Vista Bar And
Grill
Hotel
Montenotte
I’ve been using some
of those better than half price deal vouchers and the most recent was this week
when I called to one of my local hotels, the Hotel Montenotte. The Groupon
voucher promised a couple of cocktails and a main course each for €25.00.
Hadn’t been to the
Montenotte for quite a while but it turned out to be quite an enjoyable
experience. The voucher mentioned the Vista Bar and Grill but we were directed
to the adjoining restaurant section; both enjoy the same views over the city.
The hotel and dining
room looked brilliant. Service was low key, courteous and efficient. The
cocktails didn’t materialise. Instead we were served with a glass each of a rosé Prosecco, quite dry
and tasty. No quibbles there; only bubbles. There were supplements on the
various steaks but again this had been flagged to some extent by Groupon.
We checked out the well
worn menus as we sipped the bubbly. CL decided to go for the Poached Darne of
Atlantic Salmon (C), priced at €16.75. This turned out to be quite a pleasant
surprise. It was served, unusually, on baby potatoes with a fresh mussel and
winter vegetable broth, with a side dish of spot-on vegetables. A little
different and a very pleasing main course indeed.
Didn’t expect any
problems with my sirloin and none materialised. It was done just as requested
and I really enjoyed the creamy mushroom sauce and my little bucket of French
fries (nice touch!).
Had a look at the
desserts but, after two sizeable platefuls (and the fact the Champions League
was about to start on telly!), decided to finish off with coffee. Again, this
was well up to standard, Bewley's I believe.
