La Locanda Del Duca Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was so amazing we had to try all 3 courses, will definitely go again we are in town."
• "Superb food beautifully presented."
• "The prawns were to die for."
• "Gorgeous food with great variety."
• "Each dish was delicious, full of flavour, fresh and tasted like you were eating in a restaurant in Italy!"
• "The food was stunning, the scallop starter was expertly cooked and beautifully presented."
• "Beautifully presented, perfectly cooked, very tasty food."

Cons:

• "The steak was so hard and looked as frozen."
• "But the food was very average. And not cheap!"
• "The food was disappointing considering the price."
• "Food was mediocre."
• "The selection of food was rather limited for vegetarians and my meals taste was bland and presentation was lack lustre."
• "A truly awful experience, food is terrible... microwaved frozen seafood."
• "Unfortunately my mum had a fish risotto was very bland no taste."

Service

Pros:

• "What makes this restaurant stand out is the staff training."
• "It was a pleasure to be served by Evalina, who was friendly and witty."
• "Lovely atmosphere, attentive staff."
• "The staff are fast,friendly and professional."
• "The service from the staff was absolutely incredible."
• "Service excellent."
• "The staff were amazing, friendly and knowledgeable."

Cons:

• "The food good but I thought the waiter was off hand and rude."
• "Staff didn't pay attention to customers who wanted attention, not very attentive."
• "The service was horrible to say the least."
• "However will never go back due to the service was horrible to say the least... I hope its not because I was the only brown guy in the restaurant that night!"
• "Got our starter. After that waited for ages for plates to be taken away and then at least a full half hour or more before we got our main course."
• "The waiter never smiled or had an eye contact with us."
• "I thought the waiter was off hand and rude."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Simple in decor, but clean and fresh."
• "Busy and lively atmosphere (Saturday)."
• "Wonderful, attentive service."
• "Nice to enjoy a traditional Italian restaurant."
• "The restaurant itself is also lovely, clean and roomy."
• "Delicious, inventive and traditional Italian top cuisine that will blow your senses."
• "Lovely atmosphere."

Cons:

• "It was so packed it was hard to get in and out of the tables."
• "Definitely needs to be modernised. So dated and not in an attractive way."
• "Sorry extremely flat atmosphere."
• "Massive dining room, very crowded and extremely noisy."
• "There was live music and a work party on the Sunday night we were there so very noisy."
• "The decor and napery were rather dated."
• "One slight negative is that the tables are very close."

Value

Pros:

• "Great value for money."
• "Good value lunch menu."
• "Faultless food and service."
• "Fantastic value."
• "Excellent set menus and good value for money."
• "Good food at a fair price."
• "The set menus are excellent value, we all choose a pasta dish and all were excellent."

Cons:

• "But the food was very average. And not cheap!"
• "The food was disappointing considering the price."
• "Very expensive for what it is."
• "It was also quite expensive for what you got."
• "Food ok. Over priced."
• "We thought it was slightly over priced."
• "Extremely expensive."