Restaurant Calvi

Krista

3.0

had good expectations for this location, but experience was a little flat. Service was OK, but the quality of the food was lacking. Starter calamari was under seasoned, & bland for our liking, & a couple of the pieces seemed overdone & quite rubbery. for the main meals, i found the menu somewhat unclear regarding the flavour profiles for the foods described. Supposed to be Mediterranean inspired flavours, but the braised lamb was served on a bed of legumes (chickpeas, white beans, & peas) which sounded good, but in effect, the flavour was more Indian inspired spices it seemed, which really isn't something we like & would definitely would not have ordered that meal had it been described accurately in the menu. many of the meals don't explain what the sides are - "whole fish" is just whole fish? scaloppini describes the veal, but what is it served with - nothing is indicated The pork osso bucco meal was a surprise - usually osso bucco when i have had it before is more of a sliced shank/marrow bone style - but this was a pork shank served large, like thor's hammer style. It was tasty. Flavour profile was deep & almost mushroomy, but sadly the underneath part of the meat was not warmed through - it was still cold under the bone. The top surface was warm, but it definitely needed more time heating. The gnocchi it was served on were tasty, although a little mealy in texture. the portion was huge, so i left the cold part of the meat aside, & was full enough with the part i ate. Creme caramel was adequate, although served with marmalade on top - which was a first for me seeing it served like that. Lava cake...... don't bother ordering it. one of the more expensive desserts & very poorly executed. Outer surface is too hard & almost shell-like that crunches when you cut into it. Inside was lava-esque, but the taste & the texture on these just weren't right. A real disappointment as lava cakes are not that difficult to do, & normally rich chocolate flavour. This was almost cookie-texture top, wiht a dense thick "cookie/cake" shell & small bit of'lava' but the taste was way off there were some execution fails on the items we chose. not sure that i would give another chance - wasn't satisfied with what we got as quality for the money that we spent & feel we could have done bette

Jan 30, 2024

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