点评:My partner and I were looking forward to a nice dinner out, but sadly, our experience at Amarettos was anything but pleasant. I ordered the prawn and crab linguine (yum), along with an entrée of Arancini. The Arancini was disappointing—promised to be mushroom-flavored, but all I could taste was an overpowering tomato sauce, with not a mushroom insight. My partner ordered the garlic bread (which, to be fair, was delicious!!) and the pesto gnocchi. When the gnocchi arrived, he took one bite and immediately spat it out. It was raw. Not slightly undercooked—completely raw. The texture was very soft, very sticky, doughy, and stringy, clearly not cooked through. There was no gentle bounce with it, it was simply raw.
We showed the gnocchi to one of the female staff members, and she agreed it was raw. When we went to pay, we raised the concern again. That’s when an older gentleman, who seemed to be in charge, approached us. Instead of offering an apology or showing understanding, he insisted the gnocchi was fine because “that’s how the chef made it.” We asked him to test it himself, and he did—only to come back with the same raw, gooey gnocchi and say, “This is how we buy it.” Not only did he refuse to acknowledge the issue, but he also contradicted himself by claiming it wasn’t even made in-house. To their credit, the price of the dish was reduced.
What made this worse was the dismissive attitude. As loyal customers since 2018, we expected better. Pointing out a clear problem with the food should not have led to us being treated like we were overreacting. It’s hard to support a place that refuses to take constructive feedback and defends undercooked food with contradictory excuses. This was the first time we’ve had a bad experience at Amarettos, but it will certainly be the last. A business that won’t acknowledge its mistakes or respect its customers isn’t worth our time or money.
翻译:我和我的伙伴原本期待着一顿美味的晚餐,但遗憾的是,我们在 Amarettos 的用餐体验一点也不愉快。我点了虾蟹意面(好吃),以及一道主菜 Arancini。Arancini 令人失望——据说是蘑菇味的,但我尝到的只有浓烈的番茄酱,一点蘑菇味都没有。我的伙伴点了蒜蓉面包(说实话,很美味!!)和香蒜酱面疙瘩。面疙瘩端上来时,他咬了一口就吐了出来。面疙瘩是生的。不是稍微没煮熟——而是完全是生的。质地非常柔软、粘稠、面团状、粘稠,显然没有煮熟。面疙瘩没有轻轻弹起,只是生的。
我们把面疙瘩拿给一位女工作人员看,她也同意它是生的。当我们去付款时,我们再次提出了这个问题。就在这时,一位看起来是负责人的年长绅士走了过来。他没有道歉或表示理解,而是坚持说面疙瘩没问题,因为“厨师就是这样做的”。我们请他亲自试吃,他照做了——结果回来时,他端着同样生硬、粘稠的面疙瘩,说“我们买的就是这样的”。他不仅拒绝承认这个问题,还自相矛盾地声称这甚至不是店内制作的。值得赞扬的是,这道菜的价格降低了。
更糟糕的是这种不屑一顾的态度。作为 2018 年以来的忠实顾客,我们期待更好的服务。指出食物的明显问题不应该导致我们被当作反应过度而受到对待。很难支持一个拒绝接受建设性反馈并用自相矛盾的借口为未煮熟的食物辩护的地方。这是我们第一次在 Amarettos 遇到不愉快的经历,但肯定是最后一次。一个不承认错误或不尊重客户的企业不值得我们花费时间和金钱。