Feast – Fortuna’s Table

I can only describe this experience as an extreme disappointment… I was invited there by a friend and immediately things were going wrong — there were several empty tables and yet we were asked to sit in an overly brightly lit room and had to repeatedly ask to be seated in a more comfortable spot… service continued to be slow and inept throughout the night. The really sad thing about this place was the food. Selections on the small menu looked uninteresting but we were hopeful: pasta pomodoro, toast with tunafish, beef stew… yet somehow they reminded me more of a children’s menu than anything adventurous. Arrival of the food did not help get rid of our fears — the tuna was obviously tinned, the pomodoro was serviceable but not with the quality cheese or pasta i would expect, the beef stew was dull and plated sloppily with just a small pile of plain, parboiled rice. Portions were small, hot food came one plate at a time to the table rather than together, the salad starter was very dull. We were all, in turn, struck by just how uninventive the food was, nothing I would even serve at my own house to guests… it honestly reminded me of quick and dirty 20 minute dinners I would throw together on a busy day. Finally, the worst part: the WINE. I asked for a bottle of white, got the only variety they had, and was disappointed to see that it was one of the cheapest, low quality vino verdes on the market — usually 4 euro in a convenience store, and often only 5 – 6 dollars in the US. At the end of the dinner it was our shock to find that we were charged 18 euros for this embarrassingly bad wine, and needlessly so — we would have been happy to pay 10 euros for a cheap bottle or, better yet, pay 18 for something that had been selected with any kind of care.
– overall, a huge disappointment. for 70 euros three people ate food we could have cooked ourselves for 15 euros, but probably we would never bothered to make such boring recipes if what we wanted was some real dining. Combined with overpriced booze and bad service, it just cannot be recommended. My advice: invite your friends over and cook them something decent, light a few candles and you’ll be doing better than Fortuna’s table.

Sehr leckeres essen, finde aber dass es zu teuer ist!
Die pancakes waren der hammer, die eier mit den bohnon und den würstchen auch super lecker.
1,50 für einen winzigen, trockenen scone geht ganich. Ebenso wie 4 euro für ein glas sekt das zur hälfte mit osaft aufgefüllt wurde.
Ich liebe ameriksn breakfast, aber das ist mir etwas zu teuer…

«Fortuna’s Table» gehört wahrscheinlich zu den bekanntesten Geheimtipps der jüngsten Zeit. 2003 eröffnete Suzy Fracassa aus Detroit eine Cateringfirma unter diesem Namen. Daraus wuchs die idee für einen «Private Dining Room» im hintersten Neukölln, in dem handverlesene Gäste gegen Vorzeigen ihrer Einladung aufs Netteste bekocht wurden. Schon bald verbreitete sich die Kunde lauffeuerartig durch die englischsprachigen Internetkanäle Berlins und alle, alle wollten unbedingt mal dabei gewesen sein, wenn Suzy in ihr Reich einlädt.
Der Raum lässt sich ansonsten auch hervorragend für eigene Veranstaltungen anmieten und natürlich kann man die gute Suzy auch weiterhin mit dem Catering beauftragen. Da kann man dann Jahre lang angeben und vielleicht wird man dann im Gegenzug auch mal zu einem der orpulenten Geheimgelage eingeladen.
Fortuna’s Feast Blog:

VERY TASTYFUL!
I just set this up cos yall need to be eating little dishes!
Little dish is exactly that, a set menu of several different little dishes usually on Friday’s at Fortuna’s Feast. you can try em all or, as we did two of the same! tonight me and my friend both ended up asking for another order of the jalapeño relish cheddar cheese burgers cos they were DELICIOUS. and that’s just the burgers. you also get to try out very successful experiments i. e peach crumble for dessert that was just invented today in the kitchen.
You can even say hi to Suzy the owner and chef lady, who will pop out of the kitchen and run her twinkling eye over the proceedings :)
friendly and helpful staff. reasonable prices. high ceilings, really comfy wooden benches and solid tables, perfect for resting your elbows on and nattering into the late night. fun music and vintage furniture to ogle!
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