Venerdi Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Our waitress was Xenia, she was so lovely and the service was super quick."
• "The staff is attentive and professional and more so very kind."
• "Was served by Gundega who was lovely."
• "The service was excellent."
• "Staff were great, polite and helpful."
• "Waiting staff were excellent and friendly."
• "Our waitress was attentive and helpful."

Cons:

• "We were treated extremely rude for no reason."
• "It seemed as if we'd visited on a training day as the waiting staff were being heavily directed by someone more senior."
• "When I brought this to the attention of the waitress, she laughed."
• "The whole experience was disjointed and quite stressful, different members staff we approached with queries redirected us to another member of staff."
• "Just wish the manager would wear a face mask too."
• "The manager charges towards us angrily ranting about the rules stating we now must be charged extra because we were technically now dining in."
• "The manager was rude and would not take any money off our bill for the food complaint."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was quite good, we had a Parmigiana, Carbonara, Pomodoro and Aglio e olio pasta."
• "Food is absolutely delicious, as always."
• "Food was of the highest quality and very delicious."
• "All the food was delicious and tasted very fresh."
• "Had a lovely meal with Clams and spaghetti. Was absolutely delicious!"
• "Food was all lovely from the bread basket and calamari to the seabass and steak."
• "The food was amazing! The calamari was crisp and flavoursome and the Carbonara was cooked extremely well."

Cons:

• "The fish was smelling off."
• "Somewhat put off our food after watching the chef blow his nose and then prep our salad without washing his hands."
• "Food was terrible for its price tag, trust me, you can do much better Italian food at home."
• "The pasta was discussing and would have been better from a tin."
• "While the service is good, it's sad the food has no taste at all, the quality of the ingredients is really poor."
• "The salad was dirty, unwashed, uninspired and tasteless."
• "The sea bass was also disappointing, it was dry and tough."

Ambiance and Decor

Pros:

• "I ate here yesterday and really loved it. great decor and atmosphere."
• "Nice ambiance, open kitchen, big flaming pizza oven."
• "The atmosphere was nice and chill as the restaurant was quiet."
• "Venerdi has a great Italian atmosphere from the decor to the ambience."
• "It was a nice evening and we were able to sit outside and enjoy some wine with our food."
• "Nice ambience and interior."
• "The atmosphere: very good, plenty of background conversation and the decor sets a nice vibe."

Cons:

• "The annoying table legs so the chairs don't fit properly underneath."
• "The bad points for me was the overly loud music."
• "Only complaint was that the spot lights in the area we were sitting were very bright."
• "The only issue was it was very dark in the restaurant, I had to use my phone torch to read the menu."
• "The worst thing was terrible endless background music which was nothingness on repeat played too loud and totally ruined any ambience."
• "Food was not great. Very draughty near window and soo noisy nor great if you have hearing trouble."
• "The toilets don't smell good and they are very dark so they could be dirty."

Value

Pros:

• "Good quality, reasonably priced, good portion size, food."
• "Some of the vegetarian and seafood starters are outstanding and the mains are great value as well."
• "Also its not too expensive very reasonable."
• "The pastas and pizzas are always generous size and well priced."
• "All for £55 (30% off on Tues, see?). We thought a bargain."
• "The set menu was £49pp which included a glass of champagne, and we felt it was good value for money."
• "Highly recommend and worth every single dollar!!"

Cons:

• "They have few drinks on their menu available, no draught beer for example."
• "The food is very overpriced."
• "Absolute robbery being charged £4 for (filtered) tap water that had bits floating in it."
• "Very disappointing and overpriced."
• "Not the first time I have waited over 1,5 hours for my delivery."
• "We ordered 2 pizzas, some bread, a beer and glass of wine and the bill came to over £63!"
• "Two stars for charging £8 for two 750ml bottles of filtered, carbonated tap water."