01/12/2024: Excellent quality of food at competitive prices. The service is valid. At environmental level: the aquarium under the floor is very particular.
23/11/2024: On my way back from the province of Verona to Treviso, I decide to have a Chinese lunch and looking on Google Maps I find myself in Vicenza, at the Gui Lin Chinese Restaurant, let's go by points as always:
Parking ☆☆☆
unfortunately, being in a main avenue of Vicenza and at lunchtime, there are no reserved places, it is not easy to find parking
Exterior ☆☆☆
the 3 external windows are rather anonymous, although it is clear that it is a Chinese restaurant thanks to the typical decorations
Interior ☆☆☆☆☆
Stupendous is not much... a wonderful aquarium with white and red carp acts as the floor for several square meters of the room... the furnishings are typical of this type of place, everything is very tidy and clean.
Service ☆☆
Insufficient, a big gap for two reasons:
- the service employee is a gentleman of around 40 years of age who is seriously lacking in communication with customers, cold, zero empathy
- the courses all arrived at the same time, so as they were enjoyed, the others became cold
Menu ☆☆☆☆☆
Very extensive, complete, varied although the cuisine is faithfully traditional Chinese, the representative photographs of the dishes are very appreciable... zero technology.
Bring ☆☆☆☆
- Spring rolls, good, made by them
- Sweet and sour vegetable soup, lots of water but unfortunately not much sweet and sour
- Rice dumplings with vegetables, good but could be improved, the dumplings were not cooked to the right point
- Mushrooms and bamboo, good, tasty, well done
Account ☆☆☆☆
There is not even a fixed menu formula at LUNCH, nor an all you can eat option, this certainly does not make it easier for customers.
For the above dishes, with a 66 Chinese beer and a coffee, I paid €23.
Conclusion ☆☆☆
as a regular visitor and reviewer of Asian restaurants, I must say that the Gui Lin Chinese Restaurant in Vicenza still has some work to do to reach a good average... it is out of line with the market although it can count on a truly pleasant environment and a menu varied but the public when it comes to restaurants wants to eat well and the competition, as far as Asian cuisine is concerned, is very competitive.
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