Lombardis

A basil, tomato and mozzarella starter is a good way to gauge the quality and care of a place like this, with fresh and decent ingredients it’s a dish that’s nearly impossible to screw up. Mine was a slightly sad affair, with run-​of-​the-​mill pale tomatoes, wilted rocket a sprig of basil and appeared to be missing the olive oil entirely.
Disregarding the slightly worrying starter, I waited for my main course ‘rigatoni alla norma’, I was craving a simple comforting bowlful of well-​cooked pasta in a sauce that had been slow-​cooked. The sauce was anything but– it had large chunks of very undercooked eggplant, while the sundried tomatoes were extremely acidic when bitten into and came with a strange aftertaste.
The dessert fortunately saved this review from a string of negatives. The passion fruit crème brûlée was nicely presented, large and ended things on a nice note.
The service was fine, however we had to chase our waiter down for both the dessert menu and the bill after asking.
This place is not cheap by any means, served me relatively unremarkable food and has a strange chain-​restaurant vibe about it. With wonderful, flavourful little Italian places in the city to eat such as Döden i Grytan, I really can’t recommend that you choose this place for a special dinner.