La Dolce Vita Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were friendly and very entertaining with a great sense of humour and attention to detail."
• "The service is outstanding!! Can not fault it."
• "Genuinely friendly staff like Francesco and Luca nice food great atmosphere and not expensive."
• "Luca e Maurizio are friendly and efficient despite the busy night."
• "The person who served us was very helpful, and we were pleased to find out that most of the menu was gluten free."
• "The waiters were amazing."
• "Very polite service and welcome."

Cons:

• "Host barely attended to us - wasn’t friendly - didn’t even get a hello from him."
• "Also the manager needs to be more polite with staff and he should not shout to them in front of customers, it made us feel really bad."
• "We were told he had removed the bruschetta and discounted the other pizza, unfortunately after paying and getting out before we had to order mains we realised no discount was given."
• "Service really rushing, the staff always rushing to clean our plates like they wanted to tell us to leave which is not good at all."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The pasta dishes were so tasty, and filling."
• "Authentic and tasty Italian homemade food."
• "Delicious Italian flavours, I would recommend this restaurant."
• "Strudel for dessert, again home made as mamma would do."
• "The food here is delicious and generously portioned."
• "The dishes were tasty and the portions generous."
• "The pizzas were the best I have had."

Cons:

• "The salad leaves albeit only a garnish were brown and off alongside the rocket garnish, the mozzarella wasn't buffalo on the bruschetta 'it was a mistake'."
• "The fritura di pesca was not tasty at all, all frozen cheap seafood and tasted less than average."
• "For 2 plastic takeaway container (not even full) of flavourless, overcooked pasta, below average arancini and garlic bread was nearly £50."
• "Below avg food. Prawns were cold."
• "Seafood spaghetti stank of not so fresh mussels."
• "Spaghetii di gamberoni was really dry and you could not taste prawns at all, just dry spaghetti."
• "The Frittura di Pesce was average for frozen squid, prawns and whitebait, the tartare was cheap store bought."

Value

Pros:

• "Very reasonably priced."
• "Two good starters and two main meals and deserts from a set menu for £16.95 each is tremendous value."
• "The food is a good price especially for the quality!"
• "Not expensive. All in all, a surprisingly good experience."
• "Service is great, food is outstanding but you can't beat them on cost."
• "Decent meal sizes and good value for money."
• "Really good, authentic Italian food for a very fair price."

Cons:

• "Excessivly expensive for lunch but serious cooking with intense flavours well executed."
• "Very disappointed and I will not be coming again."
• "Price could be lowered by couple of pounds for some dishes to align with food quality."
• "I felt it was a bit too expensive... the ambience could improve for a better experience which justifies the higher prices."
• "Overall, the experience was good, but I felt it was a bit too expensive."

Ambience

Pros:

• "A pleasant outdoor terrace made our evening fun and warm!"
• "The atmosphere cosy and a definite family feeling."
• "Loved the energy and atmosphere of the place."
• "The atmosphere is warm and friendly, particularly over the weekend."
• "The restaurant is cozy and clean."
• "Nice home cooked food in an intimate, friendly, local."
• "Cozy place with very welcoming staff."

Cons:

• "Not easy to find parking space in Teddington where this restaurant is."
• "Not very wheelchair accessible although they would probably be able to adapt easily to those that use wheelchairs."
• "The place could use a bit of refurbishment, but nothing to complain about."
• "Good food, but not exceptional, and a bit noisy on the night we visited."