Stuzzichini Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food and drinks came up quickly and the food is very good."
• "Without doubt the best roast in Bexley...you actually get crispy roasts, flavoursome gravy and tender beef."
• "Real herbs and wonderfully creative aromas and tastes, which is the mark of a top class kitchen & chef(s)!"
• "Food was excellent quality and in sufficient quantity."
• "Food is always fresh and served with lots of flavour."
• "Our food was delicious and beautifully presented, with generous portion sizes."
• "The food was delicious tasty and hot."

Cons:

• "We ordered a side of mushrooms which we did not receive and we ordered small glasses of wine but charged large instead."
• "Some of our mains were cold and one of the dishes had a hair in."
• "Food is usually excellent but on this occasion my good was cold despite there being very few customers."
• "What Stuzzichini served definitely neither looked nor tasted like polenta."
• "The sea bass was 100% off not fresh."
• "The food wasn't as nice as last time if I'm honest."
• "The meat itself tastes like sea water at best and like bleach at worst."

Service

Pros:

• "I was very well received, they left me at ease and the drinks were great, fair price in everything."
• "The service was lovely, personal and attentive."
• "Elina was also fantastic in the lead up to the celebrations and was always so helpful with any queries I had."
• "The service was attentive, fast and very friendly."
• "The waitresses were so attentive and on the ball."
• "The service was faultless, very professional and the attention to detail was top notch."
• "Staff are friendly and brilliant and special thanks to Nika in the kitchen for a beautiful meal and being so helpful with my food allergies."

Cons:

• "Please don't pretend to be an Italian restaurant."
• "I would not bother going back there again we had a table at 7-30 on a Saturday evening for four people only to be greeted by 2 Eastern European kids sat on the floor screaming on the table next to us !!"
• "It took a long time to be informed that items we ordered on the menu were not available."
• "We were waiting 40 minutes to get served for drinks, staff were running around other tables, but not to us."
• "Had to wait 40 mins to order a drink while the other tables were served twice."
• "The waitress came back 3 times to check the mains ordered and yet we still had to wait a very long time."
• "Absolutely shocking dinner service today - Sunday. We waited 1.5 hrs for our starters for a party of 10."

Ambience

Pros:

• "It's a nice ambience without the common problem of loud background noise."
• "The atmosphere was lovely."
• "Fairly traditional decor, comfortable, nice lighting, big enough to offer a buzzy but not over powering atmosphere."
• "A large spacious restaurant. Inside soft lighting in the evenings with good ample seating space, that I found a big plus!"
• "Each dining room is uniquely decorated- modern, traditional and Mediterranean."
• "The overall ambience of the place is nice, quite and relaxing."
• "Very comfortable and attractive ambiance."

Cons:

• "The noise from the club next door drowned out all the conversation as the music was too loud."
• "Shame you can hear the music from the pub next door when dining in the conservatory as this means you hear two lots of music, which spoils the atmosphere."
• "The food was average and the spaghettis were definitely not cooked the Italian way."
• "Unfortunately our waiter wasn't very friendly at all and didn't smile once."
• "Moments later, before our starter had even arrived, a white couple walked in and he sat them there without a single fuss."
• "Would avoid a table near bar if you are dining though."
• "No high chairs, we went there with 1y.o."

Value

Pros:

• "Good value overall for a party of our size."
• "The restaurant is decorated to a high standard and the menu proves mouth watering reading without eye watering prices!"
• "FANTASTIC value for money just incredible!"
• "Great value for money!!"
• "Reasonably priced and definitely good value for money when you consider the quality of the food and surroundings."
• "Tuesday is a discounted night so that was a bonus."
• "Food was delicious (loved the seabass with champagne sauce) and very reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "A well kept and presented restaurant however £4.50 for a beer that's not even half a pint's worth is a bit of Micky take."
• "330ml beer... £5.35...Bottle of very average rose wine... £29... Food not as good as previous visits."
• "Also no draft beer £5 for a mouthwash !!"
• "£9 service charge killed it too as I would have given our waiter a tenner all day long."
• "The price is on the high end and the food is not halal as far as I remember."
• "My only downside was going from a set 3 course meal at £20 per head and ending with a £98 bill."
• "Service charge was added to the bill."