Goodfare Italian Restaurant Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The gentleman who served was really kind and patience into serving us."
• "Service is excellent, but the place smelled weird."
• "Very friendly and attentive staff, the service was speedy and nothing was too much trouble."
• "Staff are top class and the service is excellent."
• "Staff are really friendly and service is always with a smile."
• "The service there was great as well, very attentive but didn't swarm around us constantly."
• "The staff were attentive, friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "A guy with a dark heard beard and glasses basically refuses to serve us when we were with our baby."
• "The food was okay nothing special but the service was non existent."
• "The young ladies just standing and giving attitude looks all the time."
• "The staff were friendly but seemed quite busy and it wasn’t very easy to get their attention to ask for things such as the bill."
• "The waitress really couldn’t comprehend what we were saying which was also frustrating."
• "The staff, while friendly when they finally got round to you, weren't very attentive."
• "We could tell the young waitress didn't want to be there."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Been here a few times now and the food is always really tasty."
• "They tasted delicious and authentic, the tomato sauce was nice rich which is what I usually find is a bit of a let down in other pizza places."
• "The toppings simply tasted of a great pizza, no other way to put it."
• "Descent Italian food! The pizza didn’t came from a wood oven but was anyway very tasty!"
• "Real traditional italian food. Was so tasty."
• "Quality of the food was amazing and delicious pizza."
• "The food was outstanding; we had the best meatballs we had ever tasted."

Cons:

• "I had a truly awful experience at this Italian restaurant."
• "One of the worst pizzas I’ve ever had."
• "The carbonara pasta was old it was yellow and very stiff."
• "The food quality was bad, mainly the 'frozen seafood' pasta."
• "The food wasn't bad tast wise, the tables and chairs are not comfortable."
• "The food wasn't great. Tasted like cheap frozen pizza."
• "The food was not authentic italian food, my starter came cold and my main dish was 100% microwaved with hard not 'al dente' pasta!"

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "I love the cozy, laid back atmosphere."
• "It’s quite a warm and welcoming place."
• "Fabulous food and brilliant, friendly service, in a very relaxed atmosphere."
• "Even down to the atmosphere everything seemed so surreal."
• "There was a great atmosphere, staff were lovely and the food was delish."
• "It's a nice Italian restaurant with an extensive menu and great atmosphere."
• "A diamond find in the centre of Camden Town, just a few tens of yards walk from the mad bustle of the tube station and High Street."

Cons:

• "The only thing I will warn about is if you are sitting outside expect people to ask you for money."
• "The place smelled weird."
• "There were cobwebs and bugs, the place was covered in dust and there were wood shavings blowing into our table from the windows."
• "The customer service was abysmal there were customers walking out."
• "Our table was filthy and sticky and I had to wipe it down myself with a antibac hand wipe I had found in my bag."
• "The whole place has gone down the pan."
• "The service was awful and the tension between the waitresses was incredibly uncomfortable to witness."

Value

Pros:

• "The price was absolutely pleasant to the guest as well."
• "Good value."
• "Prices are amazingly low for the good quality."
• "The food was excellent for the price."
• "For all the food we ate our meal was pretty cheap as well. We paid less than £100 which I was impressed by."
• "Amazing food, great selection of cocktails and friendly staff."
• "All three dishes were of very generous sizes as well."

Cons:

• "They even tried to overcharge us."
• "5 main courses, 2 deserts, 2 pints, 2 half pints and the bill came to £106 including the dreaded 12.5% service charge."
• "So we asked for the automatic charge of 12.5% to be taken off as we didn’t feel it warranted that much."
• "Together with a decent Italian wine (although a bit expensive for the quality)..."
• "Price of the food was high. In my opinion it should reduce a little bit."
• "It was awfully overpriced for just run of the mill microwave dinner!"
• "Then charged a fortune for the meal."