Locanda Locatelli Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The Sicilian red prawn and courgette risotto was especially delicious."
• "The food was excellent and the service was superb."
• "Food is spectacular especially the risotto."
• "Everything tasted great with wonderful favors and textures."
• "Fresh perfectly cooked food, excellent award winning wine list, served by caring staff on a soft ambiance."
• "The food was really nice as you would expect from a Michelin rated restaurant."
• "The food was excellent and the service was unprecedented."

Cons:

• "The food was very average the menu too fussy."
• "The lobster pasta was ok, the rabbit ragu was ok."
• "An extremely overly salted speciality pasta dish and then a RAW grouse."
• "Pasta too salty and veal steak could have been cooked as we asked otherwise its just an OK Michelin star that I would visit again only if I couldnt find a table anywhere else and was dying for the Michelin experience."
• "The main course was some pasta with chicken liver. It was palatable, but nothing great at all."
• "The food was not tasty, we ordered pasta and tortellini that were cooked in boiling water even though it was stated that it was soup."
• "Linguine with lobster left me really disappointed: pasta was not creamy and the sauce was overpowering the lobster. Lobster itself was overcooked and gummy."

Service

Pros:

• "The service was dynamic and they were happy to cater for our needs."
• "Fantastic food, warm and professional service."
• "Truly special service too, staff had amazing attention to detail."
• "Staff was professional, but friendly at the same time."
• "The service was friendly, cordial, and efficient from the moment we stepped in."
• "The service was welcoming, attentive and efficient."
• "Service was impeccable!"

Cons:

• "The service was confusional and superficial, we did not feel in a luxury restaurant at all."
• "They were very slow to take our orders and get our 1st round of drinks and until the plonked the bill down we were given no warning that we had to leave."
• "The service was not up to the mark."
• "TERRIBLE SERVICE. Food was good, terrible Service."
• "The service was lower than non-michelin star restaurant, extremely pushy, lack of attention to details."
• "Service - way too much, don’t even know how to explain it - just be a bit less, let me eat in peace."
• "The service was uneven. Initially dismissive and unfriendly, occasionally excellent but overall the waiters seemed disinterested."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Amongst the clinking glasses, the little bowls of piquant olive oil and the soft flicker of tealights."
• "Buzzing atmosphere, lots of waiting staff wandering around."
• "The ambience was great and the seating arrangements were spacious."
• "Nice atmosphere!"
• "The place is extremely nice for having a nice conversation with friends where great food and wine help you to relax."
• "Great atmosphere, uniformed & professional service, busy but intimate, filled with very soft light."
• "The ambiance was spot-on for an upscale restaurant."

Cons:

• "We were so tightly packed together that we felt our romantic dinner for two was gate-crashed."
• "Not a Michelin restaurant experience. There was no ambiance and the interior design was very basic."
• "Although the atmosphere can feel 'stiff' at times."
• "The room was dark, old furniture and missing any kind of atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere was a little flat but may have just been the time/day we chose."
• "The ambience didn't feel lush."
• "There is no music in the room, so you can hear everyone’s else conversation and also comments and chats amongst the staff."

Value

Pros:

• "The wine suggested was exceptional and the price reasonable for that quality."
• "It’s a bit expensive but it’s not only for the name of the chef but even for the full experience during the meal!"
• "Incredible food, kept simple rather than pretentious with quality ingredients that really shines through in the dish."
• "Honest prices for a Michelin star restaurant."
• "And the price is actually honest considering the level."
• "We all agreed it was incredibly reasonable priced given the quality of the food, service and setting."
• "Expensive, but hard to argue with value given what you are brought and the manner in which it is served."

Cons:

• "Outrageously overpriced."
• "Overpriced and not Michelin star quality or experience in the slightest."
• "They charge 13% service on the donation they add to the bill. How can that be right? They make money on it."
• "Overall, I expected a lot more for a Michelin star restaurant and given the prices and that we paid 166 pounds for two ppl with a bottle of wine I would not return."
• "Personally, for £275 I believe it was not worth it."
• "It is extremely overpriced for what is it."
• "Exorbitant price in relation to what is actually served; definitely not a Michelin star experience."