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Scott's Family Italian Cuisine and Bar
Many ingredients of the classic neighborhood Italian restaurant are to be found at Scott's: cheerful staff offering complimentary nibbles, reasonable prices, delivery within 5km and a menu of Beijing-Italo standards like minestrone, spaghetti bolognese, saltimbocca and generously topped wood-fired pizzas (RMB 28-68). Set against Scott’s strengths are its low-visibility location on a back alley that doesn't appear on most maps, and competition from more established Italians in the area like O Sole Mio, Abella and Panino Giusto.
Location
- Sanlitun 三里屯
- 41 Xingfu Lu (250m south of Dongzhimenwai in the alley west of Paddy O'Shea's), Chaoyang District
- 朝阳区幸福41路号
- Daily 10.30am-11pm
- 6416 0600
- ¥¥¥ 50-80
Map of Scott's Family Italian Cuisine and Bar
User reviews of Scott's Family Italian Cuisine and Bar
Decent food, terrible location
- Joined: Jan 12th, 2006
- Posts: 225
Review of Scott's Family Italian Cuisine and Bar
My rip roaring sinus infection has completely deafened my sense of taste so I can only give 2/3 of an assessment. But no matter: my assessment so far is that the food and service are decent enough (it is a bit dead tonight due to chunjie), risotto and lasagna are not bad (according to my wife and daughter, but the portions are too small), the waiter is nice but obviously clueless about the food. Location is super hard to find and we had to call from the cab 4 times to find the place. Bottom line is that they will have to move sooner or later if they want any hope of surviving.
A very pleasant surprise!
- Joined: Aug 5th, 2009
- Posts: 123
Review of Scott's Family Italian Cuisine and Bar
I'm often disappointed by "Western" food in Beijing, but Scott's was a very pleasant surprise.
The restaurant is pretty tricky to find, however. Although it's right in the middle of the embassy district and not too far from Sanlitun, it's tucked up a very obscure alley. It's worth the effort though.
We had salad and pasta dishes, all of which were very tasty. The food is very reasonably priced, and local beers are only RMB 15 (overseas brews are slightly more).
The service was excellent without being overbearing, the staff very friendly and polite. I also liked the relaxed ambiance of the place.
Best of all they gave us a free dessert.
Highly recommended if you're after solid Italian at a very decent price.
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- Joined: Oct 12th, 2009
- Posts: 130
Review of Scott's Family Italian Cuisine and Bar
I took my girlfriend after having seen the blog entry on thebeijinger. The taxi driver was close to murdering us and it took 3 phone calls to locate the restaurant which is in a back alley at the back of Paddy's.
The decor was perplexing at first sight, the chairs are all different and took a while to adjust to. The open kitchen is nice and tucked away in the far corner is the wood-oven. The waiters were very amicable and polite.
Food wise the selection was vast and covered the most popular Italian dishes without too many strange ingredients which was refreshing. The Brushetta was sensationally fresh and well seasoned. The pizzas were well cooked, thin and had an authentic flavour, the ingredients again were fresh and the toppings were proportionate. To top off we were offered a delicious strawberry mousse.
Prices are very competitive for the quality of food and when paying the bill I had to look twice. I was expecting bill at least 50% more than what I paid.
Only let down is how hard it is to find the place which resulted in us being the only customers in the restaurant for the evening, which is not a bad thing.
Definitely worth it, if you can find it. I walked out with a big smile on my face and nostalgia of home (Milano).
Buon Appetito
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