{"id":628,"date":"2015-05-11T13:45:04","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T13:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=628"},"modified":"2016-10-14T21:45:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T21:45:47","slug":"vesuvio-shame-could-so-easily-be-a-precious-gem-but-lacks-sparkle-and-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/vesuvio-shame-could-so-easily-be-a-precious-gem-but-lacks-sparkle-and-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Vesuvio &#8211; \u201cShame, could so easily be a precious gem but lacks sparkle and presentation\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gallery3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"802\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/vesuvio-shame-could-so-easily-be-a-precious-gem-but-lacks-sparkle-and-presentation\/gallery3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gallery3.jpg?fit=850%2C425&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"850,425\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gallery3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gallery3.jpg?fit=720%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-802\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gallery3.jpg?resize=720%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"gallery3\" width=\"720\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gallery3.jpg?w=850&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gallery3.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gallery3.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gallery4.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a> A booking in my view should mean that your table is ready and you are seated shortly after arrival. It was 40 mins without so much as an apology before we sat down.<\/p>\n<p>The food was very average with little or no presentation and the service was very poor by untrained young staff and yet the images from its site present a well organised kitchen on top form.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly I don&#8217;t think the restaurant deserves my thumbs up on this occasion.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"803\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/vesuvio-shame-could-so-easily-be-a-precious-gem-but-lacks-sparkle-and-presentation\/gallery4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gallery4.jpg?fit=850%2C425&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"850,425\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gallery4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gallery4.jpg?fit=720%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-803\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gallery4.jpg?resize=720%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"gallery4\" width=\"720\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gallery4.jpg?w=850&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gallery4.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gallery4.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll be back in the foreseeable future.<a href=\"http:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gallery6.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rating-list\">\n<div class=\"recommend\"><span class=\"recommend-titleInline noRatings\">Visited May 2015<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A booking in my view should mean that your table is ready and you are seated shortly after arrival. It was 40 mins without so much as an apology before we sat down. The food was very average with little or no presentation and the service was very poor by untrained young staff and yet&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30,15],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-italian-food","category-restaurants","tag-italian-food"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gallery1.jpg?fit=850%2C425&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7ZU0a-a8","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":807,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions\/807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}