FINALE LIGURE
Papagaio

Papagaio

Via IV Novembre, 17024, FINALE LIGURE, Italy

Sushi • Carne • Pieno • Cenare


"My Italian colleague and I visited this restaurant as we wanted to try something different. Well it was different alright. we were welcomed by an Italian person which we found out later that he was the owner, not very friendly but as we spoke English we thought that had something to do with it. He sat us down and presented us with the menu. My Italian Colleague asked about the menu choices (Menu was all in Italian) first choice was the 25 Euro buffet and meat the second choice was just the meat at 14 Euros. We went and looked at the buffet but it was not very appetizing and the buffet table was very messy and not clean, we decided that we are just going to have a few drinks and the second choice the meat only. We asked the owner to come over so we can order, as he did not spoke English my Italian colleague ask about the meat choice so the owner went ahead and explained, I wanted to make sure what we were getting so I asked my colleague to ask again the answer was always the same you get 4 types of meat, we also asked for a mixed salad and we were told that Brazilians do not eat salads, so we went ahead and order, the owner explained the process, there were 2 round discs on our table 1 side red and one side green and he explained that when we are full to turn the disc to the red sign and when we wanted more meat we would turn the disc to the green side so they start serving the meat, we first received the sausage just a 1 small piece each which was very dry, than we received the chicken, again a very small piece of a chicken thigh each, that was a little better, next we received 2 small pieces each of the ribs, they was no much meat on them mostly bone, next we received the beef, this where everything started to our surprise, the waiter started to slice the meat off the skewer so I asked him to slice a little more he replied that this is how much I am suppose to slice as you only have a limited amount of meat according to the menu, my colleague and I looked at each other so we thought that we did not read the menu properly so we asked to see the menu again, we read the menu and the only thing the menu for choice 2 only meat stated was that meat on the skewer not the quantity nor the type of meat. So the owner start explaining the menu he stated that the 1st choice was all you can eat and had the words NON-STOP in English and because the second choice did not have the word NON-STOP it was assumed that he decided how much we were going to be served, you can now imagine how we felt as we have asked him about the menu at no time this was explained to us, it was not so much about the food but about how the menu is presented and how he is tricking his valued customers as you can imagine we were very upset about this whole situation we decided to leave hungry and disappointed the owner continue to insult us and our intelligence as well, telling my colleague that he does not understand or know Italian and called us cheap as we did not go with the 25 Euro deal. Never appologized for the maybe misunderstanding (which we do not thing so) and or offer us something else instead. I do visit this area on business very regularly and I am accompanied by a lot of people from the area and other countries, I will never go to this restaurant again nor will I recommended to anyone."

Ai Cuattru Canti

Ai Cuattru Canti

Via Torcelli, 22, Finale Ligure, Italy, 17024, FINALE LIGURE

Caffè • Pasta • Asiatico • Cioccolato


"Ho visto questo posto carino di passaggio un giorno che stavamo visitando Finalborgo. Il giorno della nostra ripartenza non potevamo mancare una sosta! Ricavato in uno dei classici vicoli di questi borghi storici, il locale è davvero piccolo. Per quanto abbia potuto vedere non più di 10/15 tavoli tra dentro e fuori. La titolare del locale, una simpatica signora molto giovanile ed espansiva, si alterna tra cucina, cassa e cerimoniali tra chi entra e chi esce. Viste le dimensione della trattoria, la cucina è necessariamente a vista e quindi si possono vedere tranquillamente i cuochi che preparano con cura e passione i piatti che vengono serviti. Il menù, che contiene per lo più piatti regionali, è scritto su una lavagna quindi niente carte al tavolo. Abbiamo assaggiato piatti legati alla tradizione ma preparati veramente con cura e utilizzando materie prime veramente eccellenti. Complimenti. Non ho chiesto una carta dei vini ma anche in questo caso l’assaggiare un vino a calice è stata una bellissima sorpresa! Ho bevuto due calici di Lumassina dei colli savonesi, un bianco leggermente frizzante, profumatissimo e che si accompagna benissimo a pesto, pesce, verdure… proprio buono. Servizio fornito da una sola persona che però sa il fatto suo. Un antipasto condiviso, un primo, un secondo, due calici di vino una bottiglia di acqua (non fanno caffè per un conto finale di 60€. Premiatissimo!!!"