All'Italiana Gourmet — Restaurant in Adeje

I give it 5 stars, but watch out for the trap: We were there twice within a few days. The first time for a little something for lunch. Very friendly Italian team, nice and cozy restaurant, but located directly on the street. We ate pizzas, which were huge and tasted excellent. everything on the menu has moderate prices . A few days later we stopped in for dinner rather by chance, as our original destination was surprisingly closed. We were amazed at how busy the place was. We almost didn't get a seat without a reservation. Then the next surprise: in addition to the menu with pizza and pasta, there are a dozen unusual and homemade dishes of the day. These are presented verbally by the waitress at each table. All the offers sound excellent, but it was difficult to remember and keep track of, let alone compare the prices. Decided spontaneously from the delicious selection. Then served main courses and desserts were again excellent, but the portions were rather small this time. Finally shocking was the bill. The price level was much higher than the dishes on the written menu. The recommended bottle of wine in particular was extremely expensive by local standards, but the taste was nothing special. Therefore, be careful with the dishes of the day offered verbally and be sure to ask about prices and included side dishes beforehand. The fact that these offers are laboriously listed at every table seems to be a bit of a strategy there, people are overwhelmed, enthusiastic and forget to ask the price. Why no blackboard or an extra daily piece of paper? Nevertheless...

Food - delicious! Service - excellent! Restaurant atmosphere - could be improved - read below.

The two starters which we had recommended were the seared tuna fillet in sesame seeds and scallops au gratin. Both are so delicious and very nice. Technically not Italian cuisine but we didn't mind because it was very delicious and well presented. The fettuccine carbonara was done well, and thankfully no cream in the dish. The four cheese pizza on Neapolitan crust was well done. The house wine was from Sardinia and it was really easy to drink.

On this occasion there was a couple seated next to us that smoked throughout our entire meal, they didn't bother stepping outside but smoking just at the side entrance to the restaurant. None of the staff asked her to move, but we also think it was a local friend of the restaurant. Nonetheless, it made the atmosphere not great with cigarette smoke wafting over us whilst we ate really nice food. Next time, please ask the smokers to leave the restaurant and smoke away from others that are dining with you, even though they are your local friends. In modern day Europe, we have legal smoking restrictions but it's just general courtesy for people eating around you.

The waiters were really good and thanks for the recommendations on...

If I could give this place zero stars, I would. The woman who served us (brown curly hair) should not be working in the hospitality industry as she clearly has no idea of what the word hospitality means. I have never felt more unwelcome anywhere in my life - and I have travelled a lot! After waiting an hour for our food, we asked her when we could expect it, to which she replied “it’s busy, wait your turn”. There was no apology, understanding or modicum of respect shown, just a face like thunder and complete disregard towards us. When the food finally came, I asked if I could add bread to which she replied “you should have ordered this before as it needs to be prepared” - so that’s a no then?! Terrible terrible attitude. If the owner of this place is reading this, I strongly recommend you fire this person and get someone who can at least smile at paying customers and make people feel welcome rather than treat them with the complete disregard like we have experienced today....