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Ristorante Maffei, Piazza Erbe 38, Verona, Italy.

Ristorante Maffei, Piazza Erbe 38, Verona, Italy.

Piazza Erbe 38, Verona, Italy.

I booked the Maffei some months in advance, as part of a trip to Verona to celebrate my wife’s birthday. The online booking system worked well and the web site gave a lot of information with regards to menus, wines and historic location.

The restaurant premises are quite spectacular, being housed in a magnificent palatial building. We were greeted by very friendly staff and shown to our table, as well as ourselves, there was only one other couple in the restaurant, despite this being 9pm on a Friday night. I confess that the alarm bells did start to ring.

By Uxbridgecouple at 26/03/2008 - 15:07 | 2008 | Italian | Italy | Rejected | Review | Views | ££££/$$$$ | add new comment | read more | 216 reads

Mimi alla Ferovia, Via D'Aragona, Naples, Italy


Via D'Aragona, Naples, Italy

- I strongly recommend you come here for the pasta and fish dishes, and described by an Italian I was with as "molto chic ma non e caro'. - Start with the fresh mozzarella and riccota with baked aubergines. Great salads with a very decent and repectable olive oil in generous bottles at every table. - I had the most delicious saltimbocca I have ever had in Italy here. - You will need at least 3 hours over your meal especially if you are with a group.
By m at 08/02/2006 - 13:55 | Approved | Europe | Italy | Review | ££/$$ | add new comment | read more | 36 reads

Il Padellacio, 2 Viale Manzoni 73-75-77 Roma, Italy


2 Viale Manzoni 73-75-77 Roma, Italy

We arrived back in Rome very late, having been out in the country all day, and were about to despair of finding anywhere still open when L spotted this place, and we agreed to go there whatever it was like. In fact it wasn't bad, but they were so incredibly busy it was quite comical. We shared a seafood salad: the waiter slowed down slightly as he whizzed past the buffet, slung some of the salad on a plate and skidded by our table skillfully landing it between us without ever actually stopping.
By m at 08/02/2006 - 13:55 | Approved | Europe | Italy | Review | ££/$$ | add new comment | read more | 44 reads

Al Cavallino Bianco, Via E. Filiberto 23-25-27, 00185 Roma, Italy


Via E. Filiberto 23-25-27, 00185 Roma, Italy

This was recommended at the B&B where we stayed. Strange yellow satin napery, but comfortable and clean enough. L started with risotto marinara, I had ravioli stuffed with ricotta and spinach - both good. We shared a second course of turbot, which was very fresh and taken off the bone for us at our table, accompanied by spinach. The food quality was excellent, but the service was showy (many flourishes while de-boning the fish on a side table) but indifferent, and we were kept waiting quite a lot, although the restarant was not crowded.
By m at 08/02/2006 - 13:55 | Europe | Italy | OK | Review | £££/$$$ | add new comment | read more | 85 reads

Torre 5, Corsa Porta Nuova 9, Verona, Italy


Corsa Porta Nuova 9, Verona, Italy

Probably the most cynical place we went to in Verona, this Pizzeria clearly exists to exploit tourists. Bruschetta watery and unimaginative, steak slightly old and cheaper than other establishments, penne arrabiatta with little trace of anything other than a light coating of chilli oil and, yet again, no Italian Beer. Why are the Italians in this part of the country so ashamed of the beauties of Moretti and Peroni? Our waiter explained that the Italian Beer in these parts was the wine…….
By m at 08/02/2006 - 13:55 | Europe | Italy | Rejected | Review | ££/$$ | add new comment | read more | 47 reads

La Bricula, near the Catelvecchio, Verona


near the Catelvecchio, Verona

Monument tired and walk weary found us down a tiny street near the museum in Verona. Our mission - get away from the tourist highways and the rough guide recommendations and find ourselves an honest to goodness Italian "trat". We found it here and cursed ourselves that we weren't able to go back. A welcome as cheery as you might expect, we were shoe-horned into a corner and immediately given two slices of "house special" bruschetta.
By m at 08/02/2006 - 13:55 | Approved | Europe | Italy | Review | ££/$$ | add new comment | read more | 44 reads
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