Piccolo Mondo Reviews Summary

Category: Italian restaurant Southampton

Address: 36 Windsor Terrace, Southampton, SO14 7SL, United Kingdom

Phone: +442380636890

Rating: 4.7
based on 162 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was beautiful, the flavours, presentation, service and general atmosphere of the whole restaurant was phenomenal."
  • "The spaghetti marinara I ordered was really tasty... the king prawns inside were really fresh!"
  • "The food was delicious - we had the paté and king prawn starters followed by the calzone and 'meat' cannelloni mains with cheesy garlic bread which were astonishing."
  • "The calzone from this place is truly incredible."
  • "Food was fresh, hot and tasty!!"
  • "The food is very reasonably priced and incredibly tasty."
  • "The food was just amazing - flavoursome, very generous portions, fresh and made to order."

Cons:

  • "Everything is frozen (included the pizza) and the ingredients are the lowest quality."
  • "The prawns were a little bit over cooked."
  • "Tried their marinara pizza which was good, except that I found it a tad bit too salty for my liking."
  • "The pizza was thick and doughy, and looked undercooked."
  • "The food tasted like it had been rolled in salt, microwaved and left under a hot plate for hours."
  • "There is no flavour in anything, and ingredients taste cheap and unseasoned."
  • "The pasta came out with a watery sauce and didn't feel like it was freshly made."

Service

Pros:

  • "Staff were polite and helpful, food was even better and the atmosphere was quite authentic."
  • "I can't express how lovely the staff were here, each one did their absolute best to help us out as much as they could."
  • "The friendly staff couldn't be more attentive and helpful."
  • "Service is very prompt and friendly."
  • "Having managed to find us a table for two families at short notice, I have to say the standard of service was absolutely outstanding."
  • "Staff attentive from start to finish."
  • "The service was fast, helpful and felt personal."

Cons:

  • "When it gets busy, the waitress takes awhile."
  • "Service was really slow, they kept forgetting about us and we waited ages to even order."
  • "Staff were lovely but very busy and sometimes not as attentive as I would've liked."
  • "We had to ask for drinks after arriving and waiting, and we weren't greeted at the door because everyone was so busy."
  • "We waited for quite a while for food."
  • "Because I didn't have starter myself they decided to take their time with my meal."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "The atmosphere is lovely."
  • "Whilst inside you feel transported to a small local restaurant in Italy."
  • "The atmosphere was comfortable and authentic."
  • "The ambiance of the restaurant was cozy and inviting, and the decor was tastefully done with a charming Italian touch."
  • "A lovely warm and welcoming ambience."
  • "The atmosphere was great. You actually feel you are in an Italian restaurant on holiday."
  • "Such a cosy authentic environment and the staff were lovely."

Cons:

  • "Can get warm as it is compact with close seating."
  • "My only criticism is that it's quite a loud atmosphere."
  • "Feels as though there are maybe too many tables crammed into such a small space, but clearly there is demand!"
  • "All in all, this place was supposed to remind me of home, but only made me more homesick."

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