La Cucina Di Soteri

We've passed this restaurant a number of times and it has always looked and smelled appealing, so we decided we were finally going to give it a try. An enormous disappointment awaited. The drinks a lemonade and a diet coke were flat, and when the waiter checked by our table, I sent the coke back, only to be served another flat ! coke. Later, when confronted with the 'mistake', the waiter offered to take it back and get another drink, a beer, "anything" and I asked for a beer. The beer was served, but was also added to the total bill. The calzone main meal was clearly made from canned mushrooms and canned tomatoes, and served undercooked edges still doughy, tomato-ey water seeping out - it was simply quite rubbish. At the end of the meal, I took the apparently jovial owner aside and discreetly offered some feedback on the meal. I sought no compensation nor did I refuse to pay service charges or the "complimentary" drink which had mysteriously found its way on to the bill - I just said that it was obvious the drinks were served from big bottles behind the bar and that replacing a flat coke with another was not going to entice locals to come back. Instead of accepting the feedback and apologising, he turned aggressively defensive. My parting words were simply "I'm sorry, mate, I just wanted to give you some feedback so other guests would not have the same experience as us, but since you don't want it, I wish you good luck." A total tourist trap. Mismanaged and disappointing. Avoid at all cost. Just around the corner in the same price range are far better PizzaExpress and Cafe Rouge.