Trullo Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was excellent, including mouth-watering dessert and an extensive wine list."
• "The menu is small, but changed every day and all the food is cooked from fresh ingredients, pasta is homemade."
• "Pasta was really fresh, monkfish carpaccio was spectacular!"
• "We ordered lemon sole and mackerel that are both very fresh and tasty."
• "The food is always excellent and well priced."
• "Delicious, elegant Italian food with nice ambience."
• "The food was of the highest quality and was certainly as good as many meals I've eaten in Italy."

Cons:

• "The portions are far too small, even for a restaurant of that genre, the pasta dish could’ve been for half a person, even as a starter type of dish."
• "Food was good but obscenely overpriced."
• "The food is massively overpriced in my opinion."
• "Our real problem however was the turbot. We ordered the turbot to share and it was so salty it was inedible."
• "Overpriced and unperformed. We got two different pastas both of which had little to no flavor and were extremely small portions."
• "The food wasn't flavourful."
• "The vegetarian options were unbelievably bland - I haven't had such a disappointing meal in a 'good' London restaurant as long as I can remember."

Service

Pros:

• "Cora is an amazing asset to Trullo as was the rest of the staff."
• "The staff is incredibly friendly and the venue is very cozy and intimate."
• "The staff was extremely friendly."
• "Perfect for any occasion; date, special evening, small groups, business meal. The service was executed flawlessly."
• "The most absolutely wonderful evening at Trullo. Service was confident, personal, quick but not rushed and kind."
• "Service and staff were attentive and friendly."
• "The staff are always friendly."

Cons:

• "The waiter we had was really sassy, impatient, and kept condescending us."
• "Service was quite slow."
• "Service was friendly but excessively slow. By the time our main arrived, we could have given up and gone home given the choice."
• "The service was dismal, slow, and careless."
• "Service not quite sharp enough for the standard of food and prices being charged."
• "What started off as great service with welcoming smiling staff somehow switched to icy service when our waitress suddenly started ignoring us."
• "The service was a real disappointment: 20 mins to even notice us to take our order, clearing plates before all the members of our party had finished eating."

Ambience

Pros:

• "The restaurant is cosy and so the atmosphere is quite intimate - would be a fantastic place for a date."
• "Really quaint laid back atmosphere, can be romantic for a night out."
• "Trullo had this cozy yet lively vibe that made the whole experience even better."
• "Full of atmosphere and a well-crafted menu offering great choice to all."
• "The interior is really cool."
• "The restaurant is really small and cute, its decorated with a nice wood interior and the friendly staff means it has an excellent vibe."
• "Lovely cozy restaurant with delicious Italian food."

Cons:

• "If you’re going to make customers stand outside while your front of house remembers what their job is, I suggest they change the filters on the extracts. The smell was revolting and utterly off putting."
• "The prices do not match the tiny portion size and we felt ripped off."
• "The environment was intimate and homely and a little rustic."
• "However, they seem to use their popularity to make it expensive."
• "The music was too loud for comfortable conversation and made diners raise their voices."
• "The environment is half-sophisticated/hipster and we didn't find it welcoming at all."
• "We were quite disappointed to be seated in the loud and dark basement area."

Value

Pros:

• "Not too pricey and portions are modest, so order plenty of little things to try."
• "The wine list is great too, and good value!"
• "It is also well priced for London."
• "Our total spend was £45 each after sharing 2 starters, 1 glass of wine and sharing 1 dessert, which I thought was very reasonable."
• "Prices are reasonable, especially for the quality of food."
• "£100pp including bottle of wine so not that bad for London."
• "For the quality I think it’s very good value."

Cons:

• "Slightly underwhelming and expensive for anyone who is used to authentic Italian food!"
• "Food is enjoyable but not anywhere near exceptional, given the price they charge."
• "Way overpriced for the quality and the service of the waitresses, staff were lost, food was coming late."
• "Portion size vs price: outrageous £21 for a SMALL plate of potatoes and leaves: tastes great but that price is ridiculous."
• "Felt the wine was overpriced - £40 for a bottle which retails at £13."
• "Desserts way overpriced."
• "Definitely overrated... Considering this and the setting/location I think this is far too expensive compared to other local restaurants."