Restaurant Riviera, Langstrasse, Zürich
Sep
2008
Zuppa pavese
Papardelle Monalisa
Gnocchi burro e salvia
Now at least I know why the Riviera in the Kreis 5 on Langstrasse was empty when we entered at 18:45 for a quick dinner. The quality of the food is abysmal. In my opinion the menu is way too big. Why don’t they offer some pizzas, 5 decent appetizers, 5 main courses, 5 desserts with one of each of the five rotating every week. Quality would go up. We kicked our meal off with a Zuppa Pavese. I might as well have cooked up Knorr Flädli Soup, fished out the Flädlis, dropped some cut up toast into it and topped it up with an egg. The broth was weak and the bread bland. I can’t comment on an egg, but then again, who messes up an egg ? And where was the cheese ?
We continued with some Papardelle Monalisa (porcini, oliveoil and cherry tomatoes) and Gnocchi with butter and salvia (Salbei). My colleague with his Gnocchi just commented that if he buys them at Migros and cooks it himself the Gnocchi are better (and he’s a single man who lived with his parents until he was 31……). The Parpadelle were a farce, obviously bought in, and tasteless porcini. The cherry tomatoes were okay, but in summer they’re tasty anway. The thing which really turned me off was that the food was only lukewarm and the plate was cold. Come on – even McDonald’s across the street can get me hot food.
Price was 79 CHF for 2 soups, Gnocchi, Papardelle, 2 3dl beers and 2 espressi.
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15/07/2012 at 12:23
Hi All
I went few times to Riviera restaurant in Langstrasse in 2011 and in 2012 with some friends , i found it very good in terms of location and also the internal arrangement , it has a small terrasse for smokers behind which is also nice,
The quality of the food was OK, i remember i ordred first time Spagettoni mafia and second time Spiralli Calvados both were very well prepared and very good , the guy their told me all products are home made ,, i like it anyway ,
The service was Quick and no delay realized .. we were chatting and enjoying time .
I think Quality of restaurant foods depends on the Cuisine cookers .at lease this one i like ..
18/07/2012 at 18:44
Bonjour,
J’ai Passé 2 fois a cet restaurant , qui a été recommandé par un ami qui habite au coin, j’ai trouvé le menu impécable et aussi les prix qui sont raisonables …
la chose que j’ai trop aimé c’est la multiplexité des choix , la diversité des plats préparés ,aussi l’endroit qui est pas mal , tranquil et symapa meme si c’est le “heartbeat” de Zurich 😉 Langstrasse 😉
Salutations
19/07/2012 at 00:24
I’ll allow both comments, but they seem questionable as to their authenticity.
Update: Was contacted by the new owner and I will revisit the place, since this entry is outdated.
06/12/2015 at 07:57
You should give the pizza a try. It’s pretty good.