The Seven Hills Hotel and Restaurant is a bizarre one. Location wise it can’t be beat. If you time things well you get to sit with the Blue Mosque on one side and the Sofia on the other as the sun goes down over the city. It looks amazing but beware it can get surprisingly cold in the evenings, though if you don’t come prepared the owners bring you Turkish wraps to keep you warm and make you look like you’re wearing a magic carpet.Food wise, our starter of Calamari took over an hour to arrive during which time we saw several other tables get up and leave out of frustration at not getting served. Our main course arrived in a slightly shorter forty five minutes. I had a swordfish shish which was beautiful with fresh spinach, yogurt and pitta sides.
The bill took three attempts to get right (well it still wasn’t right but I gave in after the third attempt). It would win a prize for the worst restaurant in the world if the setting wasn’t so dramatic and the food, when it turned up, was actually quite good. The problem seemed to be they lacked any kind of system, there were no table numbers, food would arrive and nobody knew where it was supposed to end up. No waiters were assigned to table groupings and it was in all a bit of a free for all. We were probably lucky to served in under three hours really. It is definitely worth going to look at the view, just don’t go if you’re in a rush or lack patience in the extreme.
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