Nonnas Chesterfield Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "Lovely for a romantic meal out but also saw lots of families enjoying their meals and the atmosphere."
• "The design of the restaurant was lovely."
• "Lovely ambiance, would return."
• "It’s very upmarket, swish and clean."
• "The restaurant was tastefully decorated and had a nice early evening atmosphere."
• "Great Italian food and good wheelchair access."
• "It's modern style and laid back atmosphere is great for anything from a drink to a proper sit down meal."

Cons:

• "A hearty atmosphere of hostility with a lingering whiff of food sadness - Nonna’s Chesterfield."
• "The area behind my chair was a busy area as the 3 or 4 children of the table of 12 behind us were playing in it."
• "The restaurant part of Nonnas suffers from the noise from the bar area intruding into the dining experience."
• "Disgraceful business. Locked their doors and turned away flood victims who desperately tried to find a warm and dry place to shelter during Storm Babet."
• "The place is in need of good clean, don't look at the ceilings."
• "Lovely atmosphere only negative really is the table across from the door got an awful draft every time the door opened."

Service

Pros:

• "Absolutely amazing 5* quality food & 5* service from the staff, who go out of their way to make sure all your needs are catered for."
• "The customer service was outstanding, was told food could be a little delayed but staff continued to check on us and see if we was okay for drinks etc."
• "Very polite, helpful and made it a point to check on us throughout our meal so no issues with customer service whatsoever."
• "The staff were proficient in taking the orders, were pleasant all during service."
• "The waitresses were excellent, very friendly, efficient and attentive."
• "Service was saved by Josh.....the chef/ waiter/mixologist/front of house who could not do enough for us, with a big grin on his face."
• "The staff were lovely, and were very attentive."

Cons:

• "The starters were tasteless and the service was slow considering the place was practically empty."
• "Service was not good nor the price but the meals really let it down."
• "Not good under pressure, flooding in Chesterfield and they ran and locked the doors as scared families with children tried to scramble into the warm safe restaurant to get away from the waist-high flooding that had destroyed their homes."
• "Real shame that service has slipped recently, was regular Saturday visitors, but service appears to have slipped, orders taking a long time to arrive, sometimes forgotten."
• "The staff were rude, unprofessional and lacked training."
• "No one came to take our food order and when we asked to if we could order we were told that the kitchen wasn’t taking orders as they’re too busy."
• "The staff were clearly stretched too thin and any request took absolutely ages to be completed."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The Salsiccia Rigatoni was perfectly cooked and the pasta was Al Dente."
• "The food was very good."
• "An absolutely wonderful meal out with our children, we adults had delicious steaks and our children had pizza and pasta, and cleared their plates too."
• "The arancini were the best we've ever had."
• "Food was superb, would highly recommend. Pasta and pizza all tasted like they had been made fresh onsite."
• "The food was excellent and we will definitely be going back."
• "Both the food and the service is excellent."

Cons:

• "One of the servings of beef was very chewy and inedible."
• "The hake was disappointingly dry."
• "However, my main course was absolutely dreadful, I had the sea bass on a casserole."
• "Some of the food was tepid and none of it had a wow factor."
• "The Rigatoni was also undercooked and poorly seasoned, and the veal had 0 seasoning at all."
• "The food was very low on flavour and served poorly and very slowly too."
• "The 'creamy garlic sauce' was like gravy (although it did taste of seafood) but not creamy and no taste of garlic."

Price & Value

Pros:

• "Fairly expensive but worth a visit once in a while."
• "Definitely high standard cuisine but with normal and not over the top prices."
• "A really good evening. A lot cheaper than it used to be with pasta dishes at £10 you could have a cheaper evening than we did."
• "Especially if you take advantage of their deals (early evening pasta dishes for around £7) or their seasonal set menus."
• "Pricing is extremely fair and we will 100% be returning here for dinner and to try the breakfast menu also."
• "Great quality for the price but in terms of Affordability it depends on your budget."
• "The food is wonderful (if a little pricey)."

Cons:

• "£170 (without wine as the bottles were far more than we usually pay) is too much for a meal which was not memorable."
• "Drinks were ridiculous prices too, we were a party of 21, so 21 people and their friends and family won't be coming again."
• "Was charged over £10 for a child’s meal. The food was so salty even the chips were covered in it."
• "The choices are poor, the prices are very steep for the cheap gf pasta they use."
• "Parking situation is a joke! People being fined £70 a pop for a quick coffee."
• "Wouldn't go back again if it was half the price."
• "The portion was tiny, especially for the price."