Bottega dei Sapori Italiani — Restaurant in Amsterdam

As an Italian, I am astounded by the sheer amount of restaurants in Amsterdam pretending to serve Italian food and disgracefully failing to even get the most basic things done right. This place is no exception. I am actually flabbergasted by the number of people who not only gave this "restaurant" a good review, but actually saw the pictures and thought it even looked good in the first place. It's a disrespect to our culture and a money grab, profiting off of what should otherwise be a simple and healthy cuisine. Please stay away from such places and aim for the ones that offer a smaller selection of products, made with passion, expertise and respect for the culture (and your health). I gave 2 stars for the atmosphere and service, but even that was hard for me to do as I wish I could bring the rating as low as possible and get people to realize how big of a scam scam this place is. I guess I still have some humanity left in store for these charlatans...

I am grateful my friends forced me in there, at least I can now drop this review without feeling guilty of not even trying it out before judging. That said, one just needs to look at the menu to come to the...

It might be the worst homemade pizza I ever ate, but I'm not totally sure it is homemade. But still the dough looked frozen, was bland, super thin and dry. And then the pizza itself tasted just like a regular supermarket pizza. Moreover when I ordered from them, I had both my drinks open in a plastic bag, which is extremely weird, but I put this on the...

First time ordering from here on thuisbezorgd. Got penne con pollo for €10. It is a lot of food 😅 Pretty tasty and packaged well. Checkout offered bread and parmesan for a small fee, but it must be for extra because mine came with them. Overall very pleased with my meal, and will have 1 or 2 more meals from...