ASK Italian Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The adults food was all delicious as well and the portions were perfect 🥰"
• "The food I had the seabass was just delightful and our whole party said the food was lovely."
• "Would definitely recommend for a reasonably priced nice meal out."
• "The food was delicious and reasonable."
• "The food arrived quickly and was hot and tasty."
• "The food is perfectly cooked, tastes amazing and is very well presented."
• "The food was cooked to perfection & was delicious."

Cons:

• "Our pasta was microwaved not tasting fresh, and chips just to dry."
• "Artificial Italian food. Not really that authentic."
• "All good and nice until you taste the cooked food. Lol, learn how to cook."
• "The dish that I had the vegetarian pasta was a bit bland (could have used more seasoning) and the mozzarella didn't melt into the dish."
• "The food was ok, very bland and had little taste."
• "The food was quite greasy and sweet which is the exact opposite of what it said on the menu."
• "Last night had the most disgusting Linguine Carbonara I've ever had, 98% pasta and 2% oily flavourless sauce and bacon, could not taste any cheese."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff was great and the waitress couldn't have been more helpful!"
• "Very easy to book a table, greeted by a lovely manager named Libby who was attentive throughout."
• "She gave us excellent service."
• "Service was attentive, friendly and timely and our waitress (who sadly I didn't get the name of) was on point every single time."
• "Service was fast and friendly."
• "Great service, the food was excellent & the staff were friendly, helpful & polite."
• "We had absolutely excellent service. They were warm, friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "Food was amazing, however staff didn’t feel very welcoming today."
• "We waited 40 minutes for our order to be taken and then over an hour between courses before we eventually complained and left."
• "Ver poor service and very bad behaviour of all Staffs."
• "Service started off a bit slow."
• "Service was OK but slow."
• "Service is always rather slow (once food took over an hour), because the number of staff seem to be far too few to cope."
• "Service at this ASK is appalling!! Slow! Rude! Unorganised!"

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Great Atmosphere.Beautiful location."
• "Monthly Brain Trust meet ups. Very pleasant dining experience."
• "Cosy atmosphere."
• "Serene surroundings."
• "Was a very nice atmosphere."
• "Nice restaurant lovely atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere was really chilled and laid back."

Cons:

• "The only issue is the noise! 🤣 It is just a large open room that the noise echos around & we had to leave a bit earlier than intended to get some quiet!"
• "It was really dark someone actually had to use their phone torch to read the menu."
• "The duel carriageway right outside the restaurant means the view has a little something to be desired at certain times of day."
• "The only downside was that it can be a bit noisy in the restaurant hall."
• "I was seated at a table tonight by some rude women who chewed gum like Violet Beauregarde."
• "Both children have ADHD/Autism and they felt safe and calm."
• "However was a bit disjointed. When asking for the bill, we had assumed they'd come with a card machine but we had to work out that we had to scan the QR code and then pay for it like that."

Value

Pros:

• "With 3 Starters, 2 mains, sides desserts, drinks plus two coffees £87, Excellent value."
• "Can't believe how reasonable the prices were as well."
• "The portion of food for the price was remarkable as it fed a group of 6 of us leaving plenty of budget for other things!"
• "The prices are pretty low, which is great if you want a nice meal on a budget."
• "Look out for the set menu voucher code. Absolutely worth every penny was delicious."
• "You can use Tesco clubcard vouchers for food, and get them in the app in 15 minutes once you know what you've spent."
• "For the food I would give it 5 stars."

Cons:

• "Drinks prices were very high. £5.50 for a cider and £18 for a basic bottle of sauvignon blanc."
• "Taste wise it was OK, with the price of the food it should be more than that."
• "Average taste but at a very expensive price ..average portion size too. Also expensive drinks."
• "For the three of us was over 100 quid with 2 rounds of drinks."
• "ASK is very overpriced for the food & the level of service."
• "A tad pricey."
• "For the money I found the portion sizes to be really small, and as stated on the menu, if you want a smaller, half portion you can have it, for the grand total of £1.00 less than full price!!!"

Facilities

Pros:

• "Click and Collect service was superb! Everything was ready for the time that I asked for through the website."
• "Convenient to order and pay, as you can order, and add to your order via the app, and when you're finished there's no reason to try and getting anyone's attention to pay."
• "The building itself is interesting too .. Good for an afternoon bite or a romantic evening as well."