Piccolino Caffé Grande, Manchester Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Ambience

Pros:

• "The atmosphere was fantastic, creating a warm and inviting ambiance."
• "It's a beautiful restaurant nicely decorated and lit."
• "The atmosphere and interior are incredible."
• "The atmosphere and the lighting is amazing."
• "Sunday afternoon so quite busy but a good atmosphere."
• "Amazing place, very stylish."
• "The restaurant has a great ambience."

Cons:

• "Bear in mind it is busy therefore it will be noisy."
• "The atmosphere was a little sterile and the staff were very busy."
• "It’s a bit noisy and the tables are rather close together."
• "Immediately we could smell a very strong smell of ammonia and there were many small flies flying around the whole of the bar area."
• "For some reason they had a DJ on which meant it was impossible to have a conversation and I struggled to order."
• "Theyve also squeezed far to many tables in so it felt like I was sharing a table with the people next to me."
• "I felt like I was cramed with people around me where I felt like I had to speak loader to my partner across the table."

Service

Pros:

• "Our server Veronica was amazing and surprised my son with a dessert with a candle and one very of happy birthday."
• "Food service was out of this world and made this night that extra special."
• "Prompt service, a lovely staff member, who made our visit memorable."
• "Great food and service."
• "The staff couldn’t have been more helpful. Menu choices included gluten free, veggie options and of course, meat options."
• "The service is really 5*. Everyone is super kind, available for you with a smile."
• "Service was great and all of the food was delicious and served super hot."

Cons:

• "The service was really slow, we’d eaten our starters before our drinks even arrived."
• "The food was great, however really poor service."
• "Wait 45 minutes to even get any form of service from the staff."
• "Service was very mediocre, had to send food back, pretty tasteless with little to no meat."
• "The service came across like very unorganised and unprofessional."
• "Service lacking, had to chase someone down to pay my bill."
• "Service - they seemed to be rushing always. Didn’t even ask if we enjoyed our food!"

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was great, however really poor service."
• "Food quality and service are excellent."
• "The duck was fantastic my compliments to the chef beautiful skin and it was falling of the bone fantastic."
• "Proper Italian food and efficient service."
• "The food is brilliant too - great portion sizes, great prices and super tasty."
• "Great pizza, fish and quality. One of the best meals I've ever had."
• "The food was to die for (I had the crab ravioli) and the olives so amazing that we asked for more!"

Cons:

• "Food was so so, more like fastfood restaurant, everything precooked, super fast to the table."
• "Both pasta dishes, truffle pasta (dry and boring) and the clam linguine (the worst I’ve ever had. Just tasted of chilli flakes and nothing else)."
• "One of my favourite places to eat in Manchester but was really disappointed this afternoon when I ordered my usual prawn linguine and the amount of prawns in the dish had been halved and chopped up into pieces."
• "We ordered scallops and the lobster pasta and truffle fries. The pasta and the scallops were nice but nothing to write home about."
• "Service was very mediocre, had to send food back, pretty tasteless with little to no meat."
• "The pasta was horrible !!! Not one but both of which we ordered tasted like amature prepared it!"
• "The food was below average quality."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Not cheap, but good value."
• "Looks expensive but actually it's reasonably priced for what you get."
• "Excellent value for money."
• "The price was reasonable considering it's situated in the city centre."
• "It's not cheap, but food is prepared well and ingredients are top quality."
• "Overall great family experience, with very good prices and a delightful selection of wines."
• "Good service from attentive staff."

Cons:

• "Food is fantastic if not a little pricey for certain items."
• "Food is very nice but pricey."
• "A large group of us (12) ate here and had a number of different dishes. The general view was the food was ok but very overpriced."
• "The bill seemed quite expensive £96 with only a drink each."
• "We paid £85 each mum and girl. We felt robbed."
• "Had exactly 8 pieces of ravioli on my plate which cost £18."
• "Ripp off merchants 6.50 for a cider& beer each."