Comments on: Review: Santino’s – Jawharat Al Shatti

By: Ghalib

Ghalib — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:49:50 +0000

Andrea,

Does O Sole Mio not have an Italian chef anymore or something?

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:29:12 +0000

I used to work like Dining Supervisor for O Sole Mio last year and, to be honest, I never been in Santino’s but, without an Italian Chef and, at least, one Italian Manager, you can’t label these Restaurants like Italian Restaurants. They’re just fakes, ItalianRestaurantswannabe! That’s why O Sole Mio isn’t busy anymore: you can’t pretend to take in a mickey the customers…

By: Omani Cuisine » Blog Archive » Review: Pane Caldo - Jawharat Al Shatti

Omani Cuisine » Blog Archive » Review: Pane Caldo - Jawharat Al Shatti — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:32:05 +0000

[...] Santino’s was recently rebranded as Pane Caldo. The restaurant is still in the same place in Jawharat Al Shatti, but now bigger (they invaded the shop block next to them), they did not change the furniture of the place and there is apparent change in the staff or the ambience of the place either. However, Pane Caldo does seem to have now a more emphasised contemporary image that is less casual and more fancy with their choice of colours and finish-off I guess. [...]

By: Blue Chi

Blue Chi — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 18:33:00 +0000

Thanks for sharing that with us Muscati. Will be looking out for this new restaurant. I am probably one of the few people that used to love Santino’s.

By: muscati

muscati — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 18:14:00 +0000

I passed by Jawharat Al Shatti today and noticed that Santino’s s closed for remodeling. They’re gonna open later this month with a bigger place and a new name. Santino’s no more.

By: Del_Yahi

Del_Yahi — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:47:00 +0000

I did not like their pasta or sandwitches, but i see their pizza is fine…

O Solo Mio, i am not going there again until they have at least one decent waiter.

By: muscati

muscati — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:58:00 +0000

I’ve been to Santino’s many times since they opened. Most of the starters are good but I am yet to find a single main course that I’ve liked. I didn’t like the pasta. Didn’t like the sandwiches. And particularly not the pizzas. The only way for me to have a satisfying meal there is to have two starters.

O Sole Mio, the Italian restaurant on the other end of the Jawaharat Al Shatti building never disappoints. It might not always serve an outstanding Italian meal, but it’s never bad.

By: Blue Chi

Blue Chi — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:35:00 +0000

I discovered that people at restaurants usually love to photographed, I feel that most of them think that I’m some sort of reporter or that I work for a magazine, and they usually treat me better after I take their photographs.

By: Amjad

Amjad — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 08:05:00 +0000

I don’t like the pizza of Santino’s but I like their Pasta range very much. For pizza I prefer Papa John’s and Pizza Hut but for pasta it’s Santino’s and nothing else.

Great review! I always fail at taking decent pictures of a restaurant I want to review! =p because maybe I find it weird and strange taking pictures all over the place. But you take decent pictures and even picture the waiters! =p That’s great.