Santanu S.
Yelp
When my hotel made the reservation, I was given the impression that I would be seated at the communal bench rather than a table. As my table was at the small corner by the soda refrigerator in the front, I wish I had been seated at the communal bench. There were takeaway customers seated by me waiting for their order. As I enjoy people watching, I had thought it was the worst area of the restaurant to do just that.
Fortunately, my waitress was super nice, friendly and provided helpful recommendations, for dinner and places to visit during the rest of my holiday. She made me forget about the terrible table and the guy near me who waited a significant time for his order.
Due to her recommendation, I had the Bianco with the Nicolina's Special, entree portion rather than the main. My waitress made sure to warn about the amount of garlic in the sauce. The potato gnocchi and the squid rings absorbed the garlic butter sauce so well, I did not realize I was eating squid if it was not for a few crunchy bites.
Although I did not need it, the smaller entree portion gave me an additional excuse to order dessert. I was ready to order my Italian default dessert which is tiramisu, but I asked my waitress for her recommendation as she has yet to fail me. I instead ordered the special which had to been concocted by a chocoholic, a chocolate pudding covered with warm chocolate sauce and served with vanilla ice cream. Enough said. I knew it would not be American style pudding. The dessert resembled a warm, very moist cake.
Due to where I was seated, I could not flag my waitress. On the other hand, there were two employees huddled by the bench for table. One clearly noticed me fiddling on my phone as we exchanged eye contact. Eventually, my waitress came by to check on me.