Della Salute

Ok well on this day we decided to hit Sandton Square the first place we arrived at was Della Salute with its sparkling lights promising a rather enjoyable atmosphere. So we took a seat and our first round of drinks. They arrived and much to our disappointment the drinks were by no means long drinks was more like a dwarf long drink. Some of the drinks were kind of mixed already which is not ideal. On first taste it wasn't bad although they do use sour mix in their long island ice teas. We didn't have to wait at all for our second round our waitress was great, although the second round did not impress at all. Due to a number of other incidences all in all we left the place with a rather unpleasant taste in our mouths which was both the shoddy long island ice teas and managements attitude.

Presentation: 3/10
Taste: 5/10
Service: 3(7)/10 (The value in brackets was our waitress the actual value is based on management)

Overall: 3/10

What does Rob have to say, Rob ?

Presentation: As Dave said the place was buzzing, bright lights and hum of chatter. So we parked our selves off at a booth and ordered our first round. The drinks come served in a dainty glass, much like the ones we experienced at Braza, our initial round was also garnish free and had all been stirred to some degree. Simple straws, no flair... Disappointing. Second round slightly improved in that a lemon wedge had appeared, drinks were also noticeably less stirred. More ice! (3/10)

Taste: Well, mine tasted like sour-mix and cola. Dave's was a little bit more on the lemon/lime side and the third drink we had for our friend Glenn, tasted rather good with just a hint of sourness. Unfortunately round 2 was much the same in its inconsistency, To much like tequila with a slice of lemon and a splash (and by splash, I mean way to much) of cola. More Ice! (4/10)

Service: Our waitress was fantastic, she was diligent and we hardly had to wait 2 min's before we were being offered second round. I had half a mind to tell her to move to Cofi. Management on the other hand left something to be desired, and I'm thinking it was competence. The evening wore on, and we found ourselves being asked to stop taking pictures, and as I say this several flashes from the surrounding tables light the scene. No explanation, and no time to ask for one as he shoots of back to his perch. So rather annoyed at this point, we continuing munching away... content to question him when it comes to paying the bill. So, we ask said manager... Who complained, why can't we take photo's... we reviewing your ice tea, not to mention making memories... much the same as every other person here flashing away (Again the scene lights up)
Manager points to a table in the corner, those gentlemen complained. Fair enough we said, did you happen to inform them off what we were doing, and that we would be careful not to bother them with the flash, did you bother to come ask us if we could be careful ? Hang on! looking back through my camera reel... that table has been empty most of the night. Manager... stuck on what to do... randomly repeats his statement about the table, not worth it me thinks, so just a quick word with manager on the finer points of diplomacy and customer care, our night at Della Salute ends. More Ice! (3/10)

Overall, I feel the place deserves a (3/10) and a long island will cost you R42.95