Mauri O.
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I’m very sad to say that I was strongly disappointed by this place. I love Marco Carboni’s other restaurants. Bottega? Great for brunch. Madonna? Awesome pizzas. Sartoria? Unbeatable Italian place in CDMX. I thought I’d experience the same quality in Polpo and I did not.
I had made plans to have dinner with a friend after my cycling class next door, so I dropped by and asked if I needed to make a reservation. A very kind waiter said I did not, so I just came back an hour later.
They offered either tap or sparkling water. I chose the latter, their local option: Diluvium. I cannot stress enough how disgusting the water was. Terrible taste.
We had a parmigiano regiano as an entree, which was expensive and to be honest was not worth the price. It came with a bit of olive oil and balsamic vinegar, which did not pair up well with the cheese.
We also had a pesto risotto, served with a burrata, which was the most decent thing we tried, and a tagliatele carbonara, which was okay, but not the Carboni quality I am used to.
We also had a focaccia which tasted greasy. I could almost bet they toast it in the same place where they fry their guanciale for the carbonara.
We asked for a tea or coffee, none of which they offer at this place (surprising for an Italian place i’d say).
We got served by a different waiter than the one who told me I didn’t need a reservation. The new one seemed annoyed and when suggesting wine he just read the wine list and just offered the most expensive glasses.
I’ll just go to Carboni’s other places and will not return to this one.