Pinocchio Reviews Summary

Category: Italian restaurant Brighton

Address: 22 New Rd, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 1UF, United Kingdom

Phone: +441273677676

Rating: 4.3
based on 290 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Service was good."
  • "Was quickly offered a table upstairs and food was good too with generous sizes. Service was excellent and at £33 for 3 courses and a drink I thought good value."
  • "Helpful staff."
  • "The wait staff were always good and nice, though they were quite busy the first night I was there, I never felt like I had to wait a long time for help - they were present and watchful."
  • "The service is efficient and fast, because this is a restaurant that probably serves 100's of covers per night."
  • "Really friendly and attentive service on a busy Friday night."
  • "The staff were friendly and helpful."

Cons:

  • "Service seemed rushed as if they were eager to get us out."
  • "Awful Pizza and poor service, Sunday lunch not busy four persons ate outside."
  • "Staff are friendly, but pretty slow."
  • "Staff friendly but very rushed as restaurant is huge."
  • "I feel like they were very sneaky with extra charges added to the set menu."
  • "Seemed to be a bit of a rush by an elder member of staff."
  • "Service was really slow and not overly friendly."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food is good."
  • "The food was fantastic value for money, with huge portion sizes."
  • "Everything done with very good quality products and lovely taste."
  • "Tasty, piping hot food, served promptly."
  • "We had a delicious, filling meal at a fair price."
  • "The starter was tasty."
  • "Lovely authentic Italian food."

Cons:

  • "Although it's not expensive, it wasn't the Italian quality you'd expect from a family run restaurant."
  • "Very disappointed with my meal today."
  • "The garlic bread was very basic in flavour with a lot of cheese."
  • "My sons pinnocoio pasta made him unwell all Saturday night."
  • "It was very cheap but shows in the quality of food."
  • "The food was horrible. Ordered the calamari to start, no taste at all, pretty sure it was frozen."
  • "The salad was made with wilted yellow lettuce, the prawns were clearly pre-cooked and defrosted."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "The atmosphere was good also, it was busy but not too busy!"
  • "Always a great lively and relaxed atmosphere."
  • "Wonderful atmosphere in this restaurant."
  • "The decor is charming and inviting."
  • "Easily located restaurant. Very friendly with a family run vibe."
  • "Always a table available... vibrant upbeat environment."
  • "The restaurant decorations was very old fashioned but pretty."

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