06/12/2025: The food was excellent, the food was good but nothing exceptional, and it was overpriced.
The waiters were kind and helpful, but there was a serious lack of customer service at the end of the dinner. After spending €340 on a tasting menu for two, including wine (gift card already paid for), we were asked if we wanted to finish the dinner with a bitter or digestif. We agreed, and were brought a yuzu sake, so good I had to look for it online: €30 a bottle. For two glasses, they charged us €20. Aside from the price, which is a clear mockery, we thought it was free/included after a dinner like that. We finished with a €20 receipt in hand and the cashier inviting us to get our jackets from the closet ourselves… there's a Michelin-starred/guide-like attitude, but it's not reflected in the facts.
05/12/2025: I finally have the chance to review Bentoteca, a unique Japanese restaurant that uses Italian ingredients.
There were two of us, and we opted for the tasting menu (OMAKASE).
We were served the following dishes:
• Otoro, Chutoro, Akami Sashimi (three cuts of tuna, served with wasabi, zuke sauce, and daikon);
• Chutoro Nigiri (two chutoro nigiri with wasabi and zuke sauce);
• Tsukemono (marinated vegetables, served with tosazu sauce, red shiso salt, yuzu, and sansho pepper leaves);
• Tongue Katsusando (two panko-crusted veal tongue sandwiches, with green mayonnaise and marinated purple cabbage);
• Wagyu Sukiyaki, Sweetbreads, and Foie Gras Soup Style (wagyu sukiyaki soup with sweetbreads and foie gras, covered in puff pastry);
• Ichiaboshi mackerel (dried and grilled mackerel, served with pink grapefruit, dill, chervil, and sesame oil).
Other dishes not on the menu also arrived, which are difficult to describe, but I've attached photos anyway.
Overall, a great place to enjoy dishes that are truly hard to find elsewhere.
Tasting menu, shokupan, and water: €108 per person.
As a photographer, I pay close attention to lighting and framing, so I've also attached some shots.
I'd love to collaborate with them on a photo shoot.
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