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Most Popular Mediterranean food in Jiaonan, Shandong, China
Find out what Mediterranean restaurants to try in Jiaonan including Italiano Doc, The Flying Catch Mediterranean Restaurant, Istanbul Turkish Restaurant Qingdao
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1. Italiano Doc
Overall Ratings
4 based on 143 reviews
ITALIANO DOC RESTAURANT Intercontinental Hotel Qingdao by Qingdao Sige Catering Management Co., Ltd, located on the 1st floor Intercontinental Hotel Qingdao. Italiano DOC cooking with passion The word DOC literally means â Authentic â. DOC is a relaxed re
Reviewed By leprechaun25
Service was great, however the food was poor. I'm not a picky eater, but I've traveled to many different countries and tried a lot of food. This ranks as the worst Italian I've ever had. Starting with the bread, it was all white bread. That can be good if it's a nice loaf of fresh italian and a tasty seasoned crust, but not when it's the little rolls with no flavor, the only thing that saved it was the dipping oil and butter. This was the highlight of the meal.Next was the pumpkin cream soup. It tasted like neither pumpkin nor cream. Honestly if you've eaten enough chinese food around northern china, you'll instantly recognize the oily taste of whatever the base oil is that they love to use here for absolutely everything. I'm guessing it's soybean oil. Definitely not a cream base. No other flavors stood out besides the oil taste. Zero seasoning detected.Lastly was the pizza. Let me just say that if this was a pizza served in the USA, the place would be out of business in a week. The cheese and toppings were fine, but there was barely any sauce to be detected, and what was there was either bland or simply overpowered. I'm talking maaaaybe a few tablespoons of sauce for an entire pizza. Then there was the crust. Normally this is my favorite part of the pizza, but it's like they used the same bland dough for the rolls as they did for the pizza crust. Zero flavor detected. Pizza is usually a nice guilty pleasure, but 2 pieces in, I wondered why I was wasting the calories.In closing, the food just isn't up to a western standard if you've ever eaten at an Italian place in the USA. If this is what it's like in Italy, I'd give up Italian.First of all, i apologize for your terrible experience, and next, lets try to understand....Service was great, < THANK YOU > however the food was poor. < DEPENDING ON THE FOOD ORDERED, SURE, CAN BE, BUT MAYBE YOU ARE CONFONDING SIMPLE WITH POOR >I'm not a picky eater, but I've traveled to many different countries and tried a lot of food. This ranks as the worst Italian I've ever had. < HALF OF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE SAME AS YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF, FORTUNATELY THEY LOVE OUR FOOD UNDERSTANDING AUTHENTIC ITALIAN CUISINE > Starting with the bread, it was all white bread. That can be good if it's a nice loaf of fresh italian and a tasty seasoned crust, but not when it's the little rolls with no flavor, the only thing that saved it was the dipping oil and butter. This was the highlight of the meal. < PLEASE NOTE OUR BREAD IS MADE WITH HIGH QUALITY FLOUR FREE OF CHEMICAL, USING NATURAL YEAST AND 24 HOURS SLOW RISING, ALSO OUR FREE WELCOME BREAD BASKET INCLUDE SLICED BREAD, BREAD ROLLS, GRISSINI BREAD STICK, AND OLIVES FOCACCIA BREAD, SO UNLUCKY YOU ONLY GET THE SMALL ROLLS? SORRY FOR THAT......> Next was the pumpkin cream soup. It tasted like neither pumpkin nor cream. Honestly if you've eaten enough chinese food around northern china, you'll instantly recognize the oily taste of whatever the base oil is that they love to use here for absolutely everything. I'm guessing it's soybean oil. Definitely not a cream base. No other flavors stood out besides the oil taste. Zero seasoning detected. < UNDERSTAND YOUR MEANING, BUT OUR PUMPKIN SOUP IS ITALIAN STYLE AND NOT FRENCH, AND IS COOKED WITH OLIVE OIL, NOT CREAM, USUALLY CUSTOMERS ADDITION TO THE SOUP SPICY OIL OR PARMISAN CHEESE, ANYWAY, WE ONLY USE EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL IN OUR KITCHEN AND LITTLE QUANTITY OF SUNFLOWER OIL FOR DEEP FRIED DISH, NO SOYBEAN OIL....> Lastly was the pizza. Let me just say that if this was a pizza served in the USA, the place would be out of business in a week. The cheese and toppings were fine, but there was barely any sauce to be detected, and what was there was either bland or simply overpowered. I'm talking maaaaybe a few tablespoons of sauce for an entire pizza. Then there was the crust. Normally this is my favorite part of the pizza, but it's like they used the same bland dough for the rolls as they did for the pizza crust. Zero flavor detected. Pizza is usually a nice guilty pleasure, but 2 pieces in, I wondered why I was wasting the calories. < I WAS WONDERING IF YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NEAPOLITAN PIZZA AND CHICAGO PIZZA? .....> In closing, the food just isn't up to a western standard if you've ever eaten at an Italian place in the USA. If this is what it's like in Italy, I'd give up Italian. < WITH BIG RESPECT FOR AMERICAN PEOPLE AND RESTAURANT OWNER IN USA, I MUST SAY, AUTENTIC ITALIAN CUISINE IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM ITALOAMERICAN, ALOT OF FOOD YOU CAN EAT IN US ITALIAN RESTAURANT OR AROUND THE WORLD, YOU WILL NEVER FOUND IN ITALY, THIS DONT MEANS FOOD IS NOT GOOD, IF YOU LIKE AND RESTAURANT OWNER MAKE MONEY, WHY NOT.... BUT WE OFFER ONLY AUTHENTIC ITALIAN CUISINE, AS IT SHOULD BE.> < THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME WRITING THE REVIEW, AND OF COURSE YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME BACK, I WILL PERSONALY TAKE CARE OF YOU>
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2. The Flying Catch Mediterranean Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 75 reviews
Enjoy the cheerful dining experience with authentic Mediterranean cuisine, friendly warm service and affordable prices.
Reviewed By samtrip12345
Hard to believe, but right in Qingdao you can escape from wonderful Chinese to get a reasonably good meal of a variety of Mediterranean dishes. Service was great.
3. Istanbul Turkish Restaurant Qingdao
Overall Ratings
4 based on 46 reviews
ISTANBUL Qingdao Turkish Restaurant is Located in the Qingdao city, southern part of China\'s Shandong province. We bring to Qingdao a delightful authentic delicacies of Turkish cuisine with an impressive menu of traditional and regional dishes from right
Reviewed By longbsim
Went for a dinner one Friday night. The restaurant was pretty quiet but it was just after the CNY.We ordered starters of cheese borec and baba ghanoush followed by the meat meze for two and it was superb. The borecs were as good as any I have had in Istanbul itself and the lamb and chicken were cooked beautifully.Beer was genuine Efes which was nice. Overall very good service, and great food at a reasonable cost.
