Al Dente Italian Restaurant by chef aot — Restaurant in Chiang Mai Province

I realy do not like writing bad reviews, but today I need to give a feedback. If you have prices like luxury Italian restaurant, also the food and service are expected to be so. If I order white wine I do not expect to receive red wine, although it wasn't bad. The clams were very tasty (I can sleep with no worries of vampires as there was more garlic than clams :-D ), the dish was big and would be better served as "secondo" not as "antipasto".

If you are used to eating pizza all over the world you might like it. If you have ever tried Italian pizza in Italy and want to pay double price for something that has nothing to do with Italian pizza, this restaurant will be great for you.

If you ask an extra favore of charging your phone, you might receive it after an hour with 0% of battery back and also count that they might bring you antipasto, primo and secondo in one moment expecting you to eat it all at once or watching the next meals getting cold.

Ps: it is march, time to put down the Christmas...

I always feel bad giving a bad review but being an Italian I expected at least a little more. No bread, napkins salt and pepper on the table ( I got Napkins and oil because I asked for it). Usually Italian restaurants give some bread to open the appetite. But it was not to be seen.

I ordered rigatoni meatballs. The pasta was overcooked. The source was decent but a little dry, However no bread to finish Italian style.

The tiramisu was looking good but it had no taste of tiramisu. Probably no or very little coffee and alcohol in it.

Maybe they are used to Thai customers. I gave 3 stars for service and atmosphere because the place is nice and despite the girls not preparing the table as it should be, they are very polite and they gave a limoncello at the end. ( As all Italian restaurants usually do) .

The price is right for what...

This is an italian restaurant we have been to twice during our stay. Once we had just a pasta dish each. They came out super hot, as they were lasagna and a gratin. The portion was a bit small for my taste despite the price of 280 for a gratin. But the taste was very nice and super cheesy. The staff are very kind, quick, attentive and always smile. The second evening we came here we had garlic bread, soup each and shared a pizza. If you have soup, don’t order additional bread as it comes with it’s own bread. So we had to eat lots of bread :D but it was all nice. The pizza surprised me as it was really good and quite Italian. The dough was light and crispy. The pizza is 300 for a 4 formaggi. Total bill for the first meal with drinks was 580 and for second with drinks was 800 this all includes tax and...