JAPOLI義大利餐酒館 (新生店) — Restaurant in Taipei

Located on the first floor of Mitsui Garden Hotel, everything they make is delicious. I cannot stop myself from coming back to this fine establishment. You can really tell the Japanese influence in this Italian restaurant, but they still offer many authentic choices. I'm not a salad person myself, but I love their Caesar. Buffalo wing isn't something you'd expect from an Italian restaurant, but they absolutely killed it.

Usually we each order pasta or spaghetti, and order a couple of pizzas that we can share. Portions are great here, but if you are really hungry, you can opt for large portions on most of the stuff. Their lasagna is quite unique, so you might want to try that. I think it's pretty popular here.

Be sure to make reservations ahead of time because they can be a little swamped during peak hours and they have a 2 hour limit, which is usually more than enough anyway. Free wifi is available. Restroom in the...

The food (and portion) is OK but really nothing to write home about, but then for a mid-price joint, it is not reasonable to expect anything out of the ordinary.

As a half-decent eatery this place is grossly popular and packed, and thus have an obvious impact on the service quality; i would think they are under-staff leaving the wait persons no room for warm and attentive service, and such coldness started from entering the place checking on your reservation all the way to thrushing the bill at you 90 minutes later to rush you off for the next customer.

The deco is modern basics but it is an acoustic disaster with hard surfaces all around, thus don't expect a relaxed and leisurely ambience.

I personally wouldn't visit a...

We stayed at the MGH Mitsui Garden Hotel, and the Japolli restaurant is attached to it. We noticed that most of the time whether at lunch or dinner, the place was quite crowded, so we decided to have dinner there before our flight back home. The server was nice, but the food wasn’t the greatest. I would rate it 5/10.

We ordered a Caesar salad, shrimp and zucchini in garlic oil, and truffle fettuccine. The food took a little longer than we expected, around 20 - 30 minutes. The pasta flavors were on the bland side. We didn’t end up finishing them. The price for three dishes plus one drink was NT$1440...