Bottega Fiorentina - Brookline

Yummy Pasta deserves to lose a star for the bread that comes with the meal. It's bland and lacks texture, almost like a piece of bubble. I really think they should either improve it or skip offering bread altogether. My personal favorites here are the Cacio e Pepe with grilled chicken and the penne in their spicy tomato sauce.

This situation makes me ponder a lot about my experiences at restaurants. Am I being treated poorly, or is it just my perception? Or perhaps I'm the one with biases against certain staff members. I wish I could understand myself better in this regard. To be truly fair to myself and the restaurant, I think I should visit at least ten times and note the differences with each visit. That way, I could determine who's really at fault. Could it be that the same worker had a series of bad days every time I went? Or was my demeanor off when I placed my order? Did I approach the restaurant with preconceived notions? Maybe there was a miscommunication and the staff member wasn't in the best mood, which affected my experience. All these questions swirl in my mind. Was the issue on my end or theirs? I often wish there were a device that could assess the situation and tell me where the fault lies. If it indicates that I need to improve my mindset, I could work on that. But if it points to the restaurant, they could make necessary adjustments. Imagine how invaluable such a machine would be!

The restaurant has limited seating, but they kindly rearranged a table so I could be seated earlier than expected. Plus, there was a beautiful rainbow outside after the rain, which was a lovely bonus!

Good taste for a place with so many options. We both have the Tortellini. Free bread was nice. Of course not the same as a 5-star authentic Italian restaurant, but we still enjoyed it and would go back.

I really like the food, I got the fettuccine Andrea. The service was quick and the atmosphere was quaint and calm. They appeared to make the food fresh and my meal was a type of sauce I had never had but that really suited my taste. It wasn 't until I got to the bottom of my plate that I found two pieces of hard melted plastic. Unfortunately I only noticed after acidentally wrapping them in a bite of fettuccine and taking a bite. So I did have to spit out my food into a napkin. After the first one I wasn 't sure what to think to so I took another bite and there was the second piece of plastic. At that point I thought better stop eating, who knows how many are in there . I really wish things had gone better, since the pasta was actually very good, which is why it is 3 stars and not 1 .