Fresha Restaurant, Bar & Coffee Shop, Rte de Saint-Julien 198, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates

Large new italian restaurant that opened last june and that is located in a new office building on the ground floor in a new office buildings park. This is the first restaurant in that area that is also open in de evening and for 7 days of the week. We enjoyed a dinner this week at this restaurant on their large outside terras. We ordered cocktails and took their cocktail of the day, which was a mix of prosecco, watermelon, and sirop with a lot off ice. Rather small drink and unimpressive for chf 18! We started with a mixed salad, which was nice and fresh, but which needed a bit more sauce. For the main course, we selected a risotto dish, their aubergine dish, and a margaritha pizza. The aubergine dish tasted well, but despite being a larger portion, it was still a bit too small fir a main course. The risotto in a tomato cream sauce was quite rich and was tastewise, not what we expected. We had hoped for having some traces of real tomatos. The margaritha pizza had a nice thin crust and tasted good. The pizza was brought to our table lukewarm. After complaining, the pizza was reheated in their oven. We also ordered their tiramisu but were not impressed. When setting the bill, the waiter tried to invite me to indicate on the credit card machine the tip that i wanted to give, 5, 10, or 15% on top of the bill. This is despite that the menu states clearly that tva and services are included! I had no problem giving a cash tip, but this was pushing it too much.

The food was well executed and the atmosphere was great, and even though the waiters were nice, they overall service was very slow. We waited 30 minutes before even being asked if we wanted something to drink and it wasn’t from our waiter, but the host who sat us. From arrival to our fist starter it took 75 minutes. We only ordered 1 starter and 2 mains. When asked if we wanted anything else like an espresso we said, no just the bill, because we have to get back to our kids, but the waiter didn’t come back with the bill and after another 10 minutes we tracked him down again and only after that we’re we able to settle the bill. Everything else was great, so I think a little more attention from the servers would make me want to return.

Lovely place, so charming! Everyone was wonderful, from the service at the bar and then the service at the table! The food was just AMAZING! I loved everything, from the cevice to the fiorentina and the desserts!! I will come back