Il Ristorante - Niko Romito, Shanghai
Il Ristorante - Niko Romito is a kind of a “chain” restaurant, an expensive one. The Shanghai branch is located at 47th floor of Bulgari Hotel. The restaurant put more focus on the view and service in my opinion than the food itself. The menu seems to be a collection of popular dishes from other Niko Romito in other locations. Everything is very expensive looking without doubt. However, frankly, I was not impressed at all and I think the problem is exactly in the menu, stitching dishes in a set.
Menu
My favourite in the entire set is probably the pasta. It was simple and nicely executed. The cardinal prawns were fresh, sauce was in ideal texture, and pasta was cooked just about right. Well, another thing I liked was actually the olive oil for the bread. I asked the lady serving my table, who was actually younger than me and came from the Hunan province, where I grew up. She said it is a special olive oil that is only available for the Bulgari Hotel. It has very bitter taste, which I enjoyed a lot when pairing with relatively hard bread.
Linguina di semola, aragosta e gamberi rossi (意式扇面配龙虾及西班牙红虾)
In all, it is only a restaurant that met my expectations. I would even say it is towards the expensive end, if I only judge the dishes.
🐼 Score: 2/5
