Merine Apulia
Verdi Cafe’

Verdi Cafe’

Piazza Giuseppe Verdi, 10, Lecce, Italy, Merine Apulia

Sushi • Gelato • Asiatico • Italiano


"It must have been the 5/6 time in the restaurant. The environment as always is well looked after and clean, quiet, you can have lunch in complete tranquility. The quality of the sushi is highly sufficient even if, compared to previous times, I noticed a few more flaws. The salmon is really good, you can taste the quality. The tuna left something to be desired... dull colour, dark, almost grey, tasteless. The rice is too sticky; this significantly influenced the tasting experience given that rice is one of the main ingredients. (Very good Venus rice! Unlike other times, the service left something to be desired. We have always had a very kind, well-prepared and above all friendly guy (a quality to underline ; this time the waitress was not like the previously described waiter. It may have been a coincidence, I hope so, but she was cold and unkind. The first course was substantial, in the middle we would have liked to order some fried food etc. to tone down the intense flavor of the fish and to be able to continue with lunch in peace. The girl immediately blocked us by telling us that to place a new order we would necessarily have to complete the course on the table (never happened before in previous experiences . What disappointed us was the way he reported it to us, cold and insensitive. The situation left us with a bad taste in our mouths and after finishing lunch we left dissatisfied . I 'm almost sorry to leave only 3 stars because I know the potential of the place and above all I 'm fond of it, but I hope that this review can be useful to you in improving this splendid restaurant. I will return soon, with the hope of being able to update the review with 5 stars! Good work"

Alex

Alex

Via Vito Fazzi, 15/23, Lecce, Italy, Merine Apulia

Caffè • Gelato • Italiano • Porta Via


"Taking into account that they perhaps pumped it up too much for me, let's say that the expectations were high especially for their star dish, tagliolini with burrata and red prawn on top. A dish that I have tasted in other places in Lecce and on the sea. Let's say good, yes, but I have paid euros less in other places with the same quality. Whether the extra euros are for the high-class environment in which you find yourself must be a choice. That is, eat well, but spend more on the environment, lots of scene, little substance. But this is my opinion, I pay for the environment but I expect BOOM. I had a boom with the oysters, huge and very fresh, like not even in Paris, if you go ask for them. Scampi same thing, very fresh and huge. My son asked for a meat tartare with truffle... no... he wasn't satisfied, he ate it better in other places (maybe it's not the place to get meat there too, you might say, and what can I say, yes). The tuna tartare was also good. A 4 star only because I prefer substance to many scenes and metres, I love less pompous environments, above all I don't like paying for pomposity but for what I have on my plate. I advise? Yes, to make a good impression on your first outing with a girl, if you want to impress, if you want to make a scene you will certainly make a good impression. I wouldn't go back just because I know other very good places that are a little cheaper, just for this reason, if I didn't know other places with the same quality for less? Yes, I would go back to Alex."