Cucina Moderna - Timişoara

I just went here to have a cup of coffee with a friend but I saw next ti the table a dessert I ordered and ... a special pancakes ... the secret recipe .was very good

I had lunch with my brother a few days ago on this place, place was empty when we arrived. It's located at Hotel Vanilla but they have a terrace accesible through an entry on the left side of the Hotel. Seeing all the good reviews...I had high hopes of finding some very nice Restaurant, maybe even some fine dining dishes. I orderded the Trubot fish (18 lei per 100g) but the waiter informed us the fish had 1kg so much to big for one person, not sure why they don't put this info in the menu. So second choice was the Sea Bass on salt (22 lei per 100g) which sounded pretty fancy but it actually wasn't anything spectacular. Plating was average at best, fish was fine but again nothing too fancy, the skin which is actually my favourite part was ruined by the salt and the fish skin had scales which I guess it's normal as skin was not meant to be eaten. Still, one very easy dish and one pretty expensive one at 66 lei. The Baked Potatoes (9 lei) were pretty average and had not much taste so definitely one dissapointing dish, was expecting more for a 75 lei portion. I tasted also my brother's pasta Linguini with Shrips Squid and it was not bad but I was expecting better since they were pretty expensive at 56 lei, they didn't had any sauce and also no parmesan cheese, however shrips and squid were pretty good, properly cooked. We also had dessert: Chocolate souffle with ice cream (also maybe a bit expensive at 28 lei) which was actually pretty good, we both liked the icea cream, felt home made and also te Chocolate souffle was very good cooked, I recommend you try it. Overall, the lunch was kind of disappointing, service was ok but not very attentive, he went missing for some time, also I found the prices a bit too high for what we got. Worst thing was the check at the end as the pasta was in the bill listed at 68 lei vs the 56 lei listed in the menu, too bad we only noticed this after we left the place, such a mistake is unacceptable in my book, hence the one star review, otherwhise my rating would have been 3.3 5 stars.

Always coming back with enthusiasm for the best food in Timisoara. Italian, traditional, home made food or juice....all are delicious!

I tried chicken liver with yogurt dressing and pasta carbonara.At the end special pancake,woooow,simple and amazing dessert.You have to try.Thank you Alin for the recommendation

I just went here to have a cup of coffee with a friend but I saw next ti the table a dessert I ordered and ... a special pancakes ... the secret recipe .was very good