Harry’s Bar & Restaurant – Dehors Included

Quiet and elegant space for our party of 4 to dine in. Promptly seated when we arrived with our reservation. The pasta we ordered was too al dente for all of us which surprised me given that this is a Michelin Guide recommended restaurant. There may have been a language barrier with the sommelier as he was a little more quiet and reserved when helping our table choose a wine. Overall felt the food and experience was average.

We chose the tasting menu and it was incredible! Everything was very well-balanced, unique, and delicious. The menu is flexible regarding guests’ dietary needs—they replaced the cheesecake for us due to lactose intolerance. The service was also very pleasant; the waitresses spoke excellent English and were very friendly. We really enjoyed the atmosphere and the whole experience!

I’d like to start first by saying the location and atmosphere is super, I don’t think anywhere else in the city compared. The front of house staff were very friendly and welcoming however from that point the service declined. We were given menus without a wine/drink list and had to ask for them. The food was served promptly and was presented superbly, however lacked any real flavour and some dishes lacked seasoning. It felt the menu was complicated but lacked execution. We weren’t asked once if we wanted an additional drink or top up. When the food was served, it was plonked onto our laps without any introduction. We had better meals for a fraction of the price whilst in Trieste. Overall, a gorgeous setting with real potential but poorly executed.

Love this place. There is enough of attentive staff who also speak other languages. Impressive! The food and drinks were amazing, just love the attention to details and the high quality. We enjoyed the cocktails (signature cocktail Trieste da bere with gin and sambuca), salad and anchovies for a starter and fish and octopus for mains. Every dish was spectacular. What I particularly enjoyed is that they have Gluten free options for bread and pasta. Highly appreciated!!! The deserts were good, I just inhaled mine - a chocolate and coffee tartlet. The sorbet was nice, but a bit on the sweet side. Would happily return to this restaurant any time!

Took my mum here for her 67th birthday. All the staff there were so friendly and accommodating and made it a very special evening. Amazing to sit right on the piazza as the sun sets and everything lights up. Definitely won't forget this one!

Disappointing to say the least, despite the older reviews giving praise we did not see the more recent ones that reflect current reality. The service was inexcusably bad and the food was below average with okay presentation. Service started with us arriving for our reservation for three people, then being directed to a table to 2, with the waitress then clumsily adding a placing to the table looking flustered as though she didn’t know how to set it. Menus were brought 5-10 minutes after being seated and was missing the drinks menu. Having tried to look for a waiter to ask for one, it was another 5mins before anyone entered the dining room where they came to take our food order without prompting drinks. We finally ordered both. Eventually a red wine came when we ordered white, the waiter insinuated we were wrong. When we asked him to bring back the menu and showed him the bottle we ordered he learned they had two bottles from the same vineyard on a fairly limited wine menu this wasn’t great. Bread was then served without any butter or oil despite asking it never came. Laughably when the starters were served and one of our party had a salad, they asked for vinegarette to which the staff responded by bringing a bottle of balsamic and oil in their full sized original shop bought packaging. Not what you would expect at any half decent restaurant. The rest of the service was so poor we decided to leave after our entres and get desert at local gelato spot. Atmosphere, quiet without any music and bright lighting made for a somber environment. Food, there was a lot of effort but the flavours and combinations didn’t work well. Meals were left under heat lamps too long as they had formed a skin on sauces etc. My starter fish sashimi dish still had the skin left on one edge which made it chewy, I left it after one bite as it was off putting. No staff member asked why or whether I was okay, they just took it away before the entres. Again, very inexperienced service. It’s sad to see this place must have lost its staff to have been so different to older reviews. I wouldn’t recommend going back until you see more positive recent reviews. I certainly wouldn’t recommend.

For a top rated restaurant a catastrophe. Service is hectic, especially the female head waitress. Incredible stressed without creating a pleasant atmosphere and getting anything done. Almost every table around had to suffer major mistakes, is it drinks, food or incomplete silver wares. The food is mediocre for that category of restaurant. It’s sad, because you sit at one of the most beautiful city squares in the world. The restaurant and hotel are in need of a much much better management.

Huge appreciation to the chefs and team in Harry’s Piccolo. It was a completely flawless and delightful dining experience, each of the dishes from Mare Mare Mare menu was delicious and remarkable… green risotto, smoked scallop or prawn amongst the highlights! As for the service, Suzanne made this dining experience even richer, with her unique presentation of each dish : special thank you Suzanne !! We will be back for more !!!