"The restaurant itself looked a bit weird to me, a bit like being in a kind of marquee or verandah, but there was a nice view of the swimming pool the pool lights change colour at night. To start, I had the ciavattoni. This isn 't a pasta shape I usually have and I liked it a lot. I 've forgotten what the dish was called exactly, but the main ingredient was mussels. In fact, there was a large bowl of 'spare ' mussels, so it was generous. Next I had the calamari alla piastra again, a generous dish and cooked really well. The standout dish was apparently the tagliata di tonno alla piastra, but I didn 't try this personally truthfully, I was put off by a tuna 'bruschetta ' that was offered as an amuse bouche, as the tuna was horribly dry, but the tagliata I was assured was excellent. After such a good meal, dessert was rather disappointing. In my view, as good as Italian cuisine is, desserts are not its forte. I had the canneloni con chantilly e fragole which, whilst not unpleasant in any way, was terribly boring. The gelato alla fiamma, on the other hand, was a dreadful dessert it looked really ugly and was utterly devoid of any kind of sense or flavour. I was so put off by this that I avoided dessert while eating out for the rest of my stay. It 's a real shame because, up to that point, the meal was excellent. I also enjoyed the Chablis I had. The staff were very chatty and seemed happy to be able to practise their English."
