Esoticum Restaurant & Lounge Bar

Jidan Zehen P. • 2 reviews

March 8, 2025

10/10

Nice place n food

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Ramona G. • 1 review

March 4, 2025

10/10

Cosy Restaurant with friendly and helpful staff and good food.

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Renato Capoeira C. • 1 review

February 26, 2025

10/10

Very Nice place, excelente food,fresh fish and all waiters well prepared,

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Greg M. • 2 reviews

January 23, 2025

8/10

When I checked the receipt，the service guy told me there is a service charge for 3Euros per person. Really funny, because of we are Asians? If it is ur regulation，you should let customer know it in advance.

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Esoticum Restaurant & Lounge Bar • Owner

Of course not madame. Asian People is very welcome in our restaurant. We have a lot of asian costumers. The service charge in Italy is normal, called " coperto" . We explain every thing when we give the menu " steaks, drinks and coperto is not included. Thank you for you review

Rustam V. • 2 reviews

November 20, 2024

9.5/10

tiramisu with pistachio is really amazing! Made my day

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Esoticum Restaurant & Lounge Bar • Owner

Grazie mille della sua visita

Amin F. • 3 reviews

November 12, 2024

8.5/10

Everything is perfect 👌 and thank you so much .

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Irena I. • 3 reviews

October 14, 2024

8.5/10

Lovely setting outside, we had the table outside and enjoyed it. The food was really good, tried 3 dishes, one of them was average the most (my personal taste, the mussels were overcooked in my opinion). The salmon and the spaghetti with shrimp were excellent. The first waiter did not speak English, but the second one did and was super helpful. No issues with the discount, but keep in mind it doesn’t apply to the meat menu.

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Eva S. • 3 reviews

August 21, 2024

8.5/10

The food was great. Very delicious. Unfortunately were the meat dishes not included by the discount. They didn’t tell us that before. But overall a good experience.

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Alexandre T. • 9 reviews

July 27, 2024

5.5/10

Food very average. Not very tasty. Some mussel shells left. Mussels too cooked. Not worth the price, even with the 50% discount

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Albert B. • 4 reviews

May 7, 2024

7/10

The restaurant is in a narrow street, near the boulevard and the new aquarium in Genua. Reception is friendly, service is attentive throughout the evening, but clearly not 100% professional. The menu offers some nice descriptions, conveniently in a lot of different languages. We shared a fish carpaccio dish, which looked great and tasted nice. The main courses were squid risotto, with a creamy (milk, Italian cooks would never do this!) sauce and some shrimps. The taste was a bit flat, but most importantly: the dish was served on a cold plate and cooled down within minutes which ruined the taste. The second main course was the classic Genua dish of pasta with green pesto, beans and potato. This was also somewhat flat and, no exception, too cold. Dessert was a good mousse of passion fruit, nicely served. The price of about €110 for two persons with water and some wine seemed fair. There is still a lot to learn for Esoticum: use warm plates, create more depth in taste, turn down the background music (it was really too loud), and stay a bit closer to the Italian cuisine.

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Sven T. • 1 review

March 24, 2024

10/10

The dining experience at Esoticum was exquisite - the was extraordinary, unique and very tasty. The service and atmosphere very pleasant and friendly. Undoubtedly an experience to repeat and I can strongly recommend it to everyone.

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Jaime p. • 1 review

February 14, 2024

4.5/10

Unfortunately very poor and slow service . Food was average. Picahna was cuts of cold and dry meat. I had to cut it by hand cause no knife on the table . Spaghetti well overcooked. Very bad san Valentino evening. Not recommended at all

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James L. • 1 review

December 26, 2023

10/10

Excellent service and food!

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Roland H. • 21 reviews

November 14, 2023

9.5/10

Phantastic service.... We tried the wine before ordering it.... Very good wine!!!, phantastic food... Best tuna ever!!!

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Evan T. • 1 review

October 22, 2023

10/10

This is my ideal restaurant: small, quiet, friendly but unobtrusive service, and great food, creative but not fussy.

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Zain M. • 23 reviews

May 8, 2023

10/10

Definitely enjoyed the dished & amazing service

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Milica K. • 8 reviews

April 15, 2023

10/10

Nice food, but we waited for more than half an hour. Wifi is not working upstairs

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Jhon w. • 2 reviews

August 11, 2022

10/10

Very good fish quality

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Jhon w. • 2 reviews

July 29, 2022

9.5/10

i was searching for some seafood restaurant near of the Genova Aquarium, then I found this one. The name was the first thing that I liked, but the experience is what remains, and it was amazing. My favorite plate was gazpacho with row shrimp and double tuna. Thank you guys

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Helio Britto official B. • 4 reviews

July 22, 2022

9.5/10

Formidable!!! We come back again on Sunday.

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