San Rufo’s Italian Restaurant Reviews Summary

Category: Italian restaurant Skegness

Address: 185 Roman Bank, Skegness, PE25 1SD, United Kingdom

Phone: +441754612242

Rating: 4.6
based on 149 reviews.

Ambience

Pros:

  • "The restaurant was fully booked but there was a very relaxed atmosphere."
  • "Particularly liked sitting out in the 'conservatory' which was lovely and refreshing with a breeze."
  • "Sat in the 'Conservatory', very nice, lovely ambience."
  • "The atmosphere here is great very relaxed and friendly."
  • "It has a very good ambience."
  • "It has a warm relaxed atmosphere."
  • "The ambiance in the restaurant is superb."

Cons:

  • "Was hard to just get a quiet moment to make our evening special for ourselves."
  • "The phone didn't stop ringing for the entire duration of out stay and this made the restaurant feel stressful and noisy."
  • "Our only criticism was that it's noisy; it's all hard surfaces and sound bounces around."
  • "Totally ignored in the outer area...on a hot eve with all plastic windows down."
  • "The only downside is that is was very warm in the restaurant so had to pop outside for some fresh Air."

Service

Pros:

  • "Friendly welcome and shown to our table in very nice restaurant."
  • "Great service. The food seemed a while to come, but we had a lovely drink before our meal, which was actually a treat."
  • "Service was fast, friendly and efficient."
  • "The staff where fantastic. Service was excellent."
  • "The staff of Rufo's were genuinely welcoming, funny and friendly with great knowledge of their menus."
  • "Staff friendly & food really good, nice setting with the tables & chairs not too close together."
  • "The staff were very friendly and the food was delicious."

Cons:

  • "The staff really didn't seem to care so we decided to give it a miss."
  • "The waitresses were very polite but service was slow."
  • "The waitresses are too busy watching face book on their phone to help anyone."
  • "Service was poor staff were polite could have offered more drinks."
  • "The service was quite poor or lack of service we felt like we was forgotten about."
  • "Went on a busy Saturday evening so understandably the waiting staff weren't as attentive as possible."
  • "Disappointed with the slow service or lack of at times."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Food was amazing, full of flavour, large portions and at a good price."
  • "Food was lovely, hot and well presented."
  • "The food was lovely. The portion sizes were good & my husband had the fillet steak which was also superb!!"
  • "Great food, great price."
  • "Food was stunning and we'll presented."
  • "The food was beautiful we will deffo be going back."
  • "The food was cooked to perfection and the sauces were extremely tasty."

Cons:

  • "Calamari was tough/over cooked."
  • "Lobster ravioli was ok but not exciting."
  • "Pasta spinach tasted of nothing except vile viniger dressing they put over it."
  • "Waited two hours to eat, the pizza was served merely as a margarita with salad thrown on the top."
  • "Had 2 pasta dishes - one tasted of vomit."
  • "Food below average out of 6 meals only 3 worth eating lack of taste and quality plus an uncooked garlic bread."
  • "The pizza's were quite tough."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Night got off to a good start as we were able to park right outside the front door."
  • "Amazing menu and staff, and the next time we come to skegness this is where we are eating."
  • "The food is very good and very reasonably priced... would definitely recommend!"
  • "Most meals are under £10 which is basically better than takeaway considering the starter meals are really massive in quantity."
  • "We paid just under £100.00 for 5 people for 5 starters, 5 mains and 4 desserts, and 6 drinks. We felt this was good value."
  • "The food and service were excellent value for money."
  • "Everyone's food was delicious, from pizza to lobster and all at very reasonable prices."

Cons:

  • "77.00 later and from 7.20 till 10.06 to get 2 courses."
  • "SO DISAPPOINTED. WILL NEVER GO AGAIN!! Me and my partner have just been for a special occasion and we had the WORST seat possible."
  • "I was so looking forward to my swordfish steak... it was the smallest thinest piece of swordfish I've ever seen and at almost £17 I was quite disgusted."
  • "The price does not reflect the quality or waiting time, worse food I've ever paid for."
  • "Nice restaurant quite a bit over priced for the size of the portions."
  • "Tuesday night 1 hour and 40 mins between the starter and main due to high takeaway orders being prioritised."
  • "It was 10 before we were served our meal. I feel that the restaurant had over stretched in order to compensate for loss of revenue. I was disappointed."

Facilities

Pros:

  • "There's an outdoor garden and seating towards the front to choose from if you don't fancy inside."
  • "If you are visiting Butlins or surrounding area this restaurant is a must! Thank you guys for a fantastic evening."
  • "This restaurant serves alcohol, and has clean toilets. The seating arrangement is quite spacious."
  • "A beautiful decorated outside area, nicely lit and lovely and warm with the heaters and sheeted windows."
  • "The restaurant and toilet facilities are spotless."
  • "Finished drinks in the very lovely garden."
  • "The outside/covered area was a bonus for post meal drinks which was heated."

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