Tony Macaroni Reviews Summary

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Looks great from outside, and great decor."
• "Gorgeous looking restaurant."
• "Food and atmosphere very nice. Cool music at the background."
• "Always a friendly inviting atmosphere."
• "Lovely interior, nice atmosphere."
• "The place was busy on a Saturday night, adding a nice buzz to the atmosphere."
• "The restaurant was very busy, but this didn't slow the service, and had a great atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Not a great experience. Very noisy, cutlery clattering, glasses smashing, what a racket!"
• "Really cramped table layout, was sat above another table with a glass partition overlooking another couple."
• "It can get rather loud in there so I thought it spoilt the atmosphere."
• "To start with, we were seated in a tiny booth where there was hardly any room to breathe out."
• "We were sat at a table at the stairs that were not socially distanced from everyone using them."
• "There was little atmosphere."
• "The echoey space filled with loud families and excited kids, takes away a little from what it genuinely bistro quality food."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff friendly and helpful."
• "Service was excellent and all the food was perfect."
• "Amazing staff, too."
• "The staff are so friendly and polite."
• "Great service, great atmosphere and great tasting food."
• "The staff were lovely, friendly and efficient."
• "Staff were attentive, friendly and very helpful."

Cons:

• "We sat for 20 minutes and no one came near our table."
• "Regular customer here and we walked in today and asked for a table for 5 - we were greeted by the RUDE manager stating he had no tables for 5 in the rudest way possible."
• "Service was rather slow had to wait so long for dips, checking back on the table, to know if we needed anything else was zero."
• "Service was pushy when we first went in, 3 different people came and asked for drinks and food orders even though we'd asked for a chance to read the menu."
• "Service wasn't great, maybe because it was 1 hour before closing."
• "The staff were too busy to serve us in a timely manner."
• "When we were leaving we walked past a few staff members and no one acknowledged us, said 'thank you' or 'bye'."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was very good. We had a party with two people arriving late and ordered for in advance for them and it arrived at the table perfectly timed and hot."
• "Food was excellently cooked very flavoursome."
• "Enjoyed a birthday meal, 1st time of visiting. Wasn't disappointed, very,very tasty."
• "The pizzas were amazing, and the sourdough pizza (capriciosa) especially magic."
• "As usual the food was of excellent quality."
• "Food was lovely and the service was excellent."
• "Food is phenomenal (hats off to the cheffs) the ribs are to die for."

Cons:

• "The burger that is normally there is a breaded chicken burger what I received was clearly not the description."
• "Very disappointed with my order it was lukewarm tasteless the sauce was all watery lying in bottom of container."
• "The risottos which were fairly bland - especially the chicken, very disappointing."
• "Chicken is a little chewy and hard to cut into."
• "The food was ordinary and poor quality."
• "The calamari was tasteless like his music and the burger was dry only saved by the caramelized onions."
• "The pasta I ordered came unflavoured and hard."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "I was surprised at how reasonable the prices were."
• "Portion sizes are brilliant and the prices are fantastic."
• "Good Italian food that is very good value for money as it is of a better quality than it costs."
• "3 courses for £15 Is a bargain but the amount of food makes you wonder how they make money!!"
• "The prices are amazingly low for what you get."
• "Prices were very reasonable and worked out at £15 per person for our food and drink."
• "Pizzas are good pastas are too, low prices."

Cons:

• "The prices are a bit higher than most other restaurants, but the everything listed about is better than most other restaurants."
• "The meal cost around £45, so wasn't exactly cheap for this pile of rubbish."
• "Then food was very expensive just for a piece of salmon and four bits of salad."
• "Bit pricey, though we did get dessert afterwards so that bumped it up a bit."
• "Drinks expensive, but probably no more than expected by their usual run of customers."
• "Food very expensive, pizza not the best, very chewy."
• "2 soft drinks+starter+2 mains cost us ~£45."