Restaurant Papa Lisa

Excellent Italian in a south west suburb (but easy to get to via tram lines A or E) – This is in an industrial area where a warehouse has been converted into a restaurant! Whilst the surrounding area is not worthy of mention, the ambiance in the restaurant, the food and the service are! It is a large restaurant, a bit like the North American style restaurants, (but I don’t think this is a chain!). They have created partitions / sections so as to room sized rooms which makes it quite intimate and it gives an impression of a smaller venue. Well decorated and with good seating. We were there in the evening on a winters day – heating was great and lighting/ambience good, too.The Food – Between three, one had a veggie pizza and 2 of us had a risotto each (one with fish and the other was a cheese one with carrots and other veg within the risotto) – all of the dishes were excellent (I tasted the others!). We got there early on a Friday (6pm), and the sections near us were almost packed within an hour of us getting there…..and there were people queuing when we left, both to get into the restaurant and for take-away’s. They have an extensive menu, good wine list and the portions were generous (doggy bag time! – don’t be ashamed to ask). The bill for 3 (incl aperitif and sorbets for all 3, but no wine with the meal, nor hot drinks / digestifs after) came to just under Euros 80.The service – our waitress was called Magali and it was such a pleasure to have her serve us – nothing was a problem, she had a great sense of humor and mischief and took all our teasing in her stride and gave as good as she got! She was amazing – she helped us choose, provided the friendly relaxed atmosphere and was happy to find out the answers from her boss when she did not know the answer ….examples of questions – “was there any shell fish used in the fish risotto” & specifics around what the English translation was for some of the French words that none of us could translate, etc)….Would I go there again? Most definitely! Try it out for yourself – If good food & great service is what you are after, you will not be disappointed!