Carpaccio

This restaurant is in a beautiful shopping center with outdoor and indoor seating. I high hopes but left a bit disappointed. The food came out super fast. Too fast to be made to order. The beef carpaccio felt a bit modular in that the heart of palm was in a certain corner of the plate, arugula I'm another corner, parma in another corner. The linguine in a clam sauce. The pasta was not at all fresh and was a bit dry. Undo positives, the service was fast and friendly. The menu pricing was very reasonable. Overall, I think if you want a nice looking restaurant and are okay with chain restaurant quality food, this is a good place. If you're looking for fine Italian dining or something particularly authentic, this is not the place.

Busy on Monday. Be ready to make a line and wait. Know that the line does move fast. They do their best to accommodate everyone quickly. Service is attentive. Food was tasty. We had chocolate soufflé. It didn’t come out warm, but the center was melted chocolate. Came with scoop of ice cream. Food was good portions and tasty.

Stopped in for a quick bite today at Bal Harbor. The quality of the food and the presentation were lacklustre. The burrata is what I would imagine if a blind person who has never seen a burrata before decided to make one. The 4 cheese pizza was ok but nothing special. I’ve also never had an espresso that was a full cup of watered down coffee. I’m hoping this was just an off day as I could not figure out how this place was so highly rated.

Located in Bal Harbor shopping center, ground floor. They have outdoor and indoor seating. I prefer outdoor seating so you can enjoy seeing Mall clienteles arriving at valet parking in their Bentleys, and Lamborghinis 😁 it’s quite a show and fun to watch. Who is waiting for which car, guessing game. We got Caprese salad , for appetizer. Warning it a a huge size salad, enough for two at minimum. Also Cesar salad which was good size and Calamari. They were all good. Fusilli pasta was tasty and reasonable size. What I was not happy with was this: I went to bathroom and when I came back my son told me they head server not Alejandro, told him he can not wait for me to come back since they are in a rush. So he could not wait for a few minutes for me to come back, although there were available tables indoor and outdoor. That was weird and did not expect that for a supposedly classy and expensive restaurant. For each person you will end up 50-70$.

This was my first time dining at this restaurant and I can't say that I was impressed. After standing in a line for a while, we were seated outside where people constantly walked by our table which wasn't exactly comfortable. At the beginning our waiter was constantly hoovering around our table to see if we finished appetizers and once he served us the main course, we couldn't find the guy for the life of us. We begged other waiters to find him for us and occasionally got help from the buss boy. The food was just fine and some of the food presentation lacked imagination. My date ordered an after-dinner drink which the waiter found out they didn't have. Instead of asking my date what he would like instead, he just chose a random drink for him and brought it to the table. My date turned down the drink as it wasn't something he was interested in. Then we wanted to pay our check but couldn't find the guy again. Overall, we left the restaurant more annoyed and disappointed than happy. Don't you provide any training to your restaurant staff? Unacceptable service.