Chiosco Astoria da Paola In Chioggia

13/07/2025: Day 1: Great atmosphere! Impeccable service, nice interior, delicious food and a great view of the sunset! (Added) Day 2: Yesterday we were in this restaurant, everything was great. Today we were left with very unpleasant impressions! First, they replaced asparagus in my dish with eggplants, without warning about it. Later, the height of absurdity! At the entrance to the restaurant there is a display case with desserts. I really liked one. I wanted it. We had dinner and asked for dessert. We were told that this dessert can only be eaten at the bar of this restaurant. At first I did not understand, I thought the waiter was joking. To eat dessert, you need to leave the table! I was in the mood for this dessert, but changing from the reserved table was absurd! I took it with me. But the height of insanity was when they charged us for the entire dinner and dessert IN ONE RECEIPT. And you can't eat it at the same table!

13/07/2025: We returned on Friday, July 11, after a while. We were a little disappointed: shortly after ordering, a fierce wind forced us to take refuge inside, carrying our own glasses and water. I understand the chaos, but once we entered, we politely asked for a table, but one of the staff waved us away, telling us to wait because he was busy setting the table for twenty people. We waited, then finally got a table (a bit improvised, but whatever). Wine: no extra-dry, they only offered "high-end" labels (champagne, which we personally don't even like; we accepted a Franciacorta). We had a raw appetizer each, a main course each (without sides), a half-portion "taster" of fried cuttlefish, two glasses each, water, two coffees, and an amaro. €110 each (there were two of us) seems a bit excessive.