TIAN CI CHONG QING FARM HOTPOT — Restaurant in Rome

It was a cold rainy day and getting hotpot was my hope to cure for such a day. I had walked by this restaurant earlier in my travels and decided to head back here for dinner. When I walked in, it was not busy at all with just one table with one person dining. Normally if a place isn’t busy when I arrive, I pass on it. Since I’m traveling, I am exploring restaurants inside my destinations.

The atmosphere is pretty nice with its decor and design. Food quality is mediocre as the meat items I ordered looked to be freshly thawed out with some icicles evidence. The service is not good especially with the language miscommunications. There is a Condiment setup but not obvious to anyone unless you’ve been here or see others self servicing. I just happened to ask the server about that setup which he said go ahead. Yet he didn’t address/disclose there was a usage cost. When I see the Condiments, I noticed a glowing blue bug zapper next to the bowls. As I peer into each bowl, I noticed a bug drowned in one of the sauces. Yes I attempt to inform the workers and made them aware it was a bad thing. Ordering labeled items (with images) from a tablet can still result in errors to your order accuracy, as I experienced. I am familiar with Asian cuisine and was oddly confused there was no offering of plain basic white rice on the menu to pair with my hotpot meal. Therefore I ordered the fried rice and my feedback is the rice dish was dry and lacking pleasure. At least they don’t over “salt and soy sauce” the dish. For the hotpot soup, I ordered the big split pot of tomato and natural soup. I was pleased with the flavorful taste of the tomato soup base.

Unexpectedly and in total shock, I found out I was charged 1.00€ per person for condiment usage and 2.00€ cover service per person. Overall it’s overpriced and I wouldn’t come...

Our experience here was good. We were craving Chinese food after only a few days in Rome, and Tianci had good reviews. It was much busier than we expected, with many locals eating there!

Everything here is a la carte, which is different from our normal experiences in Canada. But the price is okay, the total amount we paid was appropriate considering we ordered some meat, veggies, soy milk, fried rice, and even noodles. Each dish is around 3-8 euros. I'd wish for some of the portions, especially the vegetables, to be bigger, as vegetables are quite cheap in the supermarket. The noodles and rice were very fair, and I'd even say the noodles were delicious!

For the broth, we did the chicken broth and the spicy one. While the lady at the table beside us warned us that the spicy broth was too spicy for her, I actually enjoyed it despite not having a high spice tolerance. It's really not that spicy! I'd recommend it, don't be scared by the red soup and chilis.

One other note, it was very hot in here. I think there was no AC, but the windows were open. Be...

This place is really awesome, the atmosphere was really nice, and the restaurant is well decorated and had very comfortable chairs. The staff was also friendly, efficient and helpful. The food exeded my expectations and seemed really authentic to me, the broths (we had the tomato and spicy broth) where really delicious and the menu offered many options all of those we got where good quality. The spicy broth is surely spicy, but the other reviews made it seem like it's extreme which I thought wasn't the case. Don't get me wrong if you're not used to spicy food it will be to much but if you like spicy food I would say it's just right. All in all I would totally recommend this place and I will definitely return. We went with 2 but I'll try to come with more people so I can order even more dishes as there's a lot of options. Finally the price was also...