La Bazza — Restaurant in Hakone

Delicious food, fresh ingredient, perfect portion sizes. 3 of our group got pasta and one got the lamb-every meal was delicious. The set meal comes with soft, fresh bread and the fancy set meal comes with dessert (all AMAZING). The lamb came out 10 minutes after the pasta but it was perfectly cooked and seasoned. Up to 8 groups can eat there at a time. Tables are not spaced 6ft apart but all staff were in masks. Parking is right below the restaurant or alongside (limited, maybe 3 spaces). One waitress spoke...

Ordered seafood pasta with tomato sauce and it was magnificent. Their homemade butter was very tasty as well. Located near a 2,500 yen per night guest house. Recommend this restaurant for people who wanna enjoy Italian cuisine using local produce during a budget hot spring trip. Most of their meals are around 1,500 to 2,000 yen which is one of the cheapest in the area. Also, their place is a half renovated ex-bank facility. Remnants from the previous usage can be seen on the interiors, such as an old style safe...

So even though it’s dirty, and looks closed down. The main issue was staff. I was on phone to my mum back in the UK and finishing a small can of beer and staff came out and in a very bad attitude said oh BIG foreigner at entrance. A I wasn’t at entrance and B I explained and still she said again. This is a very tourist dependent place so that was just too stupid. This isn’t real Italian anyway and anyone that gives it more than one star obviously doesn’t eat fresh. Smells, dirty, and...