu choice) they claim to be the Culatello ham which comes in 5 (five) slices literally.

Secondly, having ordered a mixed fried veggies (the big fried platter, according to menu) to accompany the platter we’re expecting a nice presentation to pair this imperial platter (yes, they name it Tagliere Imperiale).

Surprise surprise, the mixed veggies come in a Barbie’s kitchen style, portion enough for a baby although don’t let a baby touch it….so oily in the appearance and in the taste.

Bottom line, food experience was slightly disappointing despite the good quality of charcuterie overall, due to a veeery slow service, uncomfortable seats / table and bill which counts for 70€.

Why marking average and not lower then? Because the presentation, their image and their cluster in the end you wouldn’t expect anything better than this honestly.

More importantly, three marks not two thanks to a decent, surprisingly honest in flavors and to palate, Prosecco Rose which turned out welcoming and not pretentious like mother’s kiss on the cheek before slapping you for something you never did.

In fact, never wanted to come back to Signorvino and won’t. Do I have high expectations? Well, apparently I value money that I spend, in particular when choosing a wine bar which claims the be on top of...

Signorvino has always been a favorite spot of ours for enjoying a good glass of wine, so when we decided to check out their Garibaldi's branch, we had high hopes. We opted for 2 piani tagliere with an extra cheese platter, but unfortunately, the cheese didn't quite live up to expectations. It seemed like it had been cut long ago, resulting in small, dry pieces that lacked freshness. However, the real highlight of the meal was the bread – incredibly fresh and tasty, it was the perfect complement to the excellent selection of charcuterie.

To cap off the meal, I decided to indulge in some tiramisu, but unfortunately, it confirmed my suspicions – dessert at Signorvino just doesn't hit the mark. I've tried desserts at several of their branches, and every time, it's...

Just 2 cappuccinos... so no tasting of the menu, etc. We came in and the lady took us to the bar to stand there to have your coffee. Bof (meaning in French: could do better). I kindly asked a waiter if we could go to a small table near the windows with high chairs and he said yes... well done. He said that he would be bring our coffees to the table... that is what we call service. Not sure why the lady in he first place barely took care of us instead of proposing a better option for clients. There were plenty of free seating arrangements so it is not like we will have preventing "eating" customers from a nice place. Anyway long story short. Nice clean well fitted place. And we thoroughly enjoyed our 2 cappos thanks to the...