Disappointing experience. We ordered mushroom pasta in parmesan, tiramisu with coffee and a glass of wine. The wine came immediately, but the pasta was cold and unsalted. I understand that pasta in parmesan loses temperature, but it was possible to serve it in a hot plate or think of something else. It is unlikely that the chef who designed this menu could have envisioned that the food should be served cold. No salt on the tables and no spices were offered by the waiter either. Then the waiter forgot about desserts and coffee. I had to remind again, and to another waiter, as ours did not approach us anymore. The second employee brought desserts without coffee. Tiramisu was delicious. In general, there are no complaints about the kitchen, further if the pasta forgot to salt, I can get over it and fix it. But service in such an institution should obviously be higher. I also lacked light music. There were a lot of people in the hall, not too noisy, but the lack of music made staying in the restaurant more like visiting a canteen. Portions are not large, prices are high, went specifically to try this pasta, but it turned out to be nothing special. No...
Read moreThe decor is pleasant, the music choice on point. The pictures on the walls, the lighting, everything is great. Now for the rest.
The food is not necessarily bad,but, I wish they used less cream on the pastas, the cheese was ok, but a better quality parmesam would do wonders. Everything is a bit too pricey when compared with similar restaurants.
The wait times are bit much, but then again, serving a large group is not necessarily easy, so we could overlook it.
For the ambience: the place is loud. The disturbing part was that there was a birthday party with drunken 19 yr'olds that decided to start a fight, destroy part of the decor, YELL as loud as they could, with zero consideration for other people in the restaurant. In any case, this is unnaceptable behaviour, and should be met with more than a pat on the back. I know the restaurant should not be responsible for parenting these young "adults", but for f(*^)( sake, call them out on their bad behaviour and if it continues, just show them the door, it is your restaurant...
Read moreWe were in Lisbon several times since 2011 and always eat lunches in Bella Lisa - no doubt best restaurant in the city. Not only fantastic menu, but also wonderful atmosphere with nice music and very careful manager (or may be owner). After 2,5 year we came to Bella Lisa again in May 2018. It is not the same place! There were problems with reservation (in our time restaurant was closed), standard champain for invitation only in days we were not in shorts, new manager ignored us and talked only with 'special' guests. We were not pleased of our meals: tuna with bones and cold 'hot crepes' . To be honest - soups and pizzas were quite good. Finally - it is still not bad restaurant but far from brilliant beginnings. We are dissappointed of that place and not advice it to other. In the future we will find another restaurant. There are a lot of them in...
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