iL Vicino 奇諾義大利披薩屋 — Restaurant in Shilin District

The only good thing : my friends made the dinner enjoyable... 1st. reservation was made for 7pm, we had to WAIT until 7.20 for getting our table after the boss asked the previous customers to leave 🙄 + they didn't even bother to offer us any drinks while waiting... what kind of "restaurant" is this !? Learn how to welcome customers, PLEASE. Pasta = way too cooked... the bolognese looked like the chef dropped the sauce pan by accident... not talking about the terrible "Thai curry" ones... are we at an Italian restaurant ? Pizza dough made of carton... NEXT. Salad... what can I say ? Just don't order it... a scam. Then, at 9pm, we are told that the place closes at 9.30pm... okay... basta. And prices are insane. I even forgot about the pumpkin soup... soooo plain sooo boooring.

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The super positive reviews of this restaurant do not match the reality.

Friendly service, the restaurant is nice.

The pizza, well, I think you have to work hard to make handmade pizza taste as generic as this! And work they do! The prosciutto pizza, a ten inch pie, had perhaps 12 small peices of ham. Who are they trying g to fool? The margherita? Flavorless crust, sauce, a frozen tomato and the cheapest most tasteless cheese they could find.

In the end, the servers are nice. That is the only positive attribute that we...

It's probably one of the few restaurants in Taipei that serves more European pasta (not the watery pasta, finally) and pizza (they do calzone and deep dish too!). They also have seasonal orders that are not on the regular menu. Overall the taste is fair for the price in this location. It was quite busy on Sunday night, so the staffs didnt have the friendliest service. We felt a bit rushed by the impatient staffs. We totally understand, but our experience would have been so much better if the staffs...