Le Colonne - CASERTA

Ok let’s start from the basics. There is no parking sign, we found parking along the street but again, no signs. Once we got in we noticed the place hasn’t been renovated in a long time. It almost had a 50’s kind of vibe. The music in the background was not up to anybody’s taste and it was also a little too loud. The restrooms are very outdated. Passing to the food. Ingredients are excellent and here mozzarella is the queen of the menu so if you are lactose intolerant there isn’t much for you to chose from. Other than that, very interesting combinations of ingredients from the local areas and definitely a lot of creativity from the chef. Restaurant needs to improve in order to make a big step up. Prices were a little to high.

Ambiance: -1/5! Food: 2/5 Staff: 1/5 Location: 0/5 Building: 1/5 Wine Selection: 1/5 Value: 2/5 This is quite possibly the saddest restaurant I’ve been to in the last 5 years. I went as a curiosity but won’t be returning and certainly won’t advise anyone else to go here. The location is on a busy road with terrible visibility. The parking lot is nonexistent. The area where you can “perhaps” leave your car and hopefully find it when you return, had employees from Le colonne restaurant throwing trash at each other from the back entrance. We had to dodge trash to walk up to the main entrance. I hope they at least washed their hands... Not a good first impression but I tried to shake it off. The food was nice, but a bit over salted and truly didn’t give any higher level of satisfaction than the pizzeria across the street. It seems ridiculous that the entire menu is surrounded by cheese. If you aren’t obsessed with cheese — don’t go here. No one asked our table if we had allergies or intolerances... No other solutions were offered. Tried an antipasto, pizza, pasta, dessert and wine. Nothing made me want to come back for more. The staff seemed polite but overall agitated to be there. One server came at the beginning to remind us of the things that “got them the star” which came across as sad and desperate. Throughout service a server would often throw knives and forks on the table instead of quietly placing them near us. This seemed a bit unsettling to me. Upon exiting 3 employees just standing by the door as we left with elderly people. They did not say thank you, good day, nor help with the door just kept to their private conversation. The building is in a serious need of a makeover. The style is 30+ years old and the bathrooms seemed to be on a Trenitalia train. Toilet paper everywhere and one seat slightly broken. The music was playing loudly in one room and not at all throughout the rest of the restaurant which made for an incredible awkward ambiance. As I’m continuing to think of other flaws which I’ll keep to myself because this is enough, I’m still in shock that people could think this place is worthy of any type of celebration...

Posto datata, non venite in comitiva ti trattano come animali…carne immangiabile e pasta al sugo che neanche la Barilla è così triste

Abbiamo pranzato in questo ristorante scegliendo due degustazioni Sostanza ed Essenza). Locale accogliente, riservato, personale gentile, disponibile. Ho scelto per me la degustazione Sostanza, piatti molto buoni, il mio preferito i ravioli. Il gusto dei ravioli mi ha riportato nella mente un sapore familiare, un piatto che cucinava la mia nonna. Alla fine il personale nn ci ha fatto pagare due calici di vino, a parte rispetto al coupon relativo alle degustazioni. Complimenti per la cucina ricercata, la professionalità, l' impegno che mettete nel vostro lavoro. Una chicca: il confetto a gusto mozzarella di bufala! Da riprovare assolutamente....

Torneremo, nel caso gli altri locali di Caserta fossero chiusi.Il rapporto qualità/prezzo lascia interdetti: siamo in un locale con 1 stella Michelen e ci aspettiamo cura del servizio e piatti unici e geniali.Abbiamo mangiato i due piatti più noti, la Palla di mozzarella e la Pizza rovesciata: gradevoli ma non da Stella e relativo costo.Anche il manzo era buono ma ne abbiamo mangiati di meglio cotti, anche a Caserta.Abbiamo ordinato un buon vino, non disponibile della cantina scelta e quindi ci siamo affidati al metre che ne ha portato uno di un'altra cantina: quello scelto costava € 35 quello portato € 58. Lo avremmo probabilmente accettato comunque, ma il rispetto per il cliente impone di dire che la sostituzione costa il 68% in più e non di farglielo scoprire al momento del conto.La Chef Rosanna è una Signora cortese e certo più capace di quanto non sia apparsa stasera.Consigliabile se cambia e rispetta il cliente.