Pesto at Trafford Centre Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was incredible, service was even better."
• "The food was delicious."
• "All the food was amazing, delicious and tasty."
• "The food quality was lovely."
• "The dishes we had were tasty and freshly cooked."
• "The food was amazing, freshly made."
• "The food was excellent."

Cons:

• "The food had no flavour or taste to its dishes, very basic and small portion."
• "Everything tasted like cheap microwave meals you get from Tesco/Asda."
• "Food was absolutely terrible."
• "Italian small plates. Got five different dishes and all were sadly lack luster."
• "The pastas were disappointing, not much flavour to them."
• "The food is tasteless."
• "Bland, tasteless, no seasoning, tasted like microwaved rubbish."

Service

Pros:

• "The waiters were very welcoming and the waitress who took my order took the time to explain about the menu."
• "We were served in perfect time and had an extremely courteous and friendly waiter."
• "Great customer service, good price."
• "The staff was very welcoming directed my self and friends to a good table."
• "Aline, our waitress, was absolutely amazing! She was friendly, helpful, and really went above and beyond to make our meal special."
• "Staff excellent as was the food."
• "The staff were very helpful and attentive."

Cons:

• "The service is extremely poor."
• "The service was appalling, with miserable surly staff."
• "Service was friendly but not over attentive and at the time of visit not over busy."
• "Service was ridiculously slow and the waitress was very arrogant and not very attentive at all."
• "The staff also were not terribly attentive."
• "Service was very friendly but incredibly slow."
• "The service was so slow didn’t even bring us menus till we asked after 15 mins."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Prices are reasonable."
• "We ate from the £11 menu which is good value you for money."
• "Great value for money."
• "All in all though great food and staff and exceptional value for money."
• "Quality/ price is reasonable."
• "The £10.95 menu where you get 3 starters is a great value for money."
• "Such good value for money."

Cons:

• "The food was delicious but a bit pricey."
• "The portions were very small, it was reflected in the price once we'd seen the portion size but it was too late by then!"
• "Not cheap when the drinks and extras were added but great food and atmosphere."
• "Poor value for money - especially the kids menu."
• "I thought the food was very very cheap."
• "We ended up spending equally as we would have at the costliest fine dining restaurant there."
• "Food was nice but not filling and either way the waiters rude behaviour ruined it."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Decor and atmosphere were really nice though and I would visit again if I was in the area."
• "Ambiance is fantastic, with a relaxed atmosphere which is great for a leisurely catch up."
• "The atmosphere was vibrant and busy."
• "Nice atmosphere, and service was of a high quality."
• "The restaurant had a great atmosphere and interesting Italian decor."
• "Nice atmosphere too."
• "Good food, good atmosphere."

Cons:

• "After this the atmosphere and feel of the place just felt weird."
• "Also the lighting is quite bright, giving a dining room kind of feel rather than restaurant."
• "This place was the definition of depression."
• "Part of the eating out experience is ambiance and atmosphere."
• "The ambience, even though it is situated in a very busy shopping mall is lovely."
• "Nice quiet atmosphere and some classic tunes from the speaker system."
• "The atmosphere was OK."