Ristorante Italiano San Giorgio — Restaurant in Amsterdam

Hi. Today I decided to review this place.

This is what I ordered: ice tea (large), rucola salad, and lasagne bolognese.

I thought it was a nice composition of acid, sour, sweet taste with pasta for a dinner, and that it was. The order of consumption was: salad, lasagna, ice tea.

The rucola salad was in fact pretty good, or rather nothing short of impressive (5/5). The portion was generous, and it had quite a nice bite combined with plenty of lemon taste. Maybe it was just me, lasagna was a bit different than what I expected — a bit more like a cooked meal and less like the lasagnas I've had elsewhere. Have a look at the photo to see how they make it. Now, to the impression, that is an interesting one — while eating, I thought that it wasn't all that great (3/5) but my gut definitely likes it, so with that 5/5, it has become 4/5. About the portion size, the lasagna was fairly sized for the price. It can fill you, even if you like a bit larger meals. A side note — this one had the leaf inside the lasagna, not on the top. I find it a bit strange, but won't judge as I am hardly an expert. The large ice tea was standard, but a very generous portion.

The ambient is nice. Good chairs, good tables, candle on the table, painted artwork on the walls, and the matching music — 5/5. Ah, yes, the music was quiet and allowing for a normal-volumed conversations.

Altogether, I may have found some things a bit strange, but going over the all impressions and ratings, this was a 5/5 experience for the location, the price range, portion sizes, and the...

Apart from a friendly welcome and a good meal, I do not recommend this restaurant when it is full. We have been victims of an incredible lack of respect and professionalism. When taking the order, a change was necessary, the gentleman (the tall one) rolled his eyes followed by a noise of annoyance. Then we ask for bread when meals are served, we are taken aback "had to ask before", which I can understand BUT it was said in a terribly rude way. The highlight of the show comes when paying the bill. Like anyone else, we were determined to split the bill. Woe to those restaurant managers who refuse immediately, in a dry tone that rings false. Their machine apparently can't split because they put everything on the same table. SO WHAT ? Any restaurant is able to divide, except this one, oddly taxes must not be nice but is that our problem? Not specified on the menu or orally at the reception of the restaurant, we could have avoided the fulminant ridicule that this restaurant offered us. Obviously during the discussion everything was contradicted and embellished with false assertions, taking advantage of our poor oral fluency in English. If you are tourists, run away. If you are local, happy for you. You must question yourself as soon as the customer rightly presents his dissatisfaction to you. This is called being a trader. Hoping to improve your cheerfulness, professionalism and...

Si je voulais déguster du carton, je serais allé dans une imprimerie.

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Vue la zone touristique dans laquelle nous nous trouvions (aux abords du Red Light District), se fier aux avis Google Maps pour filtrer les restaurants "attrape-touriste" semblait une bonne idée. 4,4/5 à ce moment là, San Giorgio doit donc être un restaurant correct. Hahahaha. J'en rigole encore de douleur.

Points positifs : Belles peintures Excellent service, un serveur qui garde le sourire pendant qu'il vous insère la vaseline.

Points négatifs : Des frais supplémentaires non annoncés : l'"amouse-bouche" de pain surgelé réchauffé et son beurre sans goût est apporté à table sans que vous le demandiez et semble faire partie du menu. Mais non, surprise ! 7€. Et vous pensiez que lorsqu'un menu vous indique Rumsteak sauce champignon, vous allez payer le prix annoncé ? Haha, bien sûr que non. 3€ par sauce. Allez, bim. La nourriture : Excellentes pizza surgelées. L'Italie a tout à apprendre de ce restaurant. Pourquoi donner du goût aux plats quand il y aura toujours de sympathiques touristes pour payer 17€ la pizza au carton ? On pourrait aussi parler des burgers : Je pense que j'aurais trouvé plus de goût en léchant le vernis de la table (excellent vernis ceci dit, on voit où part le budget).

Et pour conclure l'expérience : Le paiement. J'ai eu l'audace de demander à diviser et payer en carte bancaire. Après avoir tenté pendant 5 minutes de me convaincre qu'il fallait payer en espèces et qu'il était impossible de payer en carte, il a fini par céder et sortir son TPE dernier cri de sous le comptoir. Etape suivante de la négociation : Diviser l'addition. Ahlala, son logiciel était semble-t-il trop vieux. S'il fait des efforts, il peut diviser en 2 ou en 3, mais pas plus. Vous comprenez… Les développeurs de son logiciel de caisse ne savaient pas compter au delà et n'ont implémentés que ces 2 chiffres. Quel dommage.

Bref, fiez-vous aux commentaires à 1 étoile plutôt qu'aux autres, car c'est là que vous y trouverez des gens avec un palais encore en bon état semble-t-il.

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