Amarone Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The pizzas are delicious - smoky crust with the right ratio of toppings, not too much."
• "all three meals were consistently fantastic."
• "The food gets better every time."
• "staff were really helpful and friendly and the food was delicious."
• "food was 10/10."
• "Truly delicious vegetarian options."
• "The butternut squash ravioli were excellent."

Cons:

• "Worst pizza I've ever eaten! Absolutely tasteless."
• "The Duck was tough, and apart from the middle was almost inedible."
• "The calzone vegetariana was very disappointing, sparsely filled with undercooked aubergine and dry crumbly ricotta cheese."
• "food disappointing overall. very decent portions of but just lacked flavour."
• "The potatoes were slightly undercooked."
• "The food was under par."
• "The problem was the food."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff unobtrusive and no pressure to drink up and move along."
• "Great menu, attentive staff and great atmosphere!"
• "Every member of staff looked happy and they were clearly happy in their work."
• "A lovely warm welcome. Nice start. Maitre D, David, really looked after us."
• "Service was quick and friendly."
• "staff were really helpful and friendly."
• "The staff are very professional and friendly and there is a lovely relaxed and inviting atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Having reserved online we were ushered to a back table which seemed to have been hurriedly vacated given the spills on the surrounding floor."
• "The service was poor and at £30 per head with two tables of 20 they should have been way more attentive."
• "Waited 40 min just for water that we had to ask for 4 times then finally got dessert which was inedible."
• "I’m sorry to say this is the first time ever that I have not left gratuity, simply because it was just not deserved."
• "Nobody asked if we wanted black pepper or parmesan."
• "There seemed to be sufficient attention to other tables but certainly not to ours."
• "The Manager was absent without leave so nobody there to take my complaint."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Great menu, attentive staff and great atmosphere!"
• "Loved the atmosphere, lovely booths, and a fantastic open plan kitchen so you can watch the chefs work their magic."
• "Excellent atmosphere, busy but not unduly noisy, this is a well designed space."
• "There was a lovely atmosphere in the restaurant also."
• "The outdoor eating area was lush, too! The flame heaters were a really amazing touch!"
• "This restaurant is a gem in the city centre. It is cosy and welcoming."
• "Really buzzy atmosphere in this well presented Italian restaurant."

Cons:

• "The restaurant was very busy and quite noisy, but it was a Friday evening."
• "The service was diabolical and food was a disaster."
• "Shame because it had a nice atmosphere."
• "The only downside for me personally: Too loud when there's a lot of crowd."
• "Restaurant was freezing cold."
• "Seated at rear of restaurant near coat rack,every time a member of staff opened the door at the back a smell of rotten garbage emanated."
• "I found the atmosphere of this venue to be a little cold and dark, possibly because it's underground."

Value

Pros:

• "Food,staff fantastic,wine a tad overpriced."
• "We had a fantastic meal which was very reasonably priced."
• "Wine list is impressive and not over priced."
• "Price was decent. £40 a head for three courses with drinks."
• "The house wines are very good."
• "Considering it is right in the city center the prices were of much better value than we experienced elsewhere."
• "All the food was good and not too pricey (by city centre standards anyway)."

Cons:

• "The service was poor and at £30 per head with two tables of 20 they should have been way more attentive."
• "However my only issue was the service charge that was included in the bill."
• "Cmon standards slipping a bit and £7 for a pint shandy guys."
• "Prices are slightly high for what you get."
• "The menu has completely changed and has doubled in price."
• "To top it off the bill was £98 totally not worth the money."
• "Beware they will charge you 10% extra for service without asking!"