Trattoria Verdi Reviews Summary

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Great value for money."
• "It's not cheap but reasonably priced for the quality of food and service."
• "Certainly recommended but expensive."
• "For London the prices are moderate and appropriate for the quality offered."
• "Definitely worth the money spent."
• "Nice and cheap italian restaurant just around the corner of most hotels."
• "The service was great and fast, reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "Disappointing and expensive."
• "Watch a hidden 11% cover fee in your bill!"
• "2 pints of beer and a G&T was £26 so I thought the bar drinks expensive."
• "Expensive for what it is, watery deep fried mushroom starter, very average mains."
• "The bill came to almost £100 for the three of us - which, by the way, is grossly overpriced for the standard of the food."
• "Just to cap it off... its really overpriced!"
• "They gave us 3 and charged us for free. And overly priced too."

Atmosphere & Ambience

Pros:

• "Warm and you feel at home."
• "Live pianist creates a good atmosphere."
• "The interior is welcoming and comfortable."
• "Lovely experience eating here."
• "The ambience was rustic and there was soft piano music playing at the background which gave this place a Victorian charm."
• "Authentic Italian food, amazing atmosphere."
• "The music also fit the restaurant so well."

Cons:

• "It had no atmosphere, using the cheapest ingredients."
• "Overall, the restaurant looks unloved, old and untidy."
• "Just a very messy place."
• "Really run down and clearly the love has gone."
• "The ambiance was lackluster, with outdated decor and uncomfortable seating."
• "Create an ambiance that match your vision, instead of a old gloomy restaurant with fake decors."
• "The place itself is very old fashioned."

Service

Pros:

• "Personnel was friendly and food was delivered not late and hot."
• "The staff are charming and polite."
• "The staff are friendly and the food is genuinely excellent."
• "Also was really nice to chat to our lovely waiter Luigi which he looked after us very well and offered us a liquor on the house!"
• "The waiting staff/owners were very attentive from start to finish, nothing was too much trouble."
• "Service was excellent, friendly made to feel completely welcome."
• "The staff are funny and charming and the owners are unbelievably sweet!!!"

Cons:

• "The service was rushed and not very welcoming."
• "Average Italian food with slow service."
• "The service was incredibly slow."
• "Service was very erratic, and they didn't even manage to bring us the wine list."
• "Service slow to the point that we considered leaving."
• "We were greeted by unfriendly and unprofessional staff."
• "Service was very erratic, and they didn't even manage to bring us the wine list."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was ok apart from the whitebait which was fried in old oil."
• "The food is very good and my wife stated that the minestrone soup was the best she has had."
• "The food was excellent and staff friendly!"
• "Loved each bit of every food, specially the gluten free bolognese and the gluten free All”Amatricana pastas."
• "The food was incredible and full of flavour!"
• "The food was very authentic and delicious."
• "Food quality was exceptional, food arrived fast, fresh, and the taste was wonderful!!"

Cons:

• "Food was under par, overcooked and tasteless with poor presentation."
• "The mussels were overcooked and served in a very bland and watery tomato sauce."
• "The food arrived very quickly, and this showed in the lack of presentation and flavour, not very pleasant."
• "The food was bland and lacked any sort of flavor or creativity."
• "Bland and greasy pizza."
• "The Spaghetti Carbonara was watery, and the pizzas seemed reheated."
• "Food was not authentic and bland."