Chianti Due — Restaurant in Tokyo

Set inside the Resol Akihabara hotel, 3 mins across the bridge from Akihabara JR station. Kanda JR station is also less than 10 mins away. A more authentic Italian but still done with a Japanese twist. The place is packed in the evenings so make sure you do make a reservation. Since I wasn't able to get a table the previous evening I went for lunch and ordered from the a la carte menu. The lunch sets did look solid value though. It was a little short staffed and the main dining room was in an L shape it was a bit of a struggle to get the attention of the serving staff. I ended up often having to get the chefs to get the staffs attention. The carpaccio (or more like a salad) was made with cutlass fish, which was very chewy, not helped by the fact that it was cut pretty thick for a carpaccio. Pasta was excellent. Squid ink (soupy) spaghetti with pancetta, squid and mushrooms. A little too soupy for me but taste great. Ended up ordering some baguette to mop up the sauce. They even give you a bib because the squid ink soup will cause somewhat of a mess that will stain your clothes forever. A5 Wagyu steak main course was pretty much standard affair but great value at ￥3,000. Served with Japanese style potato salad which made no sense whatsoever. A very nice latte (turned out to be a cappuccino) to finish off a half decent lunch. I did notice they do a foie gras margarita pizza so I might come back and...

Food was disappointing and was hardly authentic. Neapolitan pasta which is traditionally a simple tomato sauce also had ham and vegetables. I was under the impression it would be vegetarian and thus could not eat the dish that was brought out however the waiter very kindly organised for a vegetarian pasta to be prepared instead. Very nice atmosphere and view...

The restaurant was busy but staff numbers seemed insufficient. The pasta was a fresh experience, as the noodles were sticky and looked like ramen noodles. The sauce was well mixed with the pasta and it was delicious. You can have a leisurely lunch while watching people rafting down the river. It was funny to see children waving...