La Campania Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The staff are friendly and the service is great."
• "Waitress was super busy so I would recommend patience but she made us feel soo special."
• "The staff are polite and helpful, service was swift without feeling rushed."
• "All the staff we friendly and the food is amazing."
• "Staff were courtesy, attentive without being 'fussy' & polite."
• "The service was warm and friendly and the food was really, really good."
• "Professional, friendly and courteous staff who are an absolute credit to La Campania."

Cons:

• "Ruined my evening and will never recommend or return again."
• "There was a general lack of attentiveness from the waiting staff, which was disappointing."
• "Service was polite, but very slow and not particularly attentive (fresh table water had to be asked for each time)."
• "And they wanted us out the door. We were made aware that they wanted to close early."
• "Never have I been I silted and treated so rudely by the staff in this restaurant. At precisely 2.59 the bill was slapped on to our table and we were told to leave."
• "Service was polite, but very slow and not particularly attentive."
• "The service was absolutely appalling."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was GORGEOUS! Freshly made tomato soup full of tomatoes."
• "The meal was fantastic as usual."
• "Very generous portion sizes and a good selection of authentic Italian dishes."
• "The food was amazing and hot. The pizza is so tasty and has an amazing amount of cheese and sauce with a wide range of topping to choose from."
• "Their pizzas were crispy and flavoursome. Deserts delicious!"
• "The portions are great, the flavours are out of this world."
• "I had mussels, divine, creamy, so good, followed by 3 fishes plate; unbelievably delicious."

Cons:

• "Our mains were below average quality. The chicken in one of the dishes was very chewy."
• "Had pizza, the base was soft, more like American pizza than Italian."
• "The toppings were of dubious quality too."
• "Both dishes had double the amount of sauce than penne and quite bland."
• "The king prawns were the worst of what we ordered, they weren't bad, just not as tasty as everything else."
• "Unfortunately the fish board was not so good, and the pizza okay, but lacking in flavour."
• "I ordered pasta which was over cooked and flavourless- for an Italian restaurant that’s unforgivable for me."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "La Campania was also a lovely first meal out with the COVID precautions in place."
• "Set in a truly beautiful old building, we found food, service and smiles to match."
• "A fantastic restaurant minutes from Arundel Castle which encapsulates everything you would want from an eating establishment - great location, a warm and cozy ambiance."
• "It feels so cosy and Mediterranean."
• "The atmosphere was warm & surrounded by local artist paintings, one of which we bought."
• "The atmosphere and ambience of the place was very friendly and welcoming."
• "La Campania is a very comfortable and welcoming place to dine."

Cons:

• "Maybe on a different day we would have had an enjoyable meal like many of the other reviews posted here. However, based on such an extremely uncomfortable experience I can’t ever see us returning!"
• "The only thing is it was quite busy and crowded, the tables and chairs have a rustic feel to them and the outside area at the back is kind of dirty and not nice to be in."
• "A loud kitchen beaming with ugly energy saver white light."
• "Although not the best table (stock next to back terrace door next to kitchen hatch)."
• "Twenty empty seats at 8.45pm, but for couples they can only offer tables next to the kitchen."
• "Unfortunately this means poor disabled access, with uneven flooring and a steep staircase to toilets. Unisex toilets."
• "Sadly this year..not so much. Food was ok not great. And they wanted us out the door."

Value

Pros:

• "OMG....have I ever spent £15 better in a restaurant: no I haven't."
• "Also very reasonably priced with big portions!"
• "The food was excellent and great value."
• "Great value for money. I shall return!"
• "Value for money- best I can recall in years, and certainly the best lunch value in Arundel."
• "Fair prices for the quality you experience at this restaurant."
• "This indulgent meal for two - bottle of wine, 2 glasses sweet wine, 2.5 filling courses was under £90."

Cons:

• "Although £6 for alcohol free beer meant I stuck with water!"
• "A big bottle of Peroni will set you back £8 though, the only downside to great food."
• "Food was very good but not cheap."
• "Not bad but barely passing the ‘could I have cooked this myself at home’ test."
• "Overall the experience was OK but wouldn't bother returning to be honest."
• "Food was frankly unexceptional."
• "I ordered a caprese starter that was meant to have buffalo mozzarella but it turned out to be regular mozzarella, which is fine but you should tell your clients when the ingredients used are different from the ones described on the menu."