nightmare at fieramosca!. my recent experience at this restaurant was not pleasant at all. my friends wanted to take me out for a nice dinner for my birthday so they have madereservationthere as the restaurant is highly recommended by others. to summarize, after 15 mins of sitting down, i pretty much wanted to get the heck out of there. the following is a summary of the nightmare at fieramosca
the restaurant was way over packed and noisy. we pretty much had to yell at each other in order to have a conversation. for a fine dining restaurant, it is not very classy dressing up to the nines yelling and eating. if they were over-booked that night, i prefer they did not take ourreservationat all.
the service was horrible. the waitress was obviously drunk. she was all over the place and spoke inappropriately. there is a difference between being friendly and inappropriate - she had indeed crossed the line. plus, we ordered appetizers with her and for whatever reasons (her being drunk, lost of memory, unattentive, or the place was too loud for her to hear us), she totally forgot all of our appetizers. for a fine dining restaurant in yorkville, i would assume that they can afford pen and paper for their staff to write on or hire staff who are smart enough to repeat the orders (if she can't hear).
the restroom was inappropriately placed. what kind of a fine dining restaurant would have their restrooms right where all the food are being placed and waiting to be served. that's kind of disgusting once you think about it.
food was mediocre period. if you want fresh fish, i suggest another restaurant called "chiado restaurant" on college street - they don't have drunk servers serving their customers.
overall, the experience was horrible and to dine at a restaurant that you just want to eat quickly and leave so you can retain your sanity just suck.