Ristorante Barolo Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were very attentive."
• "The staff couldn't have been more amenable."
• "Our waiter, Antonio was a gem & gave us great service throughout."
• "Friendly bunch who go the extra mile to make sure you have a good time."
• "Outstanding service from start to finish."
• "Fantastic food, lovely staff excellent service!"
• "The service was excellent, too."

Cons:

• "It was quite off putting and we felt we were being watched."
• "Staff were constantly trying to rush us to order and kept hovering around taking finished plates from table before everyone else at table had completed meals."
• "The worst part as far as I am concerned was the service."
• "Not sure what all the hype is about... slow, careless service."
• "Only thing I didn't like was how much the staff hovered around."
• "The services was on the slow side."
• "what I don't expect is pressurised staff, leaning across guests to deliver meals / pepper / parmesan without a simple 'excuse me'."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Absolutely delicious food, fantastic service and great atmosphere."
• "The food arrived on time, was piping hot and absolutely delicious."
• "Food great too."
• "Food was the best Italian I’ve eaten outside Italy."
• "The food was delicious and obviously fresh."
• "The meal I had was probably one of the best I’d ever tasted, had olives to start and then king prawns in a pineapple and Malibu light textured sauce with rice, great size portion enough to fill me up and the taste as out of this world."
• "The food was so good, really generous and very delicious."

Cons:

• "The food was disgusting!! The ham and mushroom tagliatelle was dry and tasteless."
• "Totally overpriced as well."
• "The cheese and garlic bread starter was probably one of the worst I have had."
• "Below average food - overcooked and, judging by the Lasagna that we had to return as inedible, microwaved!"
• "Calamari was more batter than anything... Tasteless, chewy and unfortunately overcooked."
• "Food very mediocre for an Italian."
• "The lasagna was disgusting and I have absolutely no doubt it was not prepared the same day!"

Ambience

Pros:

• "Such a great atmosphere, very attentive quick service."
• "What a lovely Italian restaurant, from the moment we arrived we were served and waited on with 5 star service, the staff are lovely, atmosphere is so relaxing and it is so clean!"
• "The atmosphere was lively and made it feel as though you were on holiday, a real buzz."
• "The ambience was uplifting."
• "The entire atmosphere was so friendly and made the experience really great!!!"
• "The atmosphere was perfect."
• "The atmosphere was calm and relaxing."

Cons:

• "Horrible decor and the bouncy latin music; with all the chatter the combination made it feel like I was in a club."
• "Now, we were there early evening and despite the decor being interesting, it lacked ambience."
• "Very Very loud atmosphere - difficult to have conversations due to noise."
• "Very authentic Italian food, excellent customer service, let down by constant birthday greetings played out in the restaurant which is very dated."
• "The refurb has made this place look tacky and it’s so loud you have to shout to have a conversation."
• "Everyone is crammed together now and it's so loud."
• "The decor was too modern for my liking."

Value

Pros:

• "Don't expect a super cheap meal, the food is a fair price for the high quality."
• "Food was great value but for the money."
• "The prices are very reasonable and the food portions are very generous."
• "The prices of the meals were reasonable too."
• "Prices very reasonable - will be returning for a pre-Christmas meal with friends."
• "The food was amazing and definitely worth the price."
• "The food was outstanding and very reasonably priced for the standard of food delivered."

Cons:

• "Love this place but we were really annoyed at the cost of the gin and tonic 7.90 without the tonic for a single."
• "after the over-priced, very average house wine, that bordered on grape juice, the 'label' wine starts at £30 a bottle."
• "Extremely expensive wine list, with the least expensive bottles, (available at Sainsburys across the road for £6), listed at £26 !!"
• "My 7 small breaded mushrooms alone cost £9. Shockingly expensive!"
• "Food was also pricey and my friend and I would not come again."
• "Food used to be amazing but it's overpriced now for the quality you get."
• "Around £400 for the evening, (after discount for inedible lasagna), and with tip on the bill for us being a 'large party', it's one of my most disappointing restaurant visits in my home town I have ever experienced."