Antica Bath Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Everything tastes really fresh."
• "The food really was superb."
• "The food is always very, very good."
• "The meal was very good too!"
• "Everything was divine."
• "Some of the best pasta I’ve had for a long time."
• "The food was great it arrived warm and delicious."

Cons:

• "Both times after specifying this clearly, I wound up with a dish coated in parsley or pepper."
• "Food lacked seasoning all together, Parmesan is in powder form."
• "Don't go here if you like Italian food."
• "The tagliatelle alfredo was boring."
• "It was slightly over salted, but edible."
• "The prawns were inedible, they were off, they took it off the bill which is fair enough."
• "The gnocchi were drowned in way too much tomato sauce."

Service

Pros:

• "Thanks to Nicole and all the staff for making our evening special."
• "The staff, who are always friendly."
• "The service was attentive but not overly so."
• "The staff went above and beyond and so friendly!"
• "Service friendly and efficient without being rushed."
• "Very attentive staff."
• "The staff were so lovely couldn't have been more attentive."

Cons:

• "The server pretended that she forgot about it ('it just changed')."
• "Waitress dropped napkin on floor and still placed on the table!!"
• "The waiting staff were perhaps a bit too attentive."
• "Although, they charge 11% service fee and two waiters were not very experienced, so I don’t agree with that automatically included."
• "Service also patchy: server came to our table and said literally nothing (no ‘hello’ or ‘welcome’ or anything) and waited for us to ask for something - very weird."
• "The service wasn't great. We booked a table for 3 to celebrate my birthday and they gave us an awful table tucked in a corner that wasn't big enough for 3 people."
• "Service was very slow."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Lovely atmosphere."
• "The restaurant has a great romantic atmosphere."
• "Really nice place! Great atmosphere."
• "The ambience in the restaurant was outstanding."
• "There's a lovely atmosphere and we felt so relaxed."
• "Lovely place, great atmosphere."
• "A lovely romantic atmosphere would 100% go again."

Cons:

• "1m+ distancing as in England felt a bit close as we are from Wales where it is 2 m."
• "One of those places where they play loud music for birthdays."
• "The ambience somewhat let down by some rather loud and... Uncharacteristic music."
• "Its shame you could clearly see inside the place was empty only few people inside and he still didn’t want us to sit in there my missus being pregnant and there was no consideration of that, just a quick reminder, humanity comes first than money."
• "The manager insisted on subjecting the patrons of the restaurant to his singing, which while for 'happy birthday' was reasonably entertaining, afterwards it became an annoyance unfortunately."
• "The ambience somewhat let down by some rather loud and... Uncharacteristic music."
• "There was a very loud & obnoxious gentleman at the next table."

Value

Pros:

• "The price is not too bad either."
• "Had a fantastic 2 courses for £22 mid week deal today at Antica."
• "Food was absolutely delicious, fresh seafood and authentic Italian cooking."
• "Excellent service and very good value."
• "The portion sizes are generous which is always great!"
• "Reasonable price, nothing fancy but honest food."
• "It's also a very reasonably priced menu."

Cons:

• "The food is always very, very good (if a little pricey now)."
• "Overpriced as well for the quality."
• "It is also overpriced for what you get so if you fancy Italian food in Bath I would look elsewhere first."
• "Also the prices are ridiculously expensive for what you get."
• "It was very expensive for the food and wine we ordered."
• "The prices are way to high even for Bath."
• "I felt £25.00 for a swordfish steak, a few potatoes, cherry tomatoes and olives was a lot."