Over the years Qingdao’s La Villa French Restaurant has had its ups and downs but perhaps this time the long standing western eatery has finally cut too many corners. First don’t let the name deceive you, La Villa is NOT a French restaurant and never was. It originally was a local watering hole for foreign expats in Qingdao that served decent deli-style sandwiches,soups, and salads, but over the years as better places opened the core expat community moved on to feed and water elsewhere. La Villa tried to improve business with an attempt at the catering and the home delivery business.The Smack Down:
A customer per-ordered a Chestnut cake for a birthday party from La Villa French Restaurant in Qingdao but was sorely disappointed when the overpriced non-authentic cake was delivered. After several attempts to resolve the issue, the customer finally had enough and reported their experience of a “birthday cake gone wrong” to the Qingdao News Paper who ran the story here.The biased, advertisement-driven, local expat tabloids have over-rated La Villa and many other western establishments in Qingdao.To rate and post your opinion about local restaurants, bars, and others business listings in Qingdao point your browser to Qingdao China Guide. Also, The Qingdao News Paper has a consumer hotline: (532) 6887-3738, so do not hesitate to call if you feel as if you have been cheated by a local business.
A customer per-ordered a Chestnut cake for a birthday party from La Villa French Restaurant in Qingdao but was sorely disappointed when the overpriced non-authentic cake was delivered. After several attempts to resolve the issue, the customer finally had enough and reported their experience of a “birthday cake gone wrong” to the Qingdao News Paper who ran the story here.The biased, advertisement-driven, local expat tabloids have over-rated La Villa and many other western establishments in Qingdao.To rate and post your opinion about local restaurants, bars, and others business listings in Qingdao point your browser to Qingdao China Guide. Also, The Qingdao News Paper has a consumer hotline: (532) 6887-3738, so do not hesitate to call if you feel as if you have been cheated by a local business.
Sources:
http://epaper.qingdaonews.com/html/qdzb/20120320/qdzb393288.html
http://food.qingdaonews.com/content/2012-03/20/content_9159659.htm
I wish I had really listened to the a above description instead of absorbing the glowing reports in Redstar. What a complete disappointment, I went there on Friday night (26.04.2013) and ordered a rib eye steak. It was the flattest and fattiest rib eye I have ever seen, flat as a pancake and at least 20% fat. I should have rejected it on the spot but having segregated and then consumed the tasteless dish I had no option but to comment. I was told that SOME PEOPLE ask for the FAT and also informed that the meat is procured and butchered locally? they are however charging imported prices??? This month La Villa is advertising wines at supermarket prices, sure for a thimbleful. You can easily get the same or better value anywhere and probably everywhere in the town. From now on I shall take the comments in Redstar with a pinch of salt.
Forgot to add that I would give the establishment less than one out of five, probably 0.5 at best.