Definittely the better choice

Reviewed by Pangzi on Fri, 03/18/2011 - 13:42
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Review of [CLOSED] La Rucola (formerly Alio Olio)
5

We went there last night as we live in the area. Decor is quite similar to the pizza place a few doors away as is the menu, but the pizza is much better. I had the Napoli Pizza which actually tasted and was not bland like the one from the competition. Service was friendly and the Italian owner is a good guy who knows how to treat guests, which is rare in Beijing! Definitely the better choice if you want Pizza at Chaoyang Park West!

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Pangzi's picture Pangzi Submitted by Guest on Mon, 06/10/2013 - 13:33

After about 2 years I felt it was time to comment on the place again. Sadly like so many restaurants starting out well in Beijing, it does not take long until things go downhill, cutting corners on quality, fluctuation on staff which means very inconsistent service and increasing prices at the same time. The owner/boss is a friendly guy but it seems he is having a hard time keep things together, wonder when the guy had a night or half a night of sleep lately. Happend now three times that we came to the restaurant during lunch on the weekend and we were waiting for 10 minutes to be seated, every time no one seemed to care that we were standing there, we asked a waiter and she just said I dont know and gave us a nervous laugh, it seemed no one cared at all. They are quite successful with the local crowd it seems, which is fine with me, and maybe they dont care about additional business. Sad, but luckily the competition down the street did not sleep and I am happy to bring my business there.

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