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This place is now called Papa Tazoi. Ordered the fettuccine europa and it was absolute trash. The worst pasta dish I have ever had and it was $22.90, …
Jeannette Salim
Nuvolari Restaurant
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very friendly and attentive waiter, nice ambience with good choice of piped music, Bacharach,Latin etc. food pretty good for a place that does quite a…
Mark Bennett
Nuvolari Restaurant
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Disappointed with pizza, ordered Margarita pizza which had tomato slices on it and chesse wasn't stringy mozzarella. Again, very disappointed with ber…
Ansh Bansal
Nuvolari Restaurant
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7 Reviews on “Nuvolari Restaurant”
This place is now called Papa Tazoi. Ordered the fettuccine europa and it was absolute trash. The worst pasta dish I have ever had and it was $22.90, pasta at the supermarket tastes better. The dish was spicy, watery and not at all like a fettuccine, I did not finish my meal. The service was bad, the old man who took our money at the end didn’t even say hi and was rude. I will definitely not be coming back. Unfortunately I cannot give a 0 star review.
very friendly and attentive waiter, nice ambience with good choice of piped music, Bacharach,Latin etc. food pretty good for a place that does quite a high number of covers. name has changed to Papa Tazio.
Disappointed with pizza, ordered Margarita pizza which had tomato slices on it and chesse wasn’t stringy mozzarella. Again, very disappointed with berry crepe which had been heated in microwave was hard, rubbery and had no flavour in it. We were told by the duty manager we should have mentioned to his staff but there was no staff around to take comments. Also, he didn’t acknowledge the complaint or show any effort to rectify it and charge full price.
As my husband and I walked up to the door we were greeted by smiling faces. Our server Charles was very friendly and helpful. The food was amazing. Was easy to get the rest to take home because we couldn’t finish it.
The front of house staff are the only thing keeping this place going. Clearly overworked, under trained and most likely under paid. The Indian waiter told me the mussels were a large size, the German told me they were very small. The staff couldn’t tell me what the roasted vegetables were and when I asked if I could have the mussels dairy free I was told ‘no changes to the menu’ how hard is it to change cream for water??? We were also told ‘just order what you want’ a clear indication my request for a recommendation wasn’t welcome. The blonde waitress looked like she’d been given the biggest section, was under obvious stress and yet miraculously kept a smile on her face. The food arrived before the cutlery and when we asked for some an empty tin can was plonked on the table with 2 plates. The scallops were grotesque. The sticky ginger sauce was burnt, chewy and tasted like vomit. The scallops were overdone. The mussels were sweet – far too much Pernod was used. The chicken was served with a sweet relish that provided nothing but a feeling of overindulgence and the cold olives were its final tragedy. We managed to have finished and stacked up our plates INCLUDING entree plates that hadn’t been cleared 15 minutes before anybody came to check the table. I went to pay and the owner had about as much charm as the chewy sauce I’d gagged at earlier in the evening.He is a clear example of how some people are categorically unfit to work in a customer facing position let alone run a restaurant. Please don’t consider visiting here.
Terrible service, which is an awful shame as the food had potential the pizza bases were delicious and crisp and the fettuccine Tuscany was nice too! But when we were last in Rotorua for a day we decided to return for another lunch but the owner rudely turned us away even though the restaurant looked open at it was almost 12pm. He was very impolite stating that they were not open yet and we must leave. I don’t know where he learnt his service from, as I would have understood not being able to order a meal yet but surely we could take a seat and view the menu and have a drink for the 10 minutes before the kitchen open. Instead we were turned away. And we took our business elsewhere..
Well what a very disappointing meal. The owner was disgruntled and extremely unfriendly and unhelpful he obviously didn’t want to be there working on a public holiday. The pizzas were underwhelming in flavour and lacked seasoning. The wait staff seemed like they were on edge. Would not recommend this place. I even installed this app to post this review. When I went to pay the owner (yes I asked if it was him) didn’t even ask if my meal was nice or have a good night. More interested in the money. Yes the way, the place was not even half full. Worst dining experience in NZ so far.