La Superba - GENOVA

We came 3 of us, ordering one negroni, one vodkatini and one hemingway. After some minutes of panic consultations between the waiter and barman and their mobile phones, the waiter comes, telling they don't have the hemingway...ok, we ask for two vodkatini. Understood they might not be at the point, begging pardon I ask the barman twice to please not let the martini in the vodka, and please use a Russian vodka, if any. We got two cups of white martini with a doubtfully skyy vodka, no lemon twist. Not to mention the service, atmosphere, wobbly tables, A place to forget.

When I first moved to Genoa, I used to really love this bar. My husband and I came here for apericena. It is like aperativo, but is strictly for dinner. You buy one drink and have access to a buffet. The first few times that we went were great. The only complaint that I had was that they did not serve the warm food properly. If you are wondering what I mean, it is that they will store stuff like warm rice on regular serving plates and not in the aluminum serving pans with the burners below them. The problem with serving food on a regular serving dish is that the food gets ice cold in seconds and that really affects the taste. Imagine eating ice cold french fries. I noticed that this happens in all Italy so it wasn 't too much of an issue. The problems started after my first few visits. When we first started going, the staff was very friendly and welcoming. After that, they became very cold. They began to treat us as if they are doing US favor for allowing us to honor to eat at their establishment. The service became really slow. Once the quality of service dipped so low, then the other problems with how the food is served became a problem. I went back a few more times hoping that the quality of service would improve, but it didn 't. So I stopped going and I never take any of my friends there. The one positive thing I can say is that the one time I went there for lunch, the service was much better, but I don 't think I will ever go there again.

We liked the fact that local office workers were lunching at this bar. We had the fixed menu for €10: primo, secondo and acqua. The spaghetti al limone was a good option for a hot day, as was the arrosto with salsa verde.

The service is just awful, there were four of us including a child for whom we came to eat pizza Very long wait for the waitress, who just ignored us and took the order after we started to argue. The whole mood was ruined. The waitress told other visitors that there were a lot of people inside and that's why she didn't have time for anything, although there was not a single person inside the bar! As for the food everything is very ordinary, there is nothing special to come to this place for.

Stopped here in the morning to have coffee, and went back for lunch. Good pasta and a tuna salad. Better than expected on a location like this. Price I perceived as moderate coming from the coast.