Drake — Restaurant in Unione dei comuni del Distretto Ceramico

We chose this hotel for our very specific parking requirements, travelling through Europe in an old Ferrari and the location being very close to the Ferrari factory for our booked tour. We arrived at the hotel after a very long drive to be faced with no apparent reception whatsoever, just a bar with a few young guys hanging around and a man with a petrol engined leaf blower in the conservatory area, making any kind of conversation all but impossible (he didn't seem to have the sense or courtesy to switch it off). We eventually managed to communicate with the man behind the bar that we were hotel guests, at which point he picked up his mobile and made a couple of calls. The only replay we got was "you go to other hotel" and he tried to send us to a sister hotel which was absolutely not what we wanted.||||We loaded the car back up and drove to OUR second choice (the Maranello Palace - very good by the way) and cancelled the Drake booking over the phone with our booking website company. They were understanding and we were not charged a cancellation fee.||||I chose the Drake due to its good reviews but I simply don't understand how a 3* hotel can have such a poor reception service. My advice, at least it sorts out these issues is choose...

We chose this hotel for our very specific parking requirements, travelling through Europe in an old Ferrari and the location being very close to the Ferrari factory for our booked tour. We arrived at the hotel after a very long drive to be faced with no apparent reception whatsoever, just a bar with a few young guys hanging around and a man with a petrol engined leaf blower in the conservatory area, making any kind of conversation all but impossible (he didn't seem to have the sense or courtesy to switch it off). We eventually managed to communicate with the man behind the bar that we were hotel guests, at which point he picked up his mobile and made a couple of calls. The only replay we got was "you go to other hotel" and he tried to send us to a sister hotel which was absolutely not what we wanted.||||We loaded the car back up and drove to OUR second choice (the Maranello Palace - very good by the way) and cancelled the Drake booking over the phone with our booking website company. They were understanding and we were not charged a cancellation fee.||||I chose the Drake due to its good reviews but I simply don't understand how a 3* hotel can have such a poor reception service. My advice, at least it sorts out these issues is choose...

We recently dined at The Drake and had a mixed experience overall.

Highlights of the meal included the beef filet with Worcestershire and gin sauce—absolutely delicious and cooked to perfection. In fact, all the filets we tried were excellent. The complimentary appetizer at the start was also a nice touch.

However, the rest of the meal had its ups and downs. The pumpkin tortellini was unique—it had a dessert-like quality that grew on us as we ate. On the other hand, the bolognese was disappointingly bland, and the standard tortellini was just average. The bread was unremarkable and didn’t leave much of an impression, while the grilled vegetables arrived cold, which detracted from their flavor.

Service was another area that fell short. It took quite a while for our food to arrive, and several items from our order were missed.

While the experience wasn’t perfect, the quality of certain dishes, especially the filets, felt fair for the price point. With some improvements in flavor consistency and service, this could easily become a top...