Tarantino Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Absolutely gorgeous meal! Authentic Italian restaurant atmosphere."
• "The food was absolutely amazing."
• "Excellent food, superb flavours and quality."
• "The food was really well cooked and tasty."
• "Absolutely beautiful food piping hot, and your taste buds explode."
• "The seafood pasta was beautifully cooked and full of mussels and squid with enough prawns."
• "The food was incredible, the portions were huge."

Cons:

• "Some of the Prawn and Calamari dishes were overcooked/rubbery."
• "Food was only ok; slightly lacking in flavour and quality."
• "The food wasn't up to scratch; I.e. frozen chips and cold cheese which was supposed to be truffle chips."
• "The food was undercooked and slimey."
• "Never tasted such fabulous Italian food packed full of good ingredients."
• "Food was fine, but due to my autistic son being tired and kicking off I didn't want to spoil the atmosphere of the restaurant for the other diners."
• "I am sorry to say we had a take away... it was disgusting the tomato garlic bread was only just cooked most of the chips were not cooked and the rest had no taste."

Service

Pros:

• "As soon as we walked in staff couldn't be more helpful and with a smile."
• "The waiter was fantastic with our small children adding to the 5 star experience we had."
• "Service was wonderful, friendly and attentive."
• "Such friendly attentive staff."
• "The staff were very knowledgeable and helpful."
• "Very friendly service."
• "Staff friendly and attentive and food excellent."

Cons:

• "Great food but AWFUL customer service. When we arrived, didn't feel welcomed as we had a pram."
• "No smiles from the waiters, freezing cold in the extension."
• "We were put on table ignored."
• "The attitude of the waitress and an older gentleman who worked there was so unprofessional and rude I decided not to pay such an establishment."
• "Rude staff. 3 hairs in our food."
• "The service was ok except the manager / owner who was surly and obviously stressed out!"
• "The food was amazing but service was not great place has been taken over so the service has changed not enough staff for the amount of customers food not received when ordered also was left waiting for drinks and also waited for a long time for desert menu which was minimal and overpriced was very disappointed."

Ambience

Pros:

• "The building and decor is very modern."
• "It's also had a fantastic revamp in the last few years and though it's painted perhaps a bit of a garish blue from the outside it is beautiful inside, especially the extension."
• "The restaurant had a lovely atmosphere, great music."
• "A nice, airy restaurant with a relaxed atmosphere."
• "The decoration of the place was nice and authentic."
• "An absolutely brilliant little restaurant with a fantastic menu."
• "Love, Love, Love. Which is unfortunate as I will never be returning to Skegness, don't judge a book by its cover I found out, bit dingy on the outside but amazing authentic Italian food."

Cons:

• "The restaurant was okay. Although a lot of people stacked together, not quite covid friendly."
• "Sat near kitchen hatch twice. Couldn't hear music playing so atmosphere spoilt a little."
• "Even had the meal been perfect, it would have been spoiled by the very large, very noisy party that dominated the room."
• "Slightly cramped seating - could probably do away with a couple of tables."
• "No table cloths, tables packed in."
• "They got very busy very quickly and it was a little too noisy for us."
• "Place was freezing lots sat in coat."

Value

Pros:

• "Really great with kids too, very reasonably priced."
• "The wine list also offered a good choice and is reasonably priced (typically just under £20 a bottle)."
• "This place is a must really good meals nicely cooked and certainly not overpriced."
• "Food is good, price is reasonable."
• "The prices are about on par with other similar restaurants."
• "Prices were reasonable. We enjoyed our lunch."
• "The prices were also very fair and reasonable."

Cons:

• "Needless to Say Cannot Recommend And Will Not Return... Expensive Too."
• "Overall it was a bit pricey for quality."
• "Only let down as almost all restaurants is the price you're paying for a soft drink."
• "Price was approximately £100. Not cheap but a treat well worth it."
• "The food was amazing but service was not great place has been taken over so the service has changed not enough staff for the amount of customers food not received when ordered also was left waiting for drinks and also waited for a long time for desert menu which was minimal and overpriced was very disappointed."
• "I am sorry to say we had a take away... it was disgusting the tomato garlic bread was only just cooked most of the chips were not cooked and the rest had no taste."
• "Food was fine, but due to my autistic son being tired and kicking off I didn't want to spoil the atmosphere of the restaurant for the other diners, so we asked for our mains to be boxed up which they did no problem, they obviously could see how flustered we were and needed to leave ASAP so when they gave me the bill I paid it promptly and thinking to myself the £107 meal seemed too expensive for what we had and thought we had been overcharged but I didn't have time to check the bill as we just needed to get my son home."

Accessibility

Pros:

• "There is parking both by the restaurant and a public car park close by."
• "Make sure you book in advance as it’s very popular."
• "Good thing we booked our table as it was very busy."
• "Parking available across the road."
• "We were promptly seated and served drinks."
• "Party of 4 booked easily for Saturday night. Welcomed as soon as we entered."
• "I recommend booking a table first before going in, as it is a very busy place especially in the afternoon."

Cons:

• "Was going to go this evening, but after asking if they open at 17.00 or 17.30 (Phoned at ​17.00) I was greeted with 'Can you call back in 10 minutes.'"
• "They also forgot my friends meal, when asked about it, it was too late so she didn't eat."
• "But make sure u make a reservation otherwise you won't be seated it's so popular here."
• "Granted I walked in without a reservation, I was told they would not book my party."
• "Then a few minutes later he came back and said would we mind sitting together, which was not what you expect when you've booked a table."
• "I was told they would not book my party."
• "When we came to settle the bill we found quite a large mistake on the drinks sections of the bill - good job we checked it instead of just paying!"