As I write this review I know 100% that the restaurant will deny any criticism as they did last night. This was our 4th time to visit this restaurant, twice last year and twice this year. The first time we received a warm welcome. As a vegetarian I was offered pasta with various sauces and their signature side dish of courgettes in mint which was so fantastic I had several plates of it. My husband had fish with a crunchy potato coating and we loved everything and took the time to give a 5 star review . Bizarrely when we dined here last week there were several Baccalà dishes on the scan only menu which were absent last night and no crunchy fish because they only do it when orata is available ( I asked). The following evening my husband had a fabulous orata cooked in the oven in a different restaurant. Las t night I was offered pasta with tomatoes or scamorza cheese. I think anyone reading this will allow that it doesn't sound like anything one would pay a restaurant for as I could make either at home if I did not really want to bother cooking anything much. There were no zucchini. I had a side dish of sliced aubergines, very ordinary, a plate of oversalted lettuce and the cheese. What I want to stress however was not the food but the service. NOT ONE PERSON EVEN SMILED at us or GREETED us but just asked the name and when we chose one of the many free tables ( it was early) we were told in English by the waiter " not that one, that one" as he pointed rather than accompanied us to our table. Later I noted other guests arriving without reservations being directed to various tables so they were not all reserved . No need for his orders to us. Then the waitress made me feel so stupid as she rolled her eyes and sighed when I struggled to find something to eat (yes, the guests at the next table saw it too) I lived in italy for 2 years and will admit that when nervous my Italian can be rusty. Usually polite staff try to help and I have NEVER failed to be understood before. The Italians at the table next to us sympathised with me and they had no problem understanding me. Perhaps a little patience was needed. And yes the blond waiter can speak English but after his cold attitude on our arrival I did not feel he would be too helpful nor had I any desire to interact with him again. The waitress came to ask how was everything and I told her that the restaurant website should not say "vegetarian options" if it obviously finds us so annoying. She denied this and said her partner is vegetarian. All the more reason to provide something nice for vegetarians and be more understanding. I know it is primarily a fish restaurant but I have dined in plenty of them including here in Salerno where the chef has offered to make something for me using the abdundance of ingredients available for other dishes e.g. the fagioli that were in my husband's fish dish last Friday. The place was thronged with Italians apart from 2 other tables and there was a queue outside so I am under no illusion that they will care about my review. In conclusion, this is our 6th visit to Salerno and there are many places including restaurants where we receive a warm welcome. This is definitely not one of them. We even broke with a lifelong tradition of always tipping at least 10% and left feeling humiliated, used and angry. I thought that Covid-19 lockdown would make the hospitality industry appreciate all business that their customers provide be they Italian or " stranieri" but in this case, sadly not. I have recommended this place to several other "tourists" but last night was an eye opener. Never again.