Best Restaurants for Quiet Conversation in Airport

We appreciated the manager dropping by our table and asking how we were enjoying our dinner.

We often go to Paese. The food is always good and the service is excellent. It is also less noisy than most restaurants and we can talk with our friends and this is a big factor for choosing this restaurant

Amazing as always. My go to restaurant with friends that really appreciate unique flavours and perfectly prepared and consistent food!

We love going to Gratzie they never disappoint, we took my mom for her 82nd birthday and she is a picky eater and really enjoyed it!

Truly, Signatures is one of the best-kept secrets of the Annex. Consistently excellent food, accommodating servers, quiet enough that you can have a good conversation -- no need for shouting as in so many other restaurants in this city. I'm writing this review because my husband and I made the wisest of choices to reserve for Signature's special event celebrating Rioja wines. It was pricey at first glance at $250 per person all in, but by the end of the superb five course meal paired with abundant servings of excellent wines, we knew it was a bargain. Standouts? The Seafood Paella -- the best I have ever tasted. (Indeed, I usually abhor octopus -- but the piece nestled on my plate with shrimps and chorizo was succulent, not at all chewy, and deliciously flavoured.) Also rating 6 stars: the individual Beef Wellingtons. These were a triumph of technique and flavour with the crispest crust on the exterior -- a moist and tender and perfectly cooked 5 ounces of tenderloin inside. Marina, our hostess from the Faustino wine regions/vintners, was a delight -- giving just the right amount of commentary on each of the wines served. And the wait staff (as always at Signatures, I might add) were attentive without being obtrusive and most accommodating to ensure each of us was comfortably seated. As a final note, I gave the ambience only four stars -- not five -- because although our table was exquisitely set with linens and a gorgeous centerpiece of flowers, we felt lost in the large space. The restaurant can accommodate so many diners that the small group who attended felt swallowed up in the space. I couldn't help thinking about all the folk who would have truly appreciated this meal but who either hadn't heard about it or were not able to dine that night. They missed something really special.