Roberto Caffè — Restaurant in Turin

I had the most shocking experience here today. I was in Torino on business for one night and had time to explore the beautiful city before my flight home. Having wandered the city for a couple of hours I was ready for coffee and a pastry. I found this cafe and thought it looked nice. I went in firstly to use their toilet and then order. I was in the toilet for about 10 minutes (I’m currently not well, waiting for surgery and perhaps a little slower than others). Suddenly there was banging on the toilet door and a woman shouting. I hurriedly put myself together and opened the door to be greeted by two slightly embarrassed men waiting to use the toilet. I walked through to the counter to be boarded by abuse in Italian from the waitress. I barely understood what she was saying but she was very animated, lots of arm waving etc. something about 5 minutes? I tried to explain that I was just using the toilet like any other customer and she told me “speak in Italian!”. I do not speak Italian. Fluent in French but no Italian. I left feeling very bad. This woman was beyond rude and has no place in a service role. Just loud, aggressive and...

extremely rude and unaccommodating staff. I ordered a latte with oat milk and was served normal milk. when i asked to confirm that it was oat, she said yes despite the fact that i WATCHED HER pour normal milk. she also broke the first and most important rule of coffee- you can’t resteam milk!!! she wouldn’t fix my order despite messing it up and told me that it was my fault (i told her that i was severely allergic to cows milk so idk what she’s talking about) and made me pay for a drink i couldnt even have. avoid here...

Forse attirati da tutta quella panna esposta in vetrina, forse anche perché era abbastanza vuoto… siamo entrati!

Il bar in pieno centro sembra piccolino, non ho visto altre sale. Prima di sederci torno a guardare quelle meraviglie che viste da un’altra prospettiva, forse, complice la luce calda del locale, insomma la panna non era più così bianca 😳 Dai non importa, prendo il menù… non ci capisco un tubo un gran disordine tra colori improbabili e dimensioni ridotte, taglio corto “tu cosa prendi?” chiedo al mio socio, “c’è lo zabaione!!!” Nooooo, davvero? Ma che figooooo!

Siete mai stati in una pizzeria che vi ha servito una margherita 🍕SURGELATA e l’avete pagata pure 8 euro? Impossibile vero? Ecco da Roberto tutto è possibile e lo zabaione è in BUSTINA!!! 😳 Li ho sentiti tutti i gusti, farina, fecola, vaniglia, uova in polvere, insomma ci sono rimasto veramente male! Stiamo parlando dello zabaione mica della cioccolata calda che vada anche la bustina, insomma eh!

Mi auguro che sia stato sfortunato solo io e che Roby, proprio quel giorno, abbia finito le uova, anzi dai sono certo sia andata così.

Non credo che mai più ci tornerò, nel dubbio la prossima volta chiederò se lo zabaione è in bustina.

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