Lore & Fitch in San Giljan

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  Janos Szakal

  :: 28 January 2018 20:51:33

  We booked a dinner with my wife, celebrating a birthday. We were here before, and had confidence in the place. This disappeared for ever! We wanted to eat 2 nice steaks and a bottle of wine. First problem was the wine. They have a great selection, but when I ordered a Caravaggio bottle of Shiraz, to have some local taste, the waiter brought and opened another wine, and said his colleague believes it will be the same good for us. NOT at ALL! His substitution was a cheapo cuvee containing our choice of grape as well, a three euro wine, sold at nineteen eur, and half the value of our choice as per maltese retail prices. It is OK to have a missing wine on the list, but please, tell it before opening, to be able to choose another. Then the steaks: Instead of the 250 g Australian Fillet, we received something 1 cm thin folded in 2 (!) on the plate, to look bigger, and not a fillet at all. It probably was a sirloin at best. But comes more: Instead of the signature 400g USDA rib eye, I received something average, thin and fatty, probably again a sirloin steak of some kind, maybe even under 300g. It seems they thought we would never find out that they are not "the real thing". As it was a celebration and my wife persuaded me not to ruin the evening with complaints, we kept on going. I really believed they misunderstood our orders. She felt sick of the meat after the dinner, so we wanted to have some digestivo, an Avemar and Fernet Branca. Next shock, the waiter brought a white cocktail and told us, this is Fernet Branca! Now we sent it back, and demanded the Fernet. They finally opened a new bottle and brought it to us. The last shock was the invoice. They sold us, of course the thin sirloin cuts as the original orders, paying premium cut prices for these average meats! My wife quietly mentioned them, that it was not how we remembered this place and the meat before, of course there was no reception, their answer was that the chef is still the same. For the same meat and food, half the price would have been too much in Malta. I am not sure if it was a rip-off by the staff not detected by the management. Our suggestions, if you dare to go there: It is not a meat boutique: be prepared to be a butcher or else, you will not get the premium and expensive cut, what you paid for. Be prepared to control each item you order, as the staff can cheat you with a cheap substitution. We can just hope that my wife's sickness was from the fat on the meat and not from the freshness of the meat. Do not show that you are tourist, and easy target for the restaurant "tricks". This is unusual to Malta. What a disappointment, as this restaurant is at a top location, with a top view, premium prices, that puts responsibility to the staff and the owners! Disappointment at all levels.

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  C R

  :: 20 October 2017 17:10:30

  Very bad and unfriendly staff. You will feel not to be welcome when you there as a guest. We were there on sunday 15th of october 2017. Especially a man we're very pissed. No thank you no enjoy nothing.... Food were well. Location is good.

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  Matt

  :: 06 October 2017 07:14:08

  Awful experience. Dithering staff meant the main course didn’t arrive until 2 hours of being there. They were absolutely useless. Even when you get the food it was a grossly expensive steak that was distinctly average in every way. Huge disappointment when considered it’s reviews & the way it looks. Would never return!

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  Elisabeth Ritter

  :: 11 September 2017 19:10:47

  Meat meat meat... .. cooked exactly how you like it. In Malta, I believe good meat is hard to find but here, I actually really enjoyed the meat. Wine list is very for generous wallets. Service can be slow on busy days but all and all very nice staff. If you get to sit by the window, you can also enjoy the view.

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  Diederick Bakker

  :: 20 August 2017 14:03:36

  The meat that we ordered was not cooked like it supposed to be. The service was nice but they forgot us. After 3 times asking for the bill and 20 minutes waiting. We finally went home. Ist was to expensive for what we got. And if you think you can eat romantic, you have to be a football fan.