Trattoria Positano - Düsseldorf

We had a fantastic dinner tonight. My boyfriend ordered the spaghetti with seafood and I had the penne pasta with a spicy sauce and prawns. Everything we...

We were staying in a near by hotel when I checked trip advisor they was only review in the last year it was a good review so off we went it was small restaurant only tables !! but they welcome us seat us...and gave us menu it was in English thankfully because we speak no German and our waiter a little English took our Order had sea bass which came with vegetables and potatoes very good husband had pasta with shrimp nice size Bread basket we were tired from a full day of walk so we only had entrées they take credit cards yay!!!!!

We went here when we were staying in Düsseldorf for the weekend, and booked it as it was a ‘one forker’ as rated by the Michelin Guide (which is usually a reliable source). But we were disappointed. The first clue, in hindsight, was the fact...the restaurant was half full on a Saturday night. Second clue was the half hearted welcome, and didn’t even check our reservation though we said we’d booked. Service throughout was lack lustre. Our first course was pretty good, though far too much and a bit bland. It was the main courses however that we found so bad. The penne with sausage and the fish stew were both very tasteless and under seasoned the latter particularly so, and the former with gristle in sausages. Wine was overpriced. It was far too high a cost for the quality of the food there.

Dined here last week during a conference. Only two blocks from the Melia Dusseldorf, the Positano is a wonderful Italian experience in the heart of Schnitzel-land. Excellent small restaurant. About tables, overseen by a very attentive staff who are really mostly from Italy--go figure!...Nice seafood appetizer, with a limited but varied main menu. It had been a busy day so I only had appetizers and a first pasta course. Very good. My companion had a veal dish which he said was outstanding. We passed on desert but had several really good schnapps for after dinner drinks. After a couple of days jousting with the groups and the crazies in Old Town, finding Positano was a real joy. Reasonable pricing, and great food. I think we got out of the restaurant for Euros for two--with a couple glasses of the house wines (which were very acceptable). I look forward to next year's conference so I can go back!

We had a group dinner here. The atmosphere is really nice, the wine card contains expensive ones only. The appetizer was really good, but the main dish was poor and tasteless. I had an arrabiata with prawns and I got pcs only, and the...taste was under average.