Benoli Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was excellent, fresh pasta made daily, really tasty sauces."
• "Incredible food and Benoli is a special place, the service is always wonderful."
• "Food wise, everything was spot on, the handmade pastas were full of flavour."
• "The food is next level, all the ingredients used are top quality, complex flavours, portion sizes are just right."
• "Every dish was fantastic well presented and tasted divine."
• "The food was amazing. Portion sizes were perfect, the menu was nice and small, meaning everything on there was going to be of the highest quality."
• "Absolutely stunning food and wonderful service."
• "The food was sensational and the chef knocked it out the park."

Cons:

• "£32 for a main is high."
• "Each time we've felt some of the dishes tasted very similar, we ordered three starters and two mains."
• "Starters were a little disappointing but the mains and dessert were great!"
• "For a place to have such great reviews and food of such a high standard, I was expecting more from the service and atmosphere."
• "Croquettes were good. The foccacia bread was terrible."
• "The squid ink cavatelli was over salted and the baby octopus overdone and chewy."
• "Mains were a little salty, but flavours were great and the texture of the pasta was spot on."
• "My starter was Pork Belly hiding underneath a lettuce leaf and a shell on prawn laying next to it."

Service

Pros:

• "Service is very good, the staff are happy to talk you through the menu and answer any questions you have."
• "The service was really good. I think I had probably one of the best desserts ever."
• "The service was a bit slow to get mains, but they came and apologised for the delay, and they're released and friendly staff."
• "Only thing is there was a fairly long wait on our initial drinks and it was very hot in the restaurant."
• "The service is particularly good with staff really attentive and considerate of diners."
• "The staff is friendly and professional."
• "The staff are super friendly (especially when you leave your scarf behind)."
• "Impeccable dishes, excellent table service, incredible food."

Cons:

• "We've been twice now and maybe we didn't order well."
• "Had to wait 20 minutes to order desserts and when arrived being told I have to leave the table in 7 minutes… so I eat in hurry and bill arrived I felt pressed to pay."
• "Unfortunately, this restaurant is not dog friendly."
• "It would have been great to be served the pasta mixed together with the sauce and starchy water so it was a more cohesive."
• "Drinks again; we ordered an extra 2 drinks before our main was due to have with it. They didn’t arrive until our the main was finished."
• "A shame really. We went on a Tuesday evening and it was full for both sittings. Full but not over noisy."
• "Tried a walk in on Saturday lunchtime on the off chance, realising an available table was unlikely anyway. Was dismissed in a tone revealing the waitress was clearly far above her station."
• "When the desserts arrived we asked for the coffees to be removed and replaced when we had finished dessert."