Vesuvio Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Service was excellent and the staff were all really friendly and efficient."
• "Friendly team and helpful with allergy information."
• "The service was excellent, very friendly and helpful."
• "Staff were very friendly."
• "The staff have always been very helpful."
• "Friendly and helpful staff on the phone when making the booking."
• "Staff was nice and smiley even being very busy."

Cons:

• "The service was very slow due to a clear lack of staff given the number of covers the restaurant had on."
• "Service was a bit slow."
• "Service for just drinks was unbelievably slow and they kept getting everyone's orders or bills wrong."
• "Waiter ignored us for nearly 30 minutes."
• "Service was poor."
• "Very poor service, waiting staff could do with learning manners and etiquette."
• "Service was appalling. Waited 45mins for food that was overpriced."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was plentiful and excellent, will definitely visit again. Best carbonara I have had for a long time."
• "The Meals are so delicious."
• "The food was delicious and very generously portioned."
• "The tortellini were really tasty!"
• "Food was amazing. We had the Torino pizza, chicken nuggets and plain pasta for the young ones."
• "The food was really good! We had a pizza each."
• "Fantastic food and great service."

Cons:

• "Food isn't nice or special either."
• "Pricey and quality wasn't the best for the small amount we ordered."
• "Food inedible, shockingly bad cold, reheated stale."
• "The restaurant was disgusting and filled with flies around the food. The burger was soggy and slimy."
• "Calamari was Costco!! Was chewy & rubbery. Carbonara was dry, no creamy sauce no mushroom just oily spaghetti."
• "ROTTEN MEAT... one of our family members was served a rotten steak."
• "The food was 'okay' but the service was appalling, we asked two different waiters for menus in the end after 15 minutes I went and fetched them myself."

Ambiance and Location

Pros:

• "Kids really enjoyed the play park right next door."
• "Weather was amazing, the view was extraordinary."
• "A great spot to grab a refreshing drink after a dip in the sea!"
• "Lovely place right on the beach front, the pizzas were delicious."
• "Wonderful Italian food, great atmosphere, cool and helpful staff, wonderful position right on the beach."
• "Beautiful views of the beach and sunset too!"
• "You can sit outside basically on the beach over looking the sea."

Cons:

• "Freezing. What a shame. Food was good however we all complained about the cold."
• "In one of the breakfasts we had there the atmosphere felt so tense that in the span of half an hour two tables left."
• "The restaurant was disgusting and filled with flies around the food."
• "The only thing that would’ve made me rate 5 stars was having the staff pay a little more attention as we kept struggling to get anyone to come over for some time- even though it wasn’t particularly busy."
• "The terrace outside was busy when we were there, the indoor restaurant has ample space and good service."
• "The biggest dislike was the noise; all hard floors, windows and ceilings make for a rather unholy cacophony of plates, glasses, cutlery and scraping chairs."
• "Aircon wasn't working or is insufficient due to size."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "This beachside cafe/restaurant serves good food at sensible prices."
• "The wine was really nice."
• "Reasonably priced & good sized portions."
• "I only use the takeway area however the staff are always friendly and happy, also the prices for their food and drinks are really reasonable bearing in mind the location."
• "Great selection of food and it was all delicious."
• "Our pizzas were very tasty and not over priced."
• "Good Italian food. Tasty Italian pizza. Big portions."

Cons:

• "Both order salads costing £12 and £14, at that price you would expect a reasonably size salad, however... not sure how that’s a salad."
• "I do think the prices were high however!! 2 beers and some chips £21...."
• "Paid £9 for takeaway burger and chips for my daughter last Sunday. Food inedible, shockingly bad cold, reheated stale."
• "We had two starters and to mains one alcoholic drink and one soft drink and the bill came to around £60."
• "The prices here are rather steep and I can't really justify the price for the starter I had."
• "Nice food, but quite expensive."
• "Food was bland especially taking into account cost."