Bollicini Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The risotto was cooked to perfection, the linguini had lots of flavour and was also cooked perfectly."
• "The food were amazing, cocktails and drinks recommendations couldn't have fault it."
• "Food was nice and tasty."
• "Perfect mix of classic Italian food (and service from Valentino) coupled with quirky and wonderful cocktails from the new bartender."
• "Food, off the charts. Utterly astounding. Even the picky eaters in our family were happy."
• "The food was exceptional, and the service was second to none."
• "The food was delicious and the portion sizes generous."

Cons:

• "Only had a pizza which was OK, and a side salad which at £3.50 for some leaves no tomato or other 'salad' stuff was a bit steep."
• "The quality of the food was just average. You can get better."
• "Food was ok but nothing exceptional."
• "The starters was heated frozen prawns from Tesco and the main was not eatable."
• "The food was plain and comparable to Tesco home brand pasta sauce."
• "The lasagne wasn't so great as it was a little tasteless with not much meat."
• "The pizza calzonne was basically dough with a dry filling. No tomato sauce."

Service

Pros:

• "Service a bit unattended but otherwise good."
• "Absolutely fantastic hospitality by Sara & the whole team."
• "Service was excellent as was the atmosphere."
• "Service, amazing. All the staff were kind, friendly, attentive and amazing."
• "We were served by 3 amazing gents who gave us impeccable service."
• "Service was excellent and friendly."
• "All the staff were attentive and courteous."

Cons:

• "The service was very slow. We had to wait for 45 minutes for our main and over 15 minutes just to pay and leave."
• "Terrible service but great food."
• "The manager was rude, aggressive and intimidating."
• "Poor service waited an hour for food and had to chase them up for this."
• "There was no apology from the staff and they were actually disgustingly rude."
• "Service was a bit slow due to staff shortages which was unfortunate but unavoidable."
• "After waiting for 20 min. no-one even came near our table."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The atmosphere was good too."
• "The atmosphere was brilliant and I would definitely recommend this restaurant, all around great experience."
• "The atmosphere even when low in clientele is well worth visiting."
• "Combined with the overall ambience, it was a lovely dining experience."
• "The lights were lit on the veranda and was very tasteful, relaxed and a nice romantic feel."
• "A little noisy but the overall atmosphere is great."
• "A fantastic evening out, with great food and a wonderful atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Management were downright rude and pretended to have poor grasp of English after we complained."
• "The whole place is packed like sardines in a tin, too close to other tables."
• "Atmosphere a bit loud (hearing aid users struggled to hear within our group due to echo/noise)."
• "Pure filth! If you want food poisoning then come along. It's a vile dirty place."
• "The atmosphere was lacking somewhat but it was a lunchtime and very quiet."
• "Also the restaurant was so hot no open windows so we all baked and not great with current covid guidelines."
• "Was in a party of 10, we were put upstairs in a room with no other dinners. No atmosphere or attention, really poor."

Value

Pros:

• "Beautiful restaurant, good value for money."
• "Reasonably priced too."
• "Food is decent and not too expensive, the pasta is good quality."
• "No food was 'bad' just not great and prices are reasonable."
• "They do an offer on Tuesday and Thursday where two courses and a bottle of wine is 20 pounds, which is pretty good."
• "Best of all, 50% off the food and wine...superb value and all four of us enjoyed our meal."
• "It was clearly freshly prepared and very good value."