Da Noi Chester Reviews Summary

Atmosphere and Venue

Pros:

• "Relaxed atmosphere, intimate venue."
• "Warm and intimate atmosphere."
• "The restaurant and experience has got this homie feeling to it, so not too fancy, just a top quality experience."
• "Friendly environment and very passionate and highly skilled staff."
• "Staff and customer service was excellent, felt very welcomed as soon as we entered."
• "The atmosphere, the staff, the wine selection were 100% superb!"
• "A small cosy and very friendly restaurant in Chester city center."
• "Wonderful restaurant extremely professional staff and the owners were very hospitable."

Cons:

• "Very quiet inside and lacking atmosphere or ambience on a Friday night."
• "I had to top up my own glass of very expensive wine."
• "If your table isn't ready it feels awkward and embarrassing."
• "Table wasn’t available at allotted time and we were told to wait outside for 5 minutes in the rain."
• "The restaurant is a small family business. Definately worth a visit."
• "I'm just sad that we don’t live in Chester so do not know when we will be able to go back."
• "The place looked bigger in the picture on Google images."
• "Table not ready..... No apology when we we were called to say table ready, we had to go to a local bar."

Food Quality and Presentation

Pros:

• "Superb food an explosion of colour and taste."
• "Each individual dish was carefully constructed, and the flavors were beautiful to the taste."
• "The food was unbelievable, pretty on the plate and the wine paired perfectly."
• "Every dish was delicious (I tried them all 🙃)."
• "We both had pigeon breast which was delicious (my wife says perhaps the best she’s ever had)."
• "I had the potato veloutte to start, wow what amazing flavours."
• "The ravioli was absolutely incredible."
• "The food is exceptionally good, the staff are lovely and the ambiance is really romantic."

Cons:

• "The food was very much hit and miss. Some dishes had no seasoning whatsoever."
• "Others were entirely oversalted and inedible."
• "For the fifth course, two of our pasta servings arrived hot, yet the other two were ice cold."
• "Food was very salty and the tasting menu left my wife and me needing to grab more food afterwards."
• "Main had the steak and ratatouille - it was dry and lacked flavour, needed a sauce or something to go with it."
• "Food took ages to arrive indicating an understaffed kitchen."
• "For me the food seemed a little pre-processed than fresh."
• "The food wasn't consistent. On our table of 4, we ordered 2 X 2 different starters and the same for the main. 2 of the starters were nice, while 2 were a shambles."

Service Quality

Pros:

• "Fabulous, friendly, knowledgeable front of house staff."
• "Server Sam was an absolute sweetheart."
• "The service was also impeccable."
• "The staff were really very helpful answering the questions I had relating to the meal."
• "The service was great, very friendly and knowledgeable."
• "Our waiter even gave us recommendations of where to go for drinks in the evening."
• "We’re so glad we took a chance tonight and we’ll definitely be back!"
• "The staff are very friendly and knowledgeable on their menu."

Cons:

• "After some time she stopped explaining what the dishes were and what the wine was."
• "Waitress recommended the £97 bottle of wine....the most expensive wine on the menu! What a joke...."
• "When I sent it back - no apology."
• "The "owner" didn't once come to us despite this."
• "As a big guy and had cut off what I consider to be a bite sized piece. If a bite sized piece is not M/R then in my limited experience of eating steaks for 40 years, the fillet is not M/R."
• "The waiter was extremely pushy with trying to advise us what to choose."
• "Within a minute of declining the desert the waiter asked us to leave as our table was needed."
• "Had a very very tasty meal with friends last weekend. Every course was exciting and absolutely delicious."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "With one of the marvelous hand crafted menu and a memorable experience offered at a reasonable pricing."
• "Menu was a breath of fresh air, offering food which is not found in most other restaurants."
• "Great value for money. Best meal we have had in a long time."
• "The prices are what you might expect from a restaurant of this caliber, pricier than some in the area, but certainly worth every penny."
• "This is a gem, which I recommend to anyone who likes top quality, authentic Italian food."
• "Wines excellent accompaniment, at a reasonable price."
• "I had Bruschetta and Risotto. These delights are on another level for taste."
• "The food and wine suggestions excellent and the service was superb."

Cons:

• "For £670, it was unfortunately underwhelming."
• "Asked for water and was served bottled to push the price up."
• "Service was fabulous but the food a let down for us very overpriced for what it was."
• "What a joke...."
• "However, owner was very friendly but I hope he reads this and tries his own food. Quality is the main stay of any restaurant in the competitive Chester environment."
• "The waiter was extremely pushy with trying to advise us what to choose."
• "Waitress recommended the £97 bottle of wine....the most expensive wine on the menu! What a joke...."
• "The wine was interesting. Two of us chose the classic wine flight and two chose the premium."