La Fattoria Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Excellent food and friendly staff."
• "Food quality and portion sizes, wines and beers, fullest flavour decaf espresso I’ve ever had, atmosphere, staff very attentive and polite, service, location, EVERYTHING superb!"
• "Loved the food."
• "The food was really good. The pizzas amazing and we ordered also lasagna (extremely hot and tasty!)."
• "The main kitchen at La Fattoria, produces fine tasting excellent quality Italian cuisine."
• "The food is authentic and superb!"
• "The food was absolutely delicious, the best Italian meal I've had in a long while."

Cons:

• "Food was nice though and service was fast enough but I was put off in the beginning by the attitude we were shown."
• "Not somewhere I would recommend, staff were rude, food is hit an miss."
• "A prawn frusilli dish that was again, bland and tasteless."
• "The food we ordered was bland and tasteless, just over salted."
• "The lasagna was slop! Lucky to find meat in it! Worst I have ever eaten!"
• "The chicken was chewy and tasted like it was out of a can of bad chicken soup."
• "The pasta wasn't well cooked, the porcini risotto was overcooked and the pizza was chewy."

Service

Pros:

• "The service was fantastic, such professionalism and great service."
• "Staff were great friendly and helpful."
• "Staff are very polite and accommodating towards guests."
• "Wonderful attentive staff, but not overbearing."
• "Great service and saw many locals dining here, and I can see why."
• "The staff were very friendly and attentive, food was served quick."
• "The staff are super friendly and accommodating. The service is exceptional."

Cons:

• "The service was slow."
• "Service very muddled."
• "Wait for food was 50 mins which was a bit long to wait."
• "Service could have been slightly more attentive as they missed an item off our order."
• "We complained to the waitress that the minestrone soup wasn't very nice, she just laughed it off and walked away!"
• "The service was little late. We had to wait for our mains about 40 mins after we’re done with our starters."
• "Wow such lousy service. We walked in and waited to be greeted let alone given a table!"

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Really enjoyed the experience, especially the atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere is electric."
• "Good atmosphere. It was very crowded on a Sunday dinner."
• "Plenty of atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere perfect for an occasion."
• "The atmosphere in here is something else altogether."
• "The atmosphere felt authentic and was a real quality family restaurant."

Cons:

• "On arrival the restaurant was loud and busy with people queuing outside."
• "Atmosphere is boisterous with happy birthday every two minutes, but the staff make it special."
• "It was very busy and hence very noisy inside but would return and would definitely recommend."
• "Unfortunately I felt it's become so popular it's now too busy and felt a bit uncomfortable due to being seated near the entrance."
• "It can be quite noisy as there is just one main room without any acoustic treatment."
• "Its noisy, dark and very cramped."
• "Very noisy, not a nice experience - I struggled to hear even the people sitting right next to me."

Pricing

Pros:

• "Really good food at a reasonable price."
• "Food is fresh, tasty and reasonably priced."
• "The food goes without saying it was phenomenal and very reasonably priced."
• "Had a beautiful meal with my family and when I received the bill it was a pleasant surprise to get great tasting food for a reasonable price in Chester."
• "Gorgeous food, reasonably priced."
• "The whole meal was just £50! An absolute bargain and an amazing experience."
• "The prices were not expensive, around 10 each pizza or any main dish and drinks around 4-5."

Cons:

• "Must make up the prices as they go hoping it won't be noticed as its so busy.... Lovely food pity they try to rip people off......"
• "The prices is extortionate."
• "The food was okay but it was really expensive."
• "They are still charging restaurant prices for takeaways."
• "The portions were shockingly small! Italians are famous for their huge portions. This isn’t very Italian of them."
• "Very over priced."
• "The zucchini fries portion was really small for the price too."