2 /5
Bewertung
★
★
We had to make quite an effort and walk a long way to find Picco, as none of the listing sites bother to explain that it is part of the smart Prinsotel complex. We arrived very early, a few minutes after opening time. The inside dining area totally empty and we could see through the door that only one table was occupied outside. Nevertheless instead of the cheery, professional 4 star welcome you might expect, the first thing the sour faced, haughty, manageress barked at us was “Have you booked?” “No”, I replied “Sorry, we are staying locally and thought we would give it a try.” “Well, if you come again”, she said, without cracking a smile, “you have to book or we can’t let you in.” Clearly, she was a big “Fawlty Towers” fan and had got the art of being extremely rude to paying customers down to a “T”. She very slowly gazed around the totally empty restaurant to make sure 100 or so diners had not crept in while her back was turned and snapped, “Inside or out?” It was absolutely farcical! My wife nudged me and whispered, “Come on, let’s just leave.” I wish we had but instead we meekly followed her to a table outside. From this point on we were politely served by a pleasant young male waiter, with whom we had no problem. We have rated our experience as “two stars”, not one. In fairness, the setting was lovely, the waiter was nice and the food was ok but extremely overpriced. It was the last night of our holiday and we were hoping it would be the best. However, we could only bear to stay for one course. We could not wait to leave. Walking “home” we pondered on how a 4 or 5 star hotel could possibly allow itself to be hoodwinked into employing such a snooty, rude individual to run its flagship restaurant. Never again !