Bistro' - CHIOGGIA

It’s really the worst food we’ve ever had in Italy. We travel really a lot in Italy, live part of the year in Italy, besides my husband is Italian and it was such a bad experience for both of us! We ordered salad with shrimps and tuna fish, spaghetti allo scoglio (with sea food) and fritto misto (fried sea food) with fish of the day. Spaghetti was sooo bad!!! It was warmed up in the oven and the squid was not cleaned properly. The owner or the manager tried to explain that in Italy they eat pasta al dente (a bit hard), but it was not about al dente, it was that pasta was really awful! If somebody is not familiar with Italian food, such explanation might give very bad impression about Italian kitchen and especially pasta. In Italy, even pasta with pure olive oil might be super delicious! The salad was a mix of from the cans. Just salad with tuna fish, corn and shrimps from the cans on the top. We were sitting in front of the sea and eating salad that one can buy at Lidl! After that, we wanted to refuse from fritto misto, had a big discussion with the owner who explained that it is not possible, because it’s already prepared. Finally, we agreed to take fritto misto and the owner (manager) agreed not to calculate spaghetti in the bill. We just didn’t want to have more discussions and totally spoil our evening. Although, in a decent restaurant or bistro there would be no discussion. We could refuse from fritto misto, as the restaurant takes a full responsibility for the quality of the food. Fritto misto was not that bad, but some pieces were wet and there was no fish on the plate. Not a tiny piece of fish we found, although we took it mostly for the fish of the day. For everything we paid 40 eur. and it is was way too much for such bad quality of food. We could never expect that we might have such bad food sitting just in front of the sea and in the city which is famous for the fish market! And of course, we couldn’t expect that awful pasta in Italy! Avoid this place and stay away from it!!!

After trying five other places along the beachwalk we found this gem, nice staff and the food is actually really good. Try the Pasticiatti, different styles of pasta baked in the oven! And the prices are really good!

Outside there is a lot of space and is cozy. in the menu there are several dozen ice cream cups almost all the same in the price, from 7 euros up to 8,50 for most. a small cup contains two balls, some wafers and a small cream and costs 7.00 euros. Hepatic ice cream. Confusion service, they had no one and there were more waiters than customers.

Another visit to this place. spaghetti squglio frittura sweet fish made in the house kind and attentive service all perfect. Good boys at the next dresser.

The service was fine however the tables were a bit dirty. More attention from the staff. For the dishes I must say that for the standards they were very low compared to other places in the submarine but on the whole acceptable. For the drink I have to say a poor choice of beers à la carte and as many on tap. The staff a little too affected and sloppy, how to say the good here.