Restaurant ChaCha — Restaurant in Palace District

It's a really accessible place within the city center. You are hungry and you don't know what to eat or where. This is the place. Good quality, good price. I loved the salmon steak it was splendid, but do tell them you don't like it dry, I've noticed this tendency in St. Petersburg. The only drawback is the orange salad, it's tasteless, it's not very difficult to make a tasty citrus salad. Some lemon here, some salt (or garlic if you will) olive oil, and the lettuce of your choosing. If you wanna go fancier but minimalist, go for curly endive, lemon juice and pomegranate seeds (a pinch of salt if you want), and it's delicious. And well, if we are going picky, the mushrooms from the "mushrooms and potatoes" would definitely benefit from being sliced, full bodied they loose the flavor and texture of the sliced ones, and truth be said, they look quite brute unless you grill them, but that's a different story. Also the lemonades, despite the fresh fruits used, they have an EXCESSIVE amount of sugar syrup, which in turn kills the flavor of the freshly cut fruits that have been introduced inside. Maybe if it's an ultra sour lemon juice, some significant amount of sweet could be justified, but this is...

Okay Georgian restaurant conveniently situated for tourists and with a reasonable price range. I had decent expectations for this place due to the amount of reviews but I was more disappointed than satisfied.

First, the service is very slow. It took them 30 minutes to bring the first "food" and that was some sauces, without even the bread we ordered. The next "dish" was served after 40 minutes since the order and that was a vegetable mix that doesn't even require mixing or anything. Literally a plate with washed vegetables took 40 minutes! Other dishes came within 50 minutes and weren't even worth the wait. The coffee took 10-15 minutes to be prepared and the water also took 10 minutes when it seemed like there weren't many guests in the restaurant... There were also many guests who came after us but got served much faster although they ordered the same menu.

If the dishes came in 20-30 minutes it would have been great.

Otherwise, I'd recommend getting khinkali (though a bit salty), chashushuli (tender and sweet) and the beetroot pkhali (unique taste with the pomegranate bits). The dolma was pretty salty.

The staff wasn't necessarily friendly but wasn't...

It may just be what we ordered, but... A true case of expectation vs. reality disappointment. Photo of the corn salad in the menu looks NOTHING like the salad you get (see photos)... where was all the corn? The mushrooms and potatoes were quite oil drenched and very sparse compared to the image in the menu. However, desert was delicious - we had the poached pears with ice cream and mulled wine sauce. Again, nothing like the picture - was more a sticky vanilla custard than mulled wine sauce - but it was tasty!

I think what Cha Cha can learn is that if you have pictures in your menu, you should ensure that the food at least...