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cityweekend

1/5 Taverna is simply too modest in its title—I'd give it at least a quarter. Focaccia (¥8), last I checked, should be flat, crispy and sprinkled with flavoring—not just a white loaf—but at least it was warm, so they win points for effort. Meatballs with a "spicy BBQ sauce" (¥26) tasted a little like Chef Boyardee, but I'll let that slide since I so enjoyed the remnant nostalgia (is that what it tastes like?). When I ordered a draught beer from the menu to wash it all down, I learned the restaurant had yet to arrange that by their opening week. Dull, farmed pink salmon steak with tomato-basil salsa (¥98), followed by an oily and malajiao-ed Penne Arrabiatta with roast eggplant (¥42), would get high marks—were I strapped into a 747. An airplane at least would have poured their wine generously; 1/5 filled less than that fraction of my glass with a house red (¥60; ¥50 for white). Since our dinner, 1/5 Taverna has added a live mariachi band and a much-needed drinks menu, including pitchers of Sangria and cocktails, hopefully helping them actually "take the concept of the commune to a new level of get-down harmony." With the understanding that dry openings are just the beginnings, we wish 1/5 Taverna luck in becoming complete.

 

evalipman

Beijing’s ‘escape’ restaurant and drinking spot, in a rustic-chic warehouse-inspired space. On offer is a made-to-share menu, more-ish drink favorites, and digestion aided by live Mariachi music! Lunch & dinner

 

2 months, 3 weeks ago

greyjing

A group of us had dinner here last night, and had a great time. Favorites were the lamb skewers, house salad, tiger prawns, and penne. The best part was the atmosphere. It's in a courtyard right off decking and gardens, has high ceilings, smells of wood, and has a decent live band. Latin music mixed into classic covers, and they played table to table. The bill was painful for a freelancing budget, but reasonable compared to other high-end restaurant. Just keep it easy on the liquor.

 

2 months, 1 week ago

vatvyf

Why are people giving this place 5 stars? I see Time Out also gave them a rave review. Other than the great location and nice interior decor the food is TERRIBLE! We ordered pizza and the salmon and didn't finish either as they were simply inedible. It is unfathomable how someone who cooks for a living (and presumably went to chef school) can produce stuff so unpalatable. No doubt they will do well with the Chinese crowd who associate high-priced Western food and fancy surroundings with class. The band was good though, so not a bad place just to have a drink......

 

1 month, 3 weeks ago

epay

Ate here with a group of 6 in mid-May. Our food was either bad, or overpriced, or both. Here were some low-lights: Bread - 4 RMB nang from my local xinjiang place is inevitably better, as is the stale bread at April Gourmet. Veggies - Garlic steamed spinach for 30 RMB? I'll pass. Wine - 1/5 glass for 50+ RMB. I guess that's where the restaurant name comes from.

Ditto on the above, though, if you want to blow some $$$ on gorgeous atmosphere and listen to a decent band (except the covers of Hotel California... cringe...) then it's ok. If you want to spend this much money on dinner and actually get good food as well as atmosphere, go all out at Alameda or Green T. House or really anywhere else.

1 month, 2 weeks ago

adidasxk

I'll give 5 for the decor, 3 for the food and 3 for the service. Our food was slow, it just taste ok, service is a bit too slow and it was sooooo hot inside when packed.

But overall it's one of kind dining experience with lots of room to improve.

Hopefully on the next visit......

 

2 weeks ago

fundodochapeu

I have to say I was extremely disapointed with the service at this place. We went there yesterday as part of a birthday dinner and had reserved a table for 9 people. The whole reseervation process was already not very pleasant as we were told we could only chose 2 times: 18.30 or 20.30. Fine. After not wanting to order a main for everyone (and rather A La carte once there) we were asked to come only at 21.30!! Why?? i don't know... after insisting we got the table for 20.30. Despite being 10 people instead of 9 I wouldn't consider this as a big group to serve in a place like this. The food was slow, the service was unatentive and to top it we got the lights turned off (what they call dimmed to the point you can only see exterior lights) as soon as we were the last customers in the room at 11!!!!... We had a full meal with lots of wine, so it wasn't a cheap snack... for that i expect much more from the service, and DEFINETELY not to have the lights turned off while we were still drinking.

I did mention this to one of the staff as we went out to what she could only come up with a rushed sorry and a "maybe next time this won't happen". Maybe!! right.

All in All, i give it the single star as a combination of the place itself (although it was far too warm inside the place... nice for winter nights) and the food that is still the best i've had for mediterranean like dishes. Don't order the paella though... not worth it.

 

1 week, 2 days ago

adidasxk

I guess the service do still have lots of room to improve.

Regarding reservation, they also asked the same thing, so I just reserved at 6.30 at showed up at 7+ and it was fine.

It is extremely hot though if the place is full and the service will be messy, my friend ordered something and ended up not showing, so we just canceled it.

I guess we were only dining for the atmosphere, as mentioned food was just so so overall and I have tried better food, for now I will say they got the concepts, just need to work on quality.

Give it time, it'll work.

1 week, 2 days ago