Carluccio's Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Carbonara was absolutely phenomenal, genuinely the best I've had in any Italian restaurant."
• "All our food was delicious, calamari, noccerella olives, bruschetta, chicken, bacon and avocado salad and pasta carbonara."
• "Their Tiramisu is the best I have EVER tasted."
• "The food was excellent. The Christmas specials very tasty."
• "The spinach pasta is to die for."
• "Ribeye steak and tuna tartare absolutely sublime."
• "The cabonara is simply delicious, made the authentic way."

Cons:

• "Food was just average, quite bland no seasoning, squid was pure rubber and the focaccia was just so dry."
• "Unfortunately the meals were not that impressive."
• "Food was horrible this time and the service was even worse compared to the food."
• "tasteless amd uncooked pasta, will never go back due to very poor food quality."
• "In the seafood linguine, the mussels were either off or not far from it."
• "The garlic bread appetizer was simply awful, I could taste anything but the 2Kg of butter that was on the bread."
• "The seafood linguine was not cooked properly and it smelled very bad."

Service

Pros:

• "Really good front of house service."
• "We had an amazing time with impeccable service and perfectly cooked food."
• "Last minute... Tam our waitress made such an effort to look after us.... attentive and just a lovely experience."
• "Staff are so friendly, the waiter Rad is lovely and remembers me even though I come about once or twice a year from Nottingham."
• "Great service and food."
• "The service was fast and the waiters were very friendly."
• "Staff were exemplary, attentive but not intrusive."

Cons:

• "Service was slow but there were a lot of us."
• "Poor service. Good really not great."
• "It was a disappointing experience, staff distante and unfriendly we waited 30 minutes for a coffee."
• "We waited 20 minutes before asking if we could order some drinks and see a menu."
• "The place was empty and the waitress was going around cleaning tables whilst ignoring us."
• "Some waitresses can be brash and spent more time worrying about the tip at the end of the night being in cash than catering to their guests."
• "Having a pleasant evening but it was spoilt at the end by the waiter noisily stacking chairs all around the room from about 9.30 ... made you feel that they wanted you out."

Value

Pros:

• "Bonus was we had 50% off mains so was a bargain!"
• "Outstanding meal. Considering how busy they were, standards did not drop."
• "We had a three course meal with plenty to drink and it worked out at approximately £50 each which was more than reasonable."
• "All round good value especially if u use there 1£ second main meal deal."
• "The prices range is between cheap and fair."
• "The food quality was good and it was value for money."
• "Just good Italian-style cooking at a decent price."

Cons:

• "This is definitely a meal not worth the price you're paying for."
• "£8.25 for 1 small, oil-soaked piece of white bread topped with scrambled eggs."
• "Glass of chianti wine was a ridiculous £9.75."
• "For the price, the food was underwhelming."
• "So very expensive."
• "Dinner here probably isn't going to be cheap."
• "A extremely wobbly table and with no Salt & Pepper on our table either!"

Ambience

Pros:

• "The restaurant has a great view of the boats and has very good interior decor."
• "Love sitting on the balcony."
• "Nice ambience."
• "Comfy chairs and a great view of the Spinnaker tower and harbour."
• "Location incredible, overlooking harbour and Spinaker Tower."
• "Great location with views to the harbour."
• "Looking out over the Forbury Gardens, the location is lovely in the summer, but also in winter."

Cons:

• "The vibe is quite dry when there are no customers."
• "It's a big place though; nicely done but I didn't find it very cosy."
• "Management rude and arrogant."
• "It's a decent restaurant but pretty underwhelming for its prices."
• "The place was empty and the waitress was going around cleaning tables whilst ignoring us."
• "It will be a while before we venture back if that is the quality we now are presented."
• "Whoever is coming up with these instructions needs to be sacked!!"