Monti Ristorante Italiano Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was great, especially the chili prawn pasta dish, beautiful fresh seafood."
• "The arancini is delightful and the perfect starter to share."
• "The wild boar tagliatelle was lovely and bursting with flavour too."
• "Food options are good and staff is amazing with excellent service."
• "The prawn pasta is out of this world; the tomato paste is not tart and overpowering."
• "Absolutely fantastic! The food was great and was very well presented with a real sense of Italian authenticity."
• "The food is excellent and can be said to be the best food in the whole of southend."

Cons:

• "Pizza is not that great but pasta has better taste."
• "The food was bland and the pasta was over cooked and tough."
• "The prawns were not fresh tasting and the sauce was just horrible tasteless and beige."
• "The meal I had tonight was so bad the lasagne had no pasta all sauce the garlic bread was white with no taste."

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "Lovely atmosphere in a bright and clean dining room."
• "The ambiance is great, with a modern bright dining room."
• "The restaurant itself was decorated really beautifully and you really felt as though you were part of a big family."
• "The restaurant is lovely, homely and intimate, and the staff couldn't be more welcoming and comforting."

Cons:

• "Not great table service (had to chase our food up a number of times) and poor customer service."
• "Authentic restaurant however, even though they managed to seat us without a reservation, we were sat a a table outside of the main dining area."

Service

Pros:

• "Proper family Italian restaurant, great professional and friendly service."
• "The service is friendly and family orientated, the place itself is discreet and homely whilst still feeling special enough to host whoever you're with."
• "The staff were extremely welcoming and attentive, which was a nice start."
• "Fantastic Italian restaurant serving a great variety of contemporary food with a dash of fun."

Cons:

• "Waited a long time for the food (an hour for starter) despite it being a later sitting."
• "Although there appears to be many dishes labelled as vegetarian, many of them contain Pecorino cheese, which traditionally contains animal rennet."
• "No special covid attempts in any way. No distancing. No hand gel. No disinfectant spray on tables at changeover etc."