Al Dente Restaurant & Bar Reviews Summary

Food Quality and Menu Options

Pros:

• "Pizza was excellent, and they knew how to cook pasta."
• "Had the tomahawk steak, and it was out of this world."
• "The food was fabulous, well presented."
• "Really good Italian restaurant- highly recommend any of the pasta dishes."
• "The food was delicious and very reasonably priced."
• "For food I can highly recommend the tomahawk steak. It's honestly amazing."
• "Had a lovely meal here today. Generous portion of Broccoli, perfectly steamed."
• "The food here is fantastic, really tasty and made from good quality ingredients."

Cons:

• "Ordered soup but had no gluten free options for bread!"
• "Carbonara was ok but spaghetti was all stuck together and not cooked properly!"
• "Food was nice but a bit to spicy."
• "The food was fine but we went on a help out to eat out and the discount was not applied."
• "The mains didn't fair much better, wife had pizza which had too much cheese."
• "There was nothing Italian about it: the pizza was almost inedible."
• "The food was cheap preprepared rubbish and after a long wait, cold on arrival."
• "Food was amazing, Lorna and staff was very helpful and made our dining experience special highly recommend the prawn linguini."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "Service was excellent and very friendly. We were seated in a booth that was very comfortable."
• "Mr Ibrahim, who served us professionally and was friendly at the same time."
• "Staff is friendly, nice vibes and decorations. Foods are amazing. Service is great."
• "Service is fast and people are lovely as well. Family atmosphere + dog friendly."
• "The staff were lovely and couldn't do enough for us."
• "Service and atmosphere was great, great cocktails but the food was disappointing."
• "Staff: extremely friendly staff, very polite and there to help with anything!"
• "Fantastic dining experience that stands out on Lark Lane."

Cons:

• "Marked atmosphere down because when we first visited there was a dog in the restaurant that just wouldn't stop barking."
• "Only came in for a drink, after work, such lovely staff behind the bar! Overfilled my fizzy drink and spilled some."
• "Had to sit outside and said table would be sorted in 10 minutes but never happened and was sat outside freezing."
• "Staff are nice and friendly but not really impressed with the main course...tasted pre-cooked and warmed in the microwave."
• "Staff very attentive, the food lovely, a great choice of beer but the ladies toilets were a disgrace...."
• "Took my mum out for a meal, what I don't expect is to have to listen to dance music blaring out."
• "Upon appearance Al Dente looked fabulous, so we entered to sit outside on a beautiful sunshine day."
• "Didn't have anything to eat but drinks and atmosphere great, lean clean environment and service good too."