Vino&Friends — Restaurant in Maastricht

This was one of the worst restaurants I have been to. The service was non-existent despite there being only 1 other table of customers in the whole restaurant. The starter was very salty. They did not give us bread until we asked even though they had all the bread bags lined up on the counter ready to go for each table. When we finally got bread, no one was around to give us plates for the bread. We had to use our napkins as makeshift bread plates in order to put olive oil on the bread. The mains never arrived. No servers were around the whole time to even chase for the meal. One hour after arriving, we decided enough was enough and asked for the check. It was only at that point they decided to check the kitchen and came out with the mains then. We were already at the reception counter with our jackets on waiting to pay at that point. My guess is that the mains were sitting in the kitchen the whole time (it was two simple ravioli dishes) and no one bothered to bring them out. When we told them we were leaving without eating the mains, we hardly got any response back. They just took our money with no questions...

This one was recommended to me as a place you need to go, so I gave it a try. No reservation up-front, but as we were just 2, they were able to find a nice place.

The "modular" 4 course menue offers a nice selection of dishes to customise your own experience. A bit of everything to choose from (meat, fish, vegetarian).

A set of 4 starters is an impressive start. Beef carpaccio was super smooth and above all I loved the taste of "carrot suffle".

The first main was home made pasta seasoned with fresh salmon. Well balanced taste so that salmon did not dominate the dish.

The second main was sliced beef steak. The did not ask how done so I got medium (on a bit rare side) done. Smooth, tasty and just sightly seasoned. Could be a bit warmer when served.

All accompanied with perfect Rosso di Montalcino.

We have skipped the desert and finalised with expresso.

I should give you 4 due to a bit cold steak but overal excellent and balanced taste and very friendly and communicative service prevailed for...

Few weeks ago we joined their special Tuscany night. They charged 75 euros for a menu way below average (in flavour and quality). I lived in Italy for many years, and that is not what Italian food tastes or looks like. Pappa al pomodoro had peas in it, was too dry (wrong proportion of bread and tomato) but the flavour was okay. The tartar had an awful texture and very unpleasant to eat. They used truffle oil, which is known to be a tourist trap product in Italy. They served pasta with ragu of eildboar. They forced a very dry ragu inside a ravioli and compensated such dryness by half a liter of oil on top! The next dish was steak, we each got maximum 50 grams of meat and it was way overcooked and dry. The desert was okay, sweet wine and biscuits. Overall, I would never recommend...