BAROZA Restaurant&Bistro — Restaurant in Bratislava

I have always eyes open for a good restaurant and I had really high hopes for this one, after I read an article by a talented Slovak chef who used to work for Copenhagen's famous Noma restaurant. He recommended this place as his favourite in Bratislava. Well, I was simply disappointed on all levels, the place, the setting, the service, the food. The surrounding is particularly ugly, as anyone going there will instantly see. The parking in front of the restaurant looked like a meet up of fancy luxurious limousines and sport cars, which tells a lot about the clientele of this restaurant. Indeed the clientele was characterized by expensive sunglasses, big watches and golden chains, if you see what I mean. The waiter had clearly a rough night the evening before, still smelled of alcohol and the sound level of music felt like the party was still going on. He did not lower the sound even after we kindly asked him to, so we just had to shout to hear what we were saying at the table. That's not the kind of Saturday lunch I imagine as pleasant. The food was presented like in a very fancy place, which is a complete mismatch with the actual setting of this restaurant. But the worst is that the taste was not special. It pretended to be more than it actually was, kind of fake. It was just like the cars on the parking (which we were overlooking the whole time, because that's the view you get in this restaurant), overly fancy and showing off. If you look for good food and something genuine, cozy, tasteful, with nice atmosphere and food that actually tastes good, this is really not the place to go. It's a fake. Sorry to say so, I really...

Atmosphere is really nice and the place is clean but that's about it. Too much blink for a blink price but didn't even get napkins with our meal. Also ordered steak tartar and with that got one slice of bread! That's quite funny actually as I never ever experienced budget on bread. And my steak tartar had way too much oil in it, so for me a not again visit experience but then again this is only my humble opinion and one off experience so I say go and try it out but have...

Our meal was delicious. We had the pork tenderloin special with buckwheat and lentil salad (also served with the soup of the day, lentil, beans and sausage) and the rainbow trout. The food was fantastic. At the end our server brought a small cake with a caramel sauce made from dates and vanilla gelato. As a bonus, for anyone traveling with younger children, there is a large playroom filled with toys and climbing...