Naples
Opera

Opera

Via Simone Martini, 2, 80029, Naples, Italy

Gourmet • Italiano • Mediterraneo • Cucina Casalinga


"I was really keen in going to Opera when in Naples and indeed food here was nice and tasty with a very good presentation, however the service completely killed the experience! At such a high end restaurant it is unacceptable that: you get a fish dish just after you have said that you do not eat fish; get wine that is blurry and clearly contaminated and that you ask for wine suggestions and you get a plain wine/food pairing when you have been told the sommelier will come and suggest you wines. My business partner chose a meat tasting menu and with one of the dishes he got a blurry wine which had something floating in. Then as a snack which was offered by the house got a piece of cuttlefish, while he told them at the beginning that he doesn't eat fish (after being asked if we had some preferences or allergies). On the other hand, I had chosen 2 fish dishes and I asked if I could get some wine suggestions with my dishes. I was told that the sommelier will come. Unfortunately he never came and I only got some wine glasses with each of my dishes. I could still omit this as my wines were good, however definitely in each glass I had a different quantity of wine (the second one was almost double the first one). Finally, I asked for an espresso and I got a bag of sweetener with it, no question if I want sugar or even at such a place I would expect they have a choice of different types of sugar... Personnel at Opera is definitely not delivering a service for a restaurant where for a dinner for 2 you pay almost 200 EUR with just a couple wine tasting glasses with your dinner. Unfortunately, the bad service completely killed the food experience you expect in this place."

La Scialuppa

La Scialuppa

Piazzetta Marinari, 5, 80132, Naples, Italy

Pesce • Pizza • Terrazza • Pizzeria


"We walked by the front of this place and I asked in my bad Italian for due personne and the first staff that saw us said they were closed. This was about 1520. Too late for reposa, and they didn 't need to prepare for evening that soon. We kept walking the water front, and ended up behind the same restaurants, ended up at the back of this same place with a bunch of waiters that said we were welcome. We asked if we could sit out front, and we followed them right past the same one that said they were closed(! I had a capricciosa and she had spaghetti with muscles, both of which were pretty good compared to others we have had in the area. We also ordered 2 large Peroni (in my mind red label and got Nastro Azzurro, which we don 't like unless in a can as the green bottles allow the beer to turn skunky. When I said we wanteda Peroni, he pointed to the little place on the label that says it is made by Peroni. Our poor Italian and his poor English was not going to solve this, so I chuckled and said OK...and yes, both of them had the special skunky smell of a green beer bottle. We were second last to leave the table at 1630, at which time all the staff were inside eating, so I guess that first waiter had his watch set to the wrong time. So, the food is on par with other restaurants in the area. You are right on the harbour of Lungo Mare, and you have a view of Vesuvius. They all would make this a 4-start. The wait staff are a 2-star, which averages this to 3 overall."