ENOTECA PINCHIORRI

Horrible and rude staff. Avoid this restaurant. Maybe they are nicer to Italians but they don't deserve 3 stars

Storia, professionalità, gentilezza, competenza. È questo il significato che racchiude in sé un’esperienza all’Enoteca Pinchiorri. Perché chiamarla cena sarebbe riduttivo, quasi offensivo: l’aperitivo in una cantina monumentale, leggendaria, unica al mondo. Raccontata in modo appassionato, ricca di tesori introvabili altrove, frutto della ricerca del visionario Giorgio Pinchiorri. All’emozione che prosegue nelle eleganti sale del palazzo rinascimentale che ospita il ristorante, tre stelle Michelin e tempio della cucina italiana. Una cucina di classe, ricerca, raffinatezza. Accompagnata da un servizio magistrale, impeccabile, ma mai anacronisticamente ingessato. Ci siamo sentiti subito a nostro agio, coccolati da mille attenzioni: un sincero grazie a tutto lo staff per averci fatto trascorrere una serata memorabile. Matteo e Anna

My partner and I frequently go to amazing Michelin restaurants and the food was astoundingly delicious.

Atmosphere however was very sterile adding to an uncomfortable feeling. Some staff are a little stuffy and didn't feel welcome at parts. The head waiter was a delight though!

Wine choice is just expensive rather than intelligently sourced and special. No real recommendations given. Really missing a trick on exposing amazing niche wine producers to guests with a curated wine pairing.

When hitting the dessert courses the rate of service decayed and dragged. Asking for the bill three times only added to the overall tainted experience of not being welcomed but intensified the feeling that we should be grateful to even come to the restaurant.

Beware you'll pay a lot and this doesn't necessarily make the evening amazing

Semplicemente: 3 stelle michelin.
Esperienza con menù degustazione. Personale ovviamente preparatissimo e gentilissimo. Pietanze mozzafiato e vini e champagne meravigliosi. Esperienza da fare almeno una volta nella vita. Strabiliante.

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There is nothing quite like being disappointed by food. This one really hurt my feelings.
The restaurant itself is very beautiful, but that’s as far as it got for me.
The water menu was hilariously pompous but happy to oblige.
We ordered à la carte.
The interaction with the sommelier was more than disappointing. When we asked questions about the different wine selections, instead of giving us any information, he just read the list of the bottles from the menu telling us” it is very good” at each bottle... no other information was given. We ended up ordering a 3 wines selection and I was hoping to have him select wines that would go with our dishes but my husband and I got the same wine even though we had very different dishes. I don’t know if it was laziness on the part of the sommelier or lack of effs to give.
I had the red prawns as a starter: ok but very nauseating after eating more than 2. I couldn’t finish it and my husband obliged.
Fusilli as first course: so incredibly salty. I should have sent it back and regret it.
Scorpion fish as main course: the fish itself was well cooked but the both was again so incredibly salty that it was hard to enjoy. I should have also sent it back.
Steamed merengue for desert: unimpressive. Did not taste the saffron whatsoever, don’t know if they forgot it...such a disappointment.

My husband loved his lamb dish, but overall, neither of us were impressed and much less blown away by this overall experience. This is such a let down... the best part of the meal were the extras that they served. The chocolates were quite good!
During our desert, my husband asked the sommelier if he could have another taste of the first wine that we were served and the sommelier said that they didn’t have any more bottles!!! I thought it was quite an audacious answer.
I don’t know how this restaurant has any Michelin stars. We wanted to have a experience of a lifetime but instead I’m still upset because of how disappointing I still feel regarding my experience.
It’s going to take me a while to emotionally get over this.