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5 Elmar Schaaf - 3 years ago

Small, weekly changing menu which speaks for the quality of the kitchen. We ordered everything off of the menu (4 persons - 3 starters, 4 main dishes, 2 desserts) and were very pleased with every single dish! Super friendly staff, awesome kitchen. We will definitely come back :)

5 Sarah Sawan - 3 years ago

Very nice place with authentic Italian dishes ! Risotto was impeccable . Definitely coming back . Thanks !

5 Viktoria Nagy - 4 years ago

Delicious Italian food in Berlin, service with a smile :) Don't miss it out if you are around. Thanks Giorgio and the team! ;)

5 Lars Nonne - 3 years ago

Delicious food for reasonable prices. Not cheap, but home-made paste with a tasty sauce that is not at all standard. Small selection of changing dishes. Cozy place with friendly staff. I will definitely come here again.

2 BerlinFoodReviews - 2 years ago

I was very intrigued reading so many excellent reviews for this restaurant. Even some of the best restaurants in the city have less stars on Google and less exciting reviews. Upon arriving on a Saturday evening, we were surprised to see only four people in the restaurant, occupying two tables. Every restaurant has a slow day, but the reason for this one would soon become clear. We waited a bit long to get any kind of attention or even the menu at first. But that's fine. We ordered three different main courses, and some olives to have with the wine at the beginning. After about half an hour we realised we never got the olives. I reminded the waitress and she promptly brought them to the table. I have never in my life tasted such bland and hard olives. We each ate two and had to leave the rest sitting there. Finally after some more waiting the food came. At this point we were still excited to have great food and did not particularly have a bad impression of the restaurant. I had the Penne all'Arrabbiata with Buffalo Mozzarella. The sauce did not have an iota of hotness to it or anything resembling such a taste. It was however full of large onion slices. The Mozzarella was good, although I doubt they produce it themselves. The pasta itself I assume was okay, it was hard telling with the sauce. The worst thing however, was that the plate was covered with very finely cut parsley. I love parsley, but I have never tasted a worse combination of anything edible in my life. It made eating the Mozzarella and the pasta absolutely unbearable. Any kind of taste remaining in the dish got overpowered by a bitter taste of parsley. I can not for the life of me understand why they did not use basil instead or just left it as is. I tried removing the parsley but it was everywhere. I had to stop about half way through. My friend ordered the same thing and was appalled as well. The third dish at our table was an Argentinian roastbeef. I'm not going to go into detail of the whole dish, but if you, without any instructions (there was no question as to how done the beef should be cooked), bring a steak pretty much cooked through you've already lost any kind of sense for food as a cook. I tried it, and it was dried out and not good at all. It doesn't matter which kind of steak it is, if you cook it like this. The risotto I did not try, so I will not comment. All in all, I would recommend staying away. I don't understand where the reviews come from, there must have been some big changes. The service was slow, even though no one was there, things got forgotten, the food was not good and the atmosphere lacking.

5 Natalie Wicks - 2 years ago

Picked this restaurant not knowing it or the general area. After a little walk from the Estrel hotel, we found it. No sign above the door and it was empty. We weren't sure it was the right place but went it anyway. Because we were in a rush, we all ordered the same thing- pappardelle with lamb ragu and a beer. The service was relaxed and friendly and the food was fantastic and very good value. If we had another free evening we probably would have gone back.

5 Jem Turner - 3 years ago

Well priced, incredibly flavourful food from this rustic, homely restaurant. The staff were very patient with our terrible attempts at German and the service was prompt. Really pleasant meal u0026 would eat here again if we come back to Berlin.