Casa Certo — Restaurant in Zurich

A warm evening in July 2014 was perfect for a stay at Restaurant Certo. Many tables outside were free and inviting us to sit down enjoy a good meal. The welcoming of the lady with the black hair was not very friendly. We had to move to another table because ours wasn't set (cutlery, glas and a paper serviette). So we moved. The table with the cover was dirty from a day's car pollution. The lady meant, after I asked her to clean it, that the table has a rough surface...no not the surface was the problem. The serviette had a black imprint from the dirt. However, the lady was in the typical Zürich-what-should-I-care-about-guests mood. Continue to be unfriendly and righteous. Exactly, how you do not want to be served. However, on the good side was the food. Excellent chicken dish and on pair was the southern Italian cod dish. Also the "cat tongue" desert was nice. I would like to come back but only with a...

I agree that the pictures in the reviews look nice. But this is yet another mediocre Italian restaurant. The service is attentive and good. The food is... meh. Had lunch here a couple of times. This time we decided to give it a go and have dinner. The food is ok, but not overwhelming. I'm sure there's a lot of room for improvement in presentation and taste. The tiramisu was perhaps the worst I have had in a restaurant that day. Heavy and bitter. Maybe less cocoa powder would help. The soup as a starter was disappointing. Bland and mediocre. Can't recommend if someone is looking for a great Italian experience. There are better...

Don’t understand me wrong. Food was really tasty, staff was doing what they could do. Wines (or wine) which we choose - really good. What I don’t undestand are points below

1. quite poor variety of disher to choose
2. i’d call meals rather small, what in comparison with price is not a good ratio
3. ovwrall price per (not happily filled belly) was around 50 CHF what could equal to plenty of opportunities to eat healthy, full and… quicker
4. I realized the waiting time right after leaving, the thing is if tou don’t have anyone to speak to it might...