Hermitage - POGGIO A CAIANO

We stayed yesterday in this beautiful hotel-restaurant overlooking the Medici Villa of Poggio a Caiano and the surrounding countryside. We asked for a vegetarian dinner in advance. There were presented four appetizers, a valid pair, imaginative and original, the others less. All well presented. Overall we ate well. The service of Thomas, then, was really excellent for sympathy, professionalism and readiness. However, having paid much more than a sea appetizer, we were a little puzzled: but should vegetables not cost less?

Chef Lorenzo didn't disappoint us. Everything really great and quality. Careful and kind service. We'll definitely come back.

To me sorry to write something negative, I was indecisive if to write or not this recension!!!! We went to this place, which is part of a somewhat dated hotel, but equally beautiful, clean this is the positive side. We were greeted by a very kind Chinese gentleman who brought us to the table by a waitress. And here we start..... the Italian girl, who spoke very little, among other things very low tone, so you did not understand what she said.... but this does nothing, you can't say that shyness, played her a bad shot!!! To go in, they brought us a crouton with a yellow creme I did not understand what taste it was prepared, says fresh shaped with basil and Indian herbs!!!!mha!!!! Then some tuna trophies and tomato vote 6 and a half no more '!!! then a tondino of fresh pasta surely already ' ready, little cooked, with inside 3 hard mussels vote 3 As according to a fried with 3 pieces of number of frozen fish and unpaved vote 2 a cucchiata of discarded peas seemed those in canned with two rings of octopus vote 2 . Sweet a biscuit with cream ready that of the supermarket and a filino di cioccolata.......!!!!!! grade 3 I was disappointed, the people who were in that place 5 felt they complained about dinner. I'm sorry, but I'll never come back!!!!!

We made the reservation by phone with a menu that seemed great arrived at the hotel restaurant we were greeted by the owner a Chinese and were born the first doubts. we arrive at the aperitif dinner with oysters never seen first mixed sea starter two tiny tuna tartare and shrimp size of a nut a squid filled as big as the pink and a capasanta. first a sepia black cutter with normal cooking lobster of the cutter 3 minutes effective cooking 20 minutes a batter, we asked again the dish at the table we were in six are returned 3 always inevitable and tasteless, second first ravioli of cernia only in the name bought to the meter in offer. we pass to the second first according to a turkey, perhaps the fish if it was fish has never seen the sea the second a cartoccio with shrimps 1 old Argentine and smelling a dead scam from at least six months and a fillet of cod findus color of black cod just opened the cartoccio came out a stinking smell of ammonia and urine we pass to the sweet bread

Either we were particularly unfortunate, or you do not understand the other reviews. Management is oriental (Chinese consumption, all very educated), but there are also Italians to work. We deguised the same things as Peder51, but we put two stars just because the environment is beautiful. On food only drinks are saved (prosecco and wine of the house more than acceptable), but we have not finished for lack of food. The dishes are overmeasurable, we say also nonexistent. The palate only saves the lasagnatte, but they are so few that do not come to the throat! And everything was served already cold, first included. Think that sweet, tiramisu is a ball of about 1 cm in diameter, in practice a coffee spoon. The positive note is that we came out very light! Strange, it also looks like a new management, but so it's hard for someone to come back to us the second time.