Il Giardino Di Giada In Città di castello

17/05/2025: Typical Asian restaurant. Good but now standardized

02/05/2025: 1) What is the venue like? Historic venue in Perugia open for at least 10 years now, located on the second floor of a building (using the ramp), with a retro style typical of 90s Chinese venues. But it's not just that that's retro, but also the ordering system, with waiters who still use pen and paper (something that really annoys me, because I hate "begging" people to order something else). Outside the restaurant there is both a small car park and a terrible smell of fried food, which is now rare in restaurants of this type. Numerous tables are available in the various rooms, with also a large outdoor balcony on summer days. Very well-stocked menu in terms of Chinese dishes, much less so for Japanese ones. Highest price in all of Perugia if you go on weekends and holidays (€18.9 +2.5 for a bottle of water). Speaking of water, the waiter told me he would bring me a 1 liter bottle and instead it was 75cl... the TV was much appreciated, even if it was small and far from the tables, with videos of Chinese songs, it's just a shame that the owner hadn't signed up to YouTube Premium and we saw more advertisements than videos. 2) How do you eat it? I must say that I was a little disappointed by the quality/price ratio, with very slow service (I think I waited 2 hours for about ten courses), errors in the kitchen (I ordered rice noodles and they brought me soy ones), strong smell of garlic in almost all the dishes, Chinese bread for a fee, and more. -Appetizers: the raw fish is quite good and fresh, the soups are a little less so and tasted of little. Terrible vegetable ravioli (2 points out of 4) -Sushi: Good and well plated (4/4) -First: Can be improved (2/4) -Seconds: Quite good (3/4) 3) Is it worth it? On weekends and holidays I really don't think so... and in fact the place was quite empty, so I wasn't the only one who thought so. I've eaten better for less. It's probably the only AYCE in Perugia that I didn't give bonus points to, and in fact, as I said previously, it doesn't excel at anything. All in all though, the food isn't bad. Satiety and thirst average. -Final 'Bandix Travels' rating: 35 points out of 50 (perugia AYCE average: 35)