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Rated: Poor
based on 3 reviews
i-t.Alia
The Park Hotel, 14/7 MG Road, Bangalore
25594666
| Locality | MG Road |
|---|---|
| Place Type | Bar, Restaurant |
| Food Type | Italian |
| Timings | 12:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., 7:30 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. |
| Price |
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Apr 06, 2008
I-talia@The Park
I am a self -proclaimed foodie. I can safely say I know most of the good restaurants in Delhi :-)
When we moved to Bangalore - in my quest to find the best restaurant for every cuisine, we
visited I-talia at the Park because I was told it was the best Italian restaurant in town.
Whoever told me that needs to either get their taste buds checked or have their heads examined.
The restaurant is tucked away in a corner of the Park Hotel off M G Road. The decor is very basic and we thought the patio outside the restaurant was much quainter than the restaurant itself. My alarm bells should have gone off when we were the only people in the restaurant other than one more couple - on a saturday afternoon at lunch time!
It started off well because they have a decent selection of wines and other alcohol. I ordered a mint & lime spritz and my boyfriend ordered a Campari and some beer.
The house provides a basket of freshly baked bread and this is very very good. Dip those freshly baked buns into a mixture of balsamic vinegar, olive oil and some chilli flakes – ah! Divine. But that is where the good experience ended.
For my main course I ordered the penne with garlic & cauliflower and my boyfriend ordered beef ( well done) When the food arrived, I was really taken aback - firstly by it’s appearance. It looked like boiled and oiled pasta. The chef had shredded cauliflower and garlic so it was one big lump and he then apparently forgot to cook it! So I got raw garlic & cauliflower pasta and my boyfriend god rare beef! It was so rare that the blood was oozing!!! I sent the pasta and beef back. While the beef came back ok, it looked like the chef had just reheated the pasta and sent it back! We were getting late as this entire procedure had taken more than 1 and a half hours.... so I just ate what I could (not much) and then we ordered dessert. I had the tiramisu and my boyfriend had the cassata. The presentation of both desserts was fantastic. And you really can’t go wrong with a cassata ( basically it’s 3 different flavours of ice cream assembled on a slice of sponge cake) but my tiramisu was nothing special. I think the chef decided - if I put loads of alcohol, they wont realize that the dessert itself has no flavour. All I could taste was the alcohol.... we ate a couple bites and left it.
All in all.... I will never go there again. The service is ok but when you’re paying about 500 rupees/head for food + drinks... I want a little more than decent service. Wot say you?
Apr 04, 2008
Sucks!
This place competes with Sunny's for the dubious distinction of winning the Worst-Italian-Restaurant-in-Bangalore crown. Given the comfortable-looking seating and the minimalist decor, the food was a spectacular letdown. Firstly, it takes forever for your order to come to you. Secondly, the size of the servings is PITIABLE. I ordered a Gnocchi dish, and there were literally EIGHT pieces of Gnocchi on my plate. That's it. I still can't believe it, even though this visit was some time ago. Even if you were to order a second main course, you'd still be as empty as a fireworks factory on Diwali. My Gnocchi was very good, in all fairness, and my sister ordered a pasta in sage butter sauce, which tasted absolutely divine. But given the subatomic size of the quantities you're served, it's really not worth it.
A visit to i-t.Alia really reinforced my faith in independent restaurants. Go to Fiorano; it'd knock the pants off this place any day.
Dec 20, 2007
COSY
I Don't think The Park can make many mistakes , This place was given the best Italian restaurant award and it so deserved it!
If you are looking for a Cosy place to have a good meal with your special some one and like good Italian food you cant go wrong with this place!