Il Bacino Grande - PORTO CESAREO

The restaurant enjoys an excellent location, near the sea. However, the service is slow and the staff undersized compared to the covers. Discreet food, unsuitable price quality ratio.

The location on the sea is beautiful and very suggestive, the interesting menu but as a taste nothing exceptional. The portions of the appetizers are not too abundant and the service definitely to be reviewed. We forget the requests, orders, waits endless, maximum disorganization. If it wasn't for the undivided guy who follows everyone (probably the maitre of room) would be a total disaster. Average prices.

Great food and really nice service nevertheless the amount of people at lunch. Great pasta! Special thanks to Jerry the waiter. Amazing beach, super clean water.

To make the positive point first: the food was good, the tuna (second round, the first was overdone) good and fresh, the swordfish good. A minus for the fries that had a nasty fish taste maybe the same oil for frying? So far so good, the location is brillant, but then the service, a real disappointment. The head waiter (let 's call him Mr. Controllo) was not only unfriendly from the beginning, but all the numerous other waiters were not allowed to do anything but bringing the food to or the empty plates from the table. Result: despite many free tables, the service was a mess, nobody cared about the guests, and Mr. Controllo kept being unfreindly. Example: when I told him that my tuna was overcooked, he disappeared, then returned and took away ma plate without further explaination than it redone . My girlfriend 's main course came with my starter, then the plates lay empty in front of us for 20 minutes, then another 20 minutes to get the overdone tuna without the fries, then the fries and finally the tuna. The white wine came without a cooler (and it 's hot there, even in the evenings). And worst: Mr. Controllo complaint about us and other guests to some neighboring Italien guests. So avoid going there, it 's not worth it.

Had lunch while on a beach day. The restaurant is literally on the beach with a very nice open covered area and indoor area with glass all around to view the beach. Service was very slow and a couple of waiters very rude, whereas others were very friendly and helpful. I also speak Italian, so it was not a language problem overheard others complaint about the service as well. Food was overly cooked, certain fish (octopus and shrimps) were well done, others were not, too cooked and salty. Meat as well was very cooked, hard and too salty.