La Toscana — Restaurant in Oaxaca

Went there in hopes of pulpo (seen in the photos), but there was none. Had the ensalada Toscano (it was big , but few frutas rojas to be found and the "feta" was mushy and not very good). The recommended tuna en salsas negras was pretty good. Good quality tuna, but sitting in too much sauce which was mostly soy sauce. The garnish thinly fried pieces of garlic and frizzled onion were yummy. The glass of wine was from a bottle that had been open too long. When the waiter asked, I told him it was old (it had soured), but he said it was only opened the day before. I drank only two sips and left it. There was no offer to provide an alternative nor drop the 90p. charge. The pretentious pouring of olive oil (of mediocre quality) onto a small plate was lost on me. I love olive oil, but the bread basket did not have a bread suitable for dipping! A long thin hard breadstick and 3 little airy rolls. The roll I tried had soft cheese inside and turned to crumbs and mush when dipped. And the balsamic vinegar in the center of the oil was totally unnecessary and jarring.

Overall, a pricy, barely satisfactory meal though the tuna would have been excellent if there hadn't been so much heavy soy overpowering it.

Given the prices, quality and pretension (and a waiter who was inconsistent),-- no need for me to go back. Luckily, I've had several excellent meals since then at...

I would have gave more stars but our waiter treated my husband and I like 2nd class people neither of us are high maintenance, actually very easy going. He put the oil & balsamic and other sauces for bread on our table but no BREAD. The party next to us got two servings of bread. It is not a matter of the bread, it's not right to treat people like their lower. The restaurant is very trendy and the decor is outstanding. But trendy and decor doesn't carry a restaurant. I can only think of "Pretty Woman" when the boutique sales woman said to Julia Robert's character "I don't think you can afford anything in this store", Julia Robert's character returns to the boutique later with her hands and arms full with merchandise from another more expensive boutique and said "BIG MISTAKE". Treat people (even tourists) the way they treat you especially if they supporting...

Service: 1 star. Food: 5 stars. Tonight we reluctantly joined friends for their farewell dinner at Toscana after having a disappointing experience a few weeks prior where the waiter refused to split a bill or even change a small bill of a friend who accompanied us (she was trying to figure out how to pay). Tonight, this same waiter acted aggrieved that we asked for more bread, and among other things, refused to split the bill for 3 couples ( each couple ordered separately). When we lived in Jalatlaco last year, we visited the restaurant many times and never had any problems splitting bills, replenishing bread, etc. It's really too bad, as the shrimp tacos (Tacos tropicales) and aguacate y arugula salad are superb, as is the improbable and amazingly constructed Napoleon meringue. Last year we did our best to spread the word about...