Osteria Mbare Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The pasta took me all the way back to Italy."
• "The seafood pasta was outstanding."
• "Every dish was amazing! Pictured is the starter platter which was fabulous!"
• "The bottomless pasta deals are good value for the price."
• "The nonnas pasta was amazing."

Cons:

• "Food is average, nothing to complain but not amazing."
• "The ravioli was a bit heavy on the sauce and pasta quite thick."
• "The gluten free pasta Mac from Tesco was horrendous."
• "The Ragu pasta was underwhelming."
• "Food was bland. Pasta was almost uncooked."

Service

Pros:

• "Special shout out to the service; I could not recommend a better place."
• "We were consistently made to laugh by our brilliant waiter."
• "Service was very friendly and warm."
• "The lovely team even treated us to a tiramisu on the house."
• "The staff were super friendly and attentive!"

Cons:

• "Very busy and noisy at the weekend, couldn't even hear each other."
• "The customer service is really bad. The waitress told us ‘you need to go now’, which I felt was pretty rude."
• "The service was far from satisfactory."
• "Several plates on the menu weren’t available."
• "Service was good and friendly, but the food was expensive and tasteless."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "The atmosphere was still really enjoyable and the music was perfect to our taste."
• "The venue itself is beautiful and the service really good."
• "The experience here was amazing! Warm welcome, excellent service."
• "The venue is beautiful and the staff is really nice and super patient."
• "Words cannot explain how much I love this brunch! The atmosphere and the service made the experience so unique."

Cons:

• "The music is way too loud for a restaurant, it's more like a club."
• "Our experience at Osteria Mbare left much to be desired. The ambiance was severely lacking."
• "It was deserted. There was no atmosphere to speak of."
• "The venue itself is beautiful, but both multiple food and drinks were not available."
• "The atmosphere was nice and the service was very good, but all in all the food was very poor."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The bottomless brunch is insanely good value and really great quality."
• "I tried their new picnic boxes and they did not disappoint! Great value for money."
• "The food, cooked by Adonis, was absolutely amazing."
• "Bottomless food and prosecco, can't lose."
• "The food was beautiful, portions very generous for 3, and it just kept on coming!"

Cons:

• "Most people went there for drinking and just shared the food/snack, probably not the best place if you just want to enjoy a nice meal."
• "The service was painfully slow, it took about 40 minutes before our drinks order was taken."
• "The food was okay, but the kitchen was visibly struggling with the orders."
• "The restaurant is decorated nicely but that's about it, the food was bland and mushroom and truffle pasta does not have any taste of truffle at all."
• "Service was so slow with barely any apology and no compensation other than trying to make us buy more drinks."