Al Baretto In Novara

23/08/2024: Excellent aperitif on the lakefront

20/08/2024: Basically okay, the staff was very nice and accommodating. Reasonably priced. However, some less nice things came together: the map under the QR code in English and the Italian printed map are completely different. The pizza is more Pinsa than a classic pizza and, according to my friends, it wasn't really that great. The antipasti plate in front of it was good, even if the allergens were spelled out incorrectly (gluten-free, even though there was bread on the plate). It took a very long time for the food to arrive. I didn't like the fish plate I had at all, I left a piece of, I don't know what it was, salmon or something like that, because it tasted strangely grilled and musty. The rest of the plate was fine. There were locals next to us who had similar dishes to us and left with their plates still half full. So we weren't convinced either.