BARI
Cortigiano Steak House

Cortigiano Steak House

Via Leonida Laforgia 20-22, Bari, Italy, 70126, BARI

Pizza • Pasta • Caffè • Pescare


"We arrived at Cortigiano at about 7.30pm and the restaurant was not open yet (opens at 8pm). So we drank an aperitif in the bar, which is also a shop where you can buy typical Italian pastries. Our waiter and the other staff were extremely helpful and friendly. At 8pm the restaurant was filled immediately with (local) people. We were offered the menu with choices for antipasti, premier course, second course and main course. Prices were average to high for Bari area. The waiter mentioned that we could choose our own fish or meat. We are no big eaters and we did not want to spend hundreds of euros so I told him we would choose an appetizer and course. As we were eating our antipasti (a sashimi plate) we saw a lot of pizzas being served. But there were no pizzas in our menu?! So I asked the waiter and then he handed me another menu, with pizzas. The pizzas looked delicious and cost around 7 euros, good value for money, so I ordered a pizza (my boyfriend the tagliata from main courses). When we looked around, we noticed that all local people were handed over two menu cards: the one we received and the pizza menu. I don 't like being treated like this as a tourist , only wanting to sell the most expensive menu to us so it bothered me being treated differently. When we received our bill, we noticed that the sashimi dish for one person we ordered for the two of us, was priced 20€ instead of the 12€ mentioned on the menu. We didn 't make a fuzz of it and assumed it was because we shared (however when we ordered we made it clear that we wanted one dish for the two of us) and paid. There are defenitely other places in Bari where they treat tourists and locals equally!"

Al Pescatore

Al Pescatore

Piazza Federico II Di Svevia, 6, Bari, Italy, 70122, BARI

Pasta • Caffè • Dessert • Pescare


"Let me preface this by saying I visit Europe regularly and have lived in Europe. Im not some dumb American unaware of European cultures and food. So. I was excited to come here because I kept hearing how wonderful it was and wanted to have a long, European meal and wanted to order many things on the menu even though I was solo. But I couldn’t have been more disappointed. I walked in thinking how gorgeous it was only to be rushed to a table then literally forced to order my starter, first and second course within minutes after sitting down (and without being told any specials, nor a description or the menu), literally minutes after sitting down, which in Italian culture (or anywhere) is just insane. I tried to use google translate to understand what I was ordering and what was happening but the waiter couldn’t be bothered and was absolutely stressed and just flat out rude. The only saving grace was the sweet and kind and patient manager Johnny, who came (literally) to my rescue. Other tables around me were very aware of the waiter’s inappropriate actions and language towards me (and them) and told him so. I was sadly disappointed and this is definitely not a place I would recommend to anyone. The food was just ok, I couldn’t Ben order what I wanted because of the lack of description and they put olive oil and salt and pepper on the table only to remove it before I could use it and basically it was just a mess."