This is a new restaurant that describes itself as being New York Italian. It's opened up in an area that is dominated with fairly average Italian restaurants and really had an opportunity to stand out from the crowd. Unfortunately it hasn't really done so.
The restaurant is spacious and well decorated, and the staff were welcoming on arrival. The menu consists of main meals, pasta, pizza, breakfasts and light bites. Neither my boyfriend or I wanted a massive meal so plumped for something from the light bites section. He went for the steak and red onion panini and I went for the breaded chicken, mozzarella and rocket panini, both were served with chips.
The food was presented well and the portions large. Unfortunately, it was let down on taste. My chicken was unbreaded and the entire filling was pretty tasteless. The steak was nice but over powered by the red onion. The chips tasted like the frier oil needed replacing.
My tea was fine (can't really go wrong with a teabag!), but they brought hot milk, and my boyfriend's Americano was minuscule.
Once the food was delivered, nobody came to check if everything was ok, and when our plates were cleared and I mentioned the lack of breaded chicken, my comment was barely even acknowledged.
With a large choice of similar restaurants in the area, we probably won't be rushing back. read more