Address: 6 Blackwellgate, Darlington, DL1 5HL, United Kingdom
Phone: +441325381910
Rating: 4.3
based on 163 reviews.
Food Quality
Pros:
"The pizza was delicious though."
"Absolutely fantastic pizza & risotto."
"Food tastes fresh, and the flavours worked for each dish."
"The food is gorgeous, WARNING the portions are bug so make sure you starve yourself beforehand."
"The food, atmosphere and service were all fantastic, I ordered the BBQ Burger and it was so lovely I wanted to keep eating even after I was full!"
"The food itself was full of flavour and reached the table piping hot."
"The food was delicious! We had the lasagne, penne arribiata and a pollo pizza with mushrooms and extra garlic."
Cons:
"The food wasn't very hot, like it had been sat waiting for a while."
"The portion size was so small compared to other restaurants/ takeaways and they were dry as though they had been left out a while."
"starter Garlic Mushrooms, just under cooked mushrooms in a slop of garlic and cheese mess."
"The spaghetti Bolognese was tasteless (No flavour at all)."
"The calamari wasn't fully fresh & was rubbery."
"The food was terrible. One member of the families was cold and sent back."
"The pizzas are rock hard and my starter wasn’t cooked."
Service
Pros:
"Great food, good selection, fast and friendly service."
"The staff are brilliant and very friendly, will go there over and over and not get tired of the place!"
"The staff were polite, friendly and the service was quick."
"Staff were brilliant couldn’t do enough to ensure we had exactly what we needed."
"Service was quick and lovely staff very helpful and friendly."
"Really friendly staff and brilliant tasty food as usual."
"The staff were very friendly and the food was delicious."
Cons:
"The waitress kept putting the order down wrong."
"The final straw was when we received the bill which was obviously incorrect as a result of the waiters error but they would not accept the clear overcharge on the bill."
"The waiter totally messed up the order and brought what was only half a meal for two people."
"The waiter wasn’t concerned at all when we told him and brushed it off with a joke."
"Service was terrible."
"Waited half an hour for our drinks (after asking twice)."
"We were left with the dirty plates for a good 30 minutes after we had finished eating."
Atmosphere
Pros:
"Lovely place with a very nice relaxed atmosphere."
"It has a nice atmosphere."
"The restaurant has a lovely cosy feel about it, very relaxing."
"Almost always a bustling, vibrant atmosphere."
"Really nice restaurant, great atmosphere."
"Nice friendly atmosphere and good service."
"Lovely atmosphere and food is tasty, visually appealing and plentiful."
Cons:
"The only let down was a foul smell which was coming from their toilets downstairs."
"The place wasn't the cleanest, I noticed cigarette ends on the floor under our table."
"it was very crowded, so very noisy, because other parties going on."
"Inside decor a little sub par."
"Tables set up after people had left that still had previous customers food left on the floor/under tables not a little a lot."
"The toilets are all the way at the back of the restaurant and frankly in a very shabby state, which is really not great."
"First thoughts.... it was freezing."
Value
Pros:
"Prices seem pretty fair."
"And at 2 courses for £12.95 was extremely good value."
"Reasonably priced, great food."
"food Was very tasty and not bad priced."
"All of this for a very reasonable price."
"Very good prices and even better food!"
"The food was reasonably priced and well worth every penny in my opinion."