The Italian Club Fish Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The seafood just melts in your mouth with the blend of fresh herbs made for the sauce."
• "The dishes themselves are wonderful, using fresh fish and seafood, punching flavour and are all well-presented."
• "The food was to die for, freshly cooked and perfectly plated."
• "I had the Sea bass and it was really exceptional, so fresh and cooked to perfection."
• "Food was amazing as a family because first, the fries, squid rings, prawn and the vegetables drizzled in olive oil is amazing, everything is fried with their sauce."
• "The food here is just amazing! If you love seafood, Wow!... Just polished off a seafood platter for two!"
• "The seafood was fresh and the sauce was tasty."

Cons:

• "The lobster was quite rubbery which was a letdown after ordering a seafood platter for 2 which costs 88 pounds."
• "The sea food platter was over cooked all of it, the lobster had so much garlic on it that’s all you could taste."
• "The food wen it came out was not fresh it was mushy and overcooked."
• "Seafood was overcooked, langustines had shells burned to charcoal and this time round, sadly, all tasted really, really blunt."
• "Half the prawns in my dish tasted a bit off, a flavour which spread to the sauce.. and was just very 'fishy'."
• "Over cooked prawns ..... No seasoning...... Sirloin steak was meant to be rare was more like a cheap rump and was closer to well done......"
• "Very tastless food seafood terrible quality of seafood over rated and definitely would not recommend."

Service

Pros:

• "Really fine restaurant, staff were so lovely.polite and caring throughout our gorgeous meal."
• "The service was amazing."
• "Friendly and professional service."
• "The staff were so helpful and the food is such great value for money and tasted amazing - the lasagne especially was truly incredible."
• "The service was impeccable and exceptionally friendly."
• "Wonderful friendly staff, prompt service, superb food first class."
• "Staff are always friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "Warm, cramped, overpriced and slow service."
• "Restaurant manager & our serving waitress unfriendly and cold."
• "Food was very nice but the service was non existent... it was like our table did not exist."
• "Some of the staff members were inexperienced."
• "The waitress never came back to see if everything was ok."
• "Nobody came to check on our meals or ask if we wanted dessert at the end."
• "Service was very slow, we have been ignored by young waiter constantly."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Beautiful decor, cosy & romantic."
• "We went for a date night and the intimate venue suites this perfectly."
• "Quite a nice place on Bold Street."
• "Lovely little hidden gem on Bold Street."
• "Great atmosphere and friendly staff."
• "The restaurant itself is intimate and welcoming."
• "A lovely atmosphere and the espresso is only bettered by a little bar in Venice."

Cons:

• "It was very quiet. That is not a criticism, it just meant less atmosphere."
• "We were seated upstairs, which offers nothing like the downstairs experience, where previously we had lovely meals in the past."
• "Gave us a table in a corner and made us feel uncomfortable and unwanted there as 'the pram was in the people s way'"
• "We were also right next to the bathroom, with people constantly shimmying past through the narrow, tight space."
• "The restaurant was also very very cold and draughty."
• "They had severely overbooked tables meaning we were stood on the pavement in the cold."
• "Terrible experience and a complete waste of a precious Saturday evening."

Value

Pros:

• "It's not budget, but you get what you pay all-round, atmosphere and taste."
• "Prices can be a little on the expensive side, but for the freshness and finesse it is entirely worth it for a special evening out catching up with family or close friends and the likes."
• "It was a bit pricey but was well worth it."
• "Really good quality seafood and good value for money!"
• "Good quality but very reasonably priced and unpretentious seafood."
• "The fish is great quality and with a good price, £12/£16 for most mains."
• "Prices were very reasonable."

Cons:

• "Warm, cramped, overpriced and slow service."
• "I tried the large meat starter which wasn’t as big as expected in relation to the price."
• "The food we ordered was not worth 96 pounds."
• "I thought my dish was quite over priced as it was just an oil/white wine based sauce with maybe 15 tiny clams for almost £18."
• "To be honest really over priced and the food wasn't that great had the seafood platter for the price they charge you should get some high quality food but instead it was awful."
• "Very over priced food for what it is."
• "I am disappointed with my first experience here as it is over priced and portions were too small!!"