The Dolce Vita deserves special mention here in the pages of Trip Advisor, on account of it single handedly re calibrating my sense of of what constitutes good and bad service in a decade of regular visits to France. La Dolce Vita in Menton struck a new low, that I have every reason to believe will be hard to match.French waiters are of course known worldwide for being a surly and recalcitrant lot, especially where foreign tourists are concerned. For the most part they are undeserving of such a reputation, and are in fact friendly and helpful. Bearing this in mind though, I am always cordial, polite, and will always attempt in my most pigeon like French to ask for a table and make my order....
I came here with my girlfriend, brother in law, my sister and there three month old son. Although we made a reservation none of the personel could find us a good table in first instance. We ordered a salad caprese and a pizza as an entree and the main course was lasagne, a salmon dish and the risotto. First up the risotto was hard, the lasagna tasted strange and the salmon sticked to its plate. We had this problem with both salmon dishes (we ordered that twice). The music was very loud so we had to ask if the volume could be downgraded a little. After half an hour the music was again too loud. The service was very arrogant and we got some pretty awfull 'looks'. After complaining bout the mus...
Restaurant: What started off well ended in a nightmare. I wished we could have lodged a complaint against the owner he is agressiv and rude. We ordered a dish, it was served differently to what was described on the menu, so we sent it back. The waiter got into a flurry at this point yet we managed to order another dish, and it was still different from what was written on the menu. The owner appeared at our table when we were about to pay, he was off-limits from the start, firing away about our behavior with the food and how dare we not be satisfied. We tried to explain to him that we were only asking for what was written on the menu, he treated us of racists. To top it all he claimed we were...
The service here was terrible. We ate lunchtime and after getting drinks and a menu, we then had to wait 30 minutes to order the food. Several tables had been served despite coming in after we had arrived. We nearly left but were told our food was only a few minutes away. When it ariived it was bland (pasta and moules frites) and only warm. We left most of the food and went as soon as possible.
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We ordered the caesar salad with shrimp and the pasta with seafood. Both were very good. The pasta had a delicious red sauce with squid, mussels, clams, and shrimp. The restaurant sits right on the beach and has a great view.
Superb service at this friendly restaurant in beautiful Menton. At the end of a long row of restaurants , fabulous lasagne and sole meunière , highly recommend and reasonable prices .
This was the first lunch of our holiday. La Dolce Vita is a beachside restaurant and the setting, service and quality of our meals left us feeling totally relaxed and happy.
We ate lunch there after having paid for the use of their sun beds. Lovely fried anchovies and salad. Staff very polite but not very smiley! Sun beds were great and clean!
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We ate at La Dolce Vita a couple of times and we where satisfied with most of our dishes. Don't forget to reserve sunchairs in advance, if you plan to use their beach.
Ideally located close to the beach, offering great food and friendly staff. Would definitely visit again the next time I'm in Menton.
