La Torre di Monte Oliveto In Asciano

12/05/2025: Today with 8 other friends, stopped for lunch. Tables outside ok. They served us in the right way. Carbonated and natural mineral water. Bread. 8 small pieces of cheese and pepper and 1 pappardelle with wild boar. I don't know about the latter. I ate cheese and pepper. Well first of all TASTING portion 😱🤬. From the 5 star restaurant series, you understand right? Then the very sticky pici, the taste not very similar to cheese and pepper. Sporadic, sparsely scattered colors of pepper. Not a good dish from Tuscany place! Then everyone has a coffee. Total expense, which when divided was €15 each. The waiter asks who pays in cash and who pays by card. We look at each other and get up to go inside the cash register. Inside there is the request. We look at each other and everyone decides independently. Here's the beauty that comes. 7 of us pay in cash (be careful, I'm right in front of the cashier and witness all this), me and another of us pay with the debit card. And do you know the latest? He increases our spending by €0.50 and gives us a receipt of €15.50. We get angry, and they, or rather she replies that it is like that. And note carefully, those who paid in cash were not given a receipt. Well then, in addition to not eating well, they behave dishonestly since they do not invoice what they collect and also amortize the cost of the POS with a surcharge. Honestly, I didn't want to, otherwise I would have had to call the police. Best wishes rest. By Mario Buonconvento. Other posts on social media.

01/05/2025: Had the most amazing meal here - one of our best in Italy, can’t recommend this place enough!