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Don Giovanni is a family favorite. Great for going in groups, as it can get quite noisy, it serves...
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Don Giovanni is a family favorite. Great for going in groups, as it can get quite noisy, it serves large portions of high-quality fare. Dishes aren't too adventuresome, but they are well done. Especially recommend the calamari and minestrone (both EXCELLENT) as starters. All in all, don't be afraid of going classic, Ristorante Don Giovanni is sure to elegantly please. Plus, gotta love Castro Street in Mountain View.
Pros: good dependable food, service, fun atmosphere
Cons: none
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We went there for lunch. We are big foodies and especially love gourmet seafood recipes. This...
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We went there for lunch. We are big foodies and especially love gourmet seafood recipes. This place does it right. The tartar appetizer with salmon and hamachi was dreamy -- seriously! I will be dreaming about that one and coming back for it. My husband had the Petrale Sole -- healthy portion size, beautiful buerre blanc. I also had the Chicken Teriyaki Wrap (don't know why) and it was pretty tasty, but I wouldn't order that again. I should have tried something else. Most of the tables around us were ordering burgers -- they must be good there. And, the place was packed. What's interesting about the wine list: they have half bottles! I wish more places would do that. The half-bottle was made for restaurants. However, the red wine list is quite poor. We had to order a white while we'd normally order a red. We'll bring our own next time. The service was friendly, but a bit slow. Took us 15mins to get our bottle of wine. But, we'll forgive that as they were very busy. Oh, and another note: The waiter (Carlos) was really sweet, but he immediately reviewed the tip of each bill he picked up and would banter with the other waiters about it. The table next to us obviously left a small tip and he appeared to be ripping on them from the servers station --pointing them out to other waiters. We left a nice tip and he made a point to come up to us as we left and thank us. That's so cheesy. Waiters should really be more professional about the whole gratuity thing. Such a turn off. But, I'm ranting... that was a small issue in comparison to how great the food was. We look forward to coming back and trying some other items.
Pros: Great food! Does seafood right! Adequate portions!
Cons: Service is questionable, but we will try them again
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Spice
Category:
Local Favorite
873 Castro St
Mountain View,
California 94041
Our family was just driving by on a week nite and we happened to pass Spice. The restaurant is not...
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Our family was just driving by on a week nite and we happened to pass Spice. The restaurant is not very easy to spot as the sign is not that big - they need a bigger sign that lights up. We were originally going to go to another restaurant down the street, but the wait was too long and we decided to go back to Spice. We were able to get seated immediately at Spice. The server was attentitve. With our family of 5, we were able to try a nice sample of dishes. Because the menu offered dishes from different Asian cuisines, we wanted to try many of them. So we tried dungenous crab fried rice, pancit, the thai basil chicken, pork adobo, shanghai lumpia, banana fritters/turon and halo halo and even the coconut creme brulee. All the dishes were prepared fresh and the flavors were good, tasty, and unique and even unexpectedly good. The manager or owner came by to ask how everything was and we gave her our feedback, we suggested that perhaps, they be open later on weeknites. We also congratulated her on the restaurant, as we heard that they just had a recent grand opening and we very much enjoyed the food.
Hope more people find out about Spice, it is an experience worth trying.
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