La Pergola Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Absolutely delicious. Homemade pasta, super taste."
• "The pizzas are great."
• "Very very very good food."
• "Tried the Mare e Monti tonight and it was the best pasta I have ever tried! Prawns fresh, the pasta cooked to perfection and the sauce was so tasty."
• "Authentic Italian food of great quality, the pizza is particularly good, as there is a proper pizza oven in the kitchen."
• "Food is very good and made with Italian knowledge and good quality."
• "Delicious, authentic Italian food at very reasonable prices."

Cons:

• "Our dishes was a bit uneven in how we enjoyed them overall, but some really stood out for the better like the tiramisu and the gnocchi."
• "Sometimes delicious but a bit inconsistent."
• "The calamari I ordered was a bit chewy and rubbery."
• "The food was average at best."
• "Quite pricey for very run of the mill food you could make a superior version of in your own kitchen."
• "The seafood was salty, the steak was chewy and flavourless."
• "The food... lacked the fresh authentic punch."

Service

Pros:

• "Great food & service!"
• "The welcome you receive is lovely smiles and you will always get someone asking if you're ok."
• "The service was great considering there was one guy running around serving everyone. He did an amazing job."
• "Many compliments to Raphaela, who is an excellent waiter."
• "The service was really good, attentive but not overbearing."
• "The service was impecable even with a full restaurant,the food was divine."
• "Staff are very polite and friendly especially Tony the barman."

Cons:

• "The waitress was rude and claimed that parmesan is vegetarian."
• "The service was slow, however the waiters looked after us well."
• "The service was slightly disorganised and rushed."
• "Been there few years ago and it was perfect. Today the food was ok but the service was pretty disappointing."
• "Staff were incredibly unorganised, but more importantly very rude."
• "The main problem is the staff; the first one we talked didn't know the menu at all, the next one was Ill tempered and not helpful at all."
• "The service that really did this place in for me."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Atmosphere is brilliant too, just like going to a friendly informal restaurant in Italy."
• "The atmosphere is very lively."
• "This is family restaurant which has a nice atmosphere that gives you Italian vibe."
• "The atmosphere capturing the authentic Italian experience."
• "The atmosphere is loud but welcoming and the food is traditional Italian."
• "Inside italian style noisy talkative positive chaos."
• "The atmosphere is very friendly and I love the window into the kitchen where you can see the huge wood burning oven."

Cons:

• "And it was really really noisy."
• "The dining hall is cramped & very noisy & the waitering staff kept bumping into our chairs."
• "The restaurant is very busy and can be loud so perhaps lacking in cosy and ambiante seating."
• "Very loud but it's obviously a popular place so cant moan about that."
• "The room noisy, but somehow lacking atmosphere, the decor tired and dated."
• "First glance the place looks ok then you walk into it its decently set up go outside to eat and you are covered in bugs as well as smoke from people smoking right next to the eating area."
• "Huge aggressive dog indoors."

Value

Pros:

• "The quality to price ratio means value is outstanding."
• "Truly authentic Italian food made by actual Italians!"
• "The food was good and extremely reasonably priced."
• "The red house wine from Puglia was exceptionally good, and for the price asked fantastic value."
• "I spent about £28 for pasta, bruschetta, and sparkling water - quite reasonable."
• "Thankyou for keeping fair prices during current times unlike half the restaurants around."
• "Good food at reasonable prices."

Cons:

• "You can only rely on reputation for so long."
• "Although the pizza was fantastic, especially the homemade dough."
• "The only thing that let it down slightly was the time it took to be served."
• "The food was average and the service was absolutely atrocious."
• "Everything we ordered was over-seasoned (and I'm not afraid of a bit of salt!). Pasta was gloopy, pizza weird."
• "Prices on the costly side. But worth it."
• "The chips with the steak were not the best, might have been better if they were hand fried."