Trattoria 51 Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "One of the best meals we had while visiting Liverpool."
• "The food was faultless and the service was friendly and to a good standard."
• "Starters were amazing and the mains just took it up another level. Fresh, tasty - simply awesome."
• "I had a seafood based pizza which was excellent, and full of seafood and cheese."
• "Delicious food and very friendly staff."
• "The pizza was amazing!!!"
• "Food excellent, ambience excellent, price...well for Christmas day...excellent."

Cons:

• "Genuinely the worst pizza I've ever had in a restaurant."
• "All of our meals seemed too well done my porchetta was dark brown and dry."
• "First visit. I had the sea bass and risotto, very disappointing, small and tasteless."
• "Been here a few times now and previously had Very good meals and service but this time we were very disappointed, two of us had the sea bass which was very small with a very unimaginative salad."
• "The Nduja pizza my friend ordered was even worse too - it had 3 little dabs of the stuff on one side of the pizza and that was it! Couldn't believe how stingy the toppings were."
• "The food is mediocre, cheesy garlic bread was dry and underwhelming & the lasagne was okish, defo had better elsewhere."
• "The meat balls were bland and the tomato sauce was like tomato puree with no added herbs or flavour."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were helpful, patient, polite and attentive, but not fussy."
• "Service was great staff is very knowledgeable about the gluten free."
• "Good family atmosphere."
• "Service was excellent, lovely pizza and tiramisu for pud."
• "The staff are an absolute credit to the restaurant."
• "First class service from start to finish."
• "The staff were very professional, and friendly."

Cons:

• "I won't be returning."
• "Extremely busy and we received a bill that was not ours but someone else's."
• "Wasn't too impressed with the staff despite having about 10 waiters floating around."
• "The waitress who served us seemed surly that night."
• "A rocky start with a seemingly ill-tempered barman taking our drinks order."
• "The service went a bit slow at the end."
• "The service is rushed, the bald manager is beyond rude & abrupt and had zero people skills."

Atmosphere & Ambience

Pros:

• "Such a great find, it is hidden amongdt the business district so it isn't somewhere people would come across out shopping in town."
• "Good experience since the food was really nice but steps of service were not on point at all."
• "Delicious Italian food! Very reasonably priced."
• "Definitely a great place to enjoy a nice dinner!"
• "This is the best place to eat we have found in Liverpool."
• "The best gluten free pizza I have ever eaten."
• "The atmosphere was very relaxed and chilled."

Cons:

• "I will not be returning to Trattoria 51 for a long time!"
• "Quite expensive too would not go back."
• "The management and staff at the restaurant had very poor communication skills and organisation skills."
• "Service leaves a lot to be desired!"
• "Ambiance was quite depressing. A very loud restaurant."
• "However the atmosphere was a bit weird coz it's going for fancy vibes yet they were playing LMFAO Party rock in the house tonight music which wasn't the vibe."
• "Weird opening hours. Not open on a Sunday or Monday."