Trattoria Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is so flavourful, amazing portion and beautiful presentation."
• "Both times had fantastic food with great service from the staff."
• "The main dishes were perfect with good portion and taste."
• "Very beautiful Italian restaurant in lake windermere, their pizza is amazing, real Italian pizza."
• "Food was amazing! Portions are extremely generous and the flavours are amazing."
• "The food we ordered was fantastic and all well cooked and reasonably priced."
• "The food was amazing. The pizzas were delicious!"

Cons:

• "The seafood one had cold squid in it which couldn't be eaten."
• "The pizza 4 stations was absolutely terrible, the uncooked ham was awful."
• "Very poor breakfast, water on the plate, eggs virtually raw."
• "Just had garlic pizza made with garlic salt. Dry Hardly any nice oil or fresh garlic in sight."
• "The risotto was bland and with no taste, left the full plate on the side."
• "Not an authentic Italian restaurant. I had a pizza and the middle dough was raw and sloppy."
• "The lasagna is not the best thing to eat too much cheese and the pesto sauce is used extensively that it overtakes the taste of the lasagna."

Service

Pros:

• "Nice warming atmosphere with lovely and cheery staff that were helpful from the get go."
• "Massively impressive! As a family of four, with a young child the staff were extremely helpful, welcoming and accommodating."
• "Our second waiter was so friendly and welcoming."
• "Staff were very attentive and nothing was too much trouble."
• "Service was prompt, polite and friendly."
• "Lovely staff and very quick service."
• "The staff was very nice and friendly."

Cons:

• "These guys really seem to hate their customers."
• "Service is appalling."
• "Terrible service. There were tables free but the waitress said to my husband, he needed to book."
• "The waiter was rude and made it seem like a chore taking our order."
• "The waiter completely ignored us and arrogantly insisted that everything had to be ordered through their app."
• "The hostess was rude and unprofessional."
• "We got seated at a very small table for two right underneath the bar with the ice box above my head, giving off a cold chill."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The atmosphere of the place was lovely and the potential is there."
• "We came in to a lovely warm welcome on a cold, quiet night!"
• "Good atmosphere, attentive staff."
• "There was a lovely buzz about the place."
• "Nice ambiance and surroundings."
• "Beautiful Italian restaurant close to the river cruise pickup point and bus stops."
• "Amazing service and warming location."

Cons:

• "This food is in no way authentic and the service is disastrous."
• "The cuisine is far from acceptable Italian."
• "The restaurant is also very poorly ventilated, and as such is stuffy."
• "The decor is very outdated and pretty tacky."
• "Returtant was empty and had house music on very loud which was annoying and unusual."
• "The restaurant is small and hot with very little ventilation."
• "It’s our first time there and we got sent away saying they only take reservations."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Party of 9 (4 Adults and 5 Children) went here and we all had a lovely meal... Which I thought was good value for our evening meal."
• "Food and drinks were reasonably priced."
• "Waiters were really good and the service was quick. Price was decent too."
• "Great for the price and massive portions."
• "Value is perfect for food portion."
• "Prices are fair considering the location."
• "My partners meal came completely covered in melted cheese. The chicken, the side of potatoes, everything! Enough for 3 people to eat."