The Ginger Italian Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Joe and the team are very welcoming, the food is some of the best I've had and the service was perfect."
• "Staff are always super welcoming, friendly and entertaining."
• "Booked for NYE, what an amazing night. Thank you Joe and team simply the best."
• "Excellent food, generous portions, fantastic service and friendly, welcoming atmosphere."
• "Thank you Joe for making the whole process from booking to end of the night such a smooth process!"
• "Our waitress was very bubbly and lovely."
• "All the staff were welcoming, friendly and very attentive."

Cons:

• "We didn't feel that your staff are very friendly towards families."
• "The vibe felt uncomfortable."
• "Very poor speed of service. Debated leaving."
• "At one point the manager cleared the table and picked up my bottle of water (which I paid for), didn’t pour the rest into my glass, but walked off with it to throw it away ??"
• "Service was friendly but very slow, especially to get the bill."
• "The drinks service was a little slow but the venue was fully booked, and the staff did not stop working hard the whole time."
• "The staff didn't seem to care."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Portion sizes are very good and quality is top drawer."
• "Great food, excellent service and a lovely atmosphere."
• "The food was amazing delicious 😋 we had plenty of food and drinks."
• "The food is very well presented and always delicious."
• "Food, amazing!"
• "The food arrived piping hot and the food was sensational."
• "Food was incredible."

Cons:

• "Why are they serving swordfish to children????!!!!"
• "£5.50 for 4 slices of baguette, oil and soft out of date squishy olives !!! Not a good start."
• "The pasta was hard and the sauce bland, I could only describe it as watery tomato puree."
• "The prawn and crayfish and papaya salad was tasteless and had very little fish."
• "The mussels were old and the tomato sauce very bland indeed"
• "The creamy onion sauce with the muscles had a bad smell from it."
• "Some of the mussels still had beards which instantly put me off."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Booked last minute for a birthday celebration as my originally intended venue for full. So glad we came to this establishment."
• "Loved the atmosphere!"
• "The atmosphere was great we had the whole restaurant for the night."
• "Was a nice evening, live music was really great."
• "Really happy and cheerful atmosphere."
• "Good atmosphere, Food was great."
• "Atmosphere was made amazing bye the manager 👏 hands down this little Italian is fantastic."

Cons:

• "If you’d like a quieter meal with undisrupted conversation, then this may not be your top choice."
• "Only slight downer on when we went was the typical loud mouthed rose hill women who drink more than a fish and sound like they have bigger lower hanging balls than me."
• "The noise level within the dining area can be overwhelming."
• "Music on the whole far too loud. Extremely difficult to have a conversation."
• "The atmosphere was completely and utterly ruined by a large group who had three screaming children running around."
• "Awful!! If you looking for a venue for stag and hen party or you want karaoke then fine."
• "It does get quite loud tho, so not necessarily a good choice for a romantic meal for 2."

Value

Pros:

• "We enjoyed the food & thought the price reasonable."
• "Given the volume of food we were also impressed by the value it represented."
• "Very well cared for restaurant; clean and inviting."
• "Reasonably priced too."
• "Fantastic value, Exceptional quality."
• "Good Italian food at a reasonable price."
• "Food wasn’t INCREDIBLE but was good Italian food at a reasonable price."

Cons:

• "We ask for mixers with our drinks and was told that we can only buy a 1.5 bottle so ask for just a dash of tonic and a dash of coke."
• "We ordered more drinks without the mixers. I felt like I was getting mugged of then the bill came out for £170 sorry Joe we won't be back but will miss the great food."
• "Still charged is £4 for the ice cream!"
• "Our meal had come to £95! Wish I’d just booked Zizzi!"
• "The lamb was extremely fatty and the food vastly over priced."
• "£8 for a pint of Moretti!"
• "Would recommend but it is a little pricey for what it is."