Excellent! Very child friendly and you are made to feel at ease. I visted mambos for a meal to…read morecelebrate a friends birthday and the service was so good. We were at our tables and offered menus and drinks promptly, which is great as I dislike having to wait ages for menus and trying to order drinks , especiallty with a table of full of guests to keep happy. Kevin is the owner and he is superb, his staff are well in tune with the menus and food they are serving and are always aiming to please with out being overfussed. The atomosphere was great, Mambos was well lit and the room temperature was perfect. My meal was piping hot and very tasty. I ordered a pate starter and pasta main course. Could not fault it at all. An excellent restaurant with good customer service!

Food was delicious! Portions are huge! We went for a family dinner and were impressed with not…read moreonly the food but the early bird menu is a terrific option. I would say after dinner last week at Bravi's that I now prefer Da Vincis. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a nice Italian dinner.

Brilliant service..our party of 6 - including a 7 yr old were let down badly by another restaurant…read morein Shields at 6.30pm very near to Xmas. We tried two other places - no go - but when we went into the packed restaurant at Da Vinci's we were welcomed at once,. Tables were put together with smiles all round... oh yes and the food was amazing too. Genuine tasty Italian and loads of it- as well as a kiddies menu. We will certainly be back.. and book with plenty warning this time.

What a fantastic night, ten of us went here for a friends birthday meal and we were not…read moredisappointed. The food was amazing, the portions were big, the staff were friendly, nothing was too much trouble for them. We all agreed we would be back in the very near future! Thank you for an excellent night!

Overall a delightful experience the room was rather unique and totally European, the staff was…read moreabsolutely professional, the food was incredibly tasteful well-prepared well presented the desserts were the joy of the evening. The kitchen actually allow you to split entrées; my friend and I had 50-50 where we actually took an entrée and he had half a plate of one thing have to put another and I had half a plate of one thing and half a plate of another because we couldn't decide and so they split the plates (it's just pasta sauce easy) but who else does that? Melrose is a great little town we go there all the time even though we live in the states we always anchor ourselves in Melrose when we come to Scotland

Welcome Surprise! Sometimes you find a gem in an unexpected…read moreplace and this was one for us. Superb and authentic Italian food in a little Borders town. We had dinner without reservations on a Saturday and were well treated and well fed. I enjoyed their bread thoroughly and we shared a delicious antipasto plate.

I just walked in to get a pizza to go, and a pint while I wait, and wow!!!! Great service!!! Great…read moreGuinness! Great prices!!!! Super friendly!!!! And the pizza arrived before I finished my pint!!!! Can't say enough about this place!!! If I weren't leaving in the AM, I'd become a regular!!! Gem in the rough! Soundtrack is also awesome!!! Everyone wants Neil diamond, pizza, and beer!

Food seems good most of the time but waiting times between ordering food / drink and serving is…read morerather hit and miss.

Although Sorrento's may not be the most glamorous (or largest) of places to visit, the food is…read moreabsolutely delicious, the best I have tasted in any Italian restaurant in Whitley and beyond come to that. The two man team are friendly and efficient and the atmosphere is always warm and welcoming (and a little bit wacky sometimes). I love Sorrento's and would recommend to anyone who wants to taste real Italian food at a very reasonable price.

Visited La Torre today for Sunday lunch and it was delicious! The staff were very welcoming and…read morefriendly, excellent attentive service, the food was top notch and great value for money. We've been looking for our new regular eatery and I think we found it! Can't highly recommend enough.

Top Quality. Went to the La Torre last night with a group of 10 friends and it was very good…read more Lovely bar area to relax before meal and return to after. Staff very helpful and friendly, food fantastic with everyone served at the same time..Very happy to highly recommend

I was lucky to be able to book a spot at short notice but after the glowing reviews I had to try…read moreit. Walking in we were led upstairs in a peaceful corner. The menu didn't have a huge variety but I find that usually a good thing as gives more concentration and focus on dishes. I had enjoyed some mussels the other night so had them as a main here and my partner ordered a chicken wrapped in ham. To supplement this a house salad was ordered. The food did take a while to arrive but I thoroughly enjoyed mine but glancing at partner's it did look uninspiring and dry. Jealously we glanced at a lady who had ordered and epic looking pasta dish which she exclKmed was the best thing she had eaten in a long time lol I really think it is sometimes pot luck aka on what you order. The ice cream to finish was lovely in kinder, strawberry and vanilla. Overall nice atmosphere but could feel the staff under pressure .

Having had our previous restaurant booking cancelled due to 'technical difficulties' at short…read morenotice, we knew we had limited time to find a restaurant on a sun-kissed, hugely busy bank holiday in Whitby. Thankfully we happened on Cosa Nostra, a large multilevelled Italian restaurant on Church Street and they had a table free! Shown to the upper levels of the restaurant, it was a good place to relax away from the hustle and bustle on a busy May evening. The menu had a decent variety of traditional and more unusual dishes from pizza to pasta, fish dishes to calzone. Not feeling at our most ravenous, we opted for two standard dishes, linguini carbonara and linguini ragu, washed down with a pint of draught Peroni, accompanied by some garlic bread. When the dishes arrived, wow, the portions are enormous at this place! Two large bowls of pasta and a generous pizza sized portion of thin crust garlic bread. The carbonara was spot on, the creaminess of the sauce contrasted perfectly with the saltiness of the bacon, the garlic bread heavy on the garlic, as it should be and the ragu full of earthy tomato flavours. Gamely though we tried, we couldn't finish any of the components, as we both were just recovering from a cold. The head waiter was so concerned with our lack of progress, he offered to pack us up a doggy bag! Reassuring him the food was spot on, we vowed to return when our appetites renewed.

I have been to the original sambacas on the fish quay and in Whitley Bay plenty of times in the…read morepast. For both their cheap lunch menu and for an evening meal I have always been impressed with the food they can offer at such low prices. Granted the atmosphere is a tad loud with the waiting staff singing happy birthday at odd intervals however the food has always been spot on. I have never been into the Cassia restaurant so having arrived on a rainy Saturday evening I couldn't wait for some comforting and filling food. Unfortunately I was setting myself up for a big disappointment. First I opted for the deep fried calamari which was the biggest mistake of the meal. It arrived prompt as usual and with a side of rubber I feel. As I was hungry I dived for the thinly sliced squid and that was half palatable. When the waiter turned up to take our plates away he asked what was wrong with my half eaten plate and suggested it was because I had let it go cold and thats what would make the texture inedible.... (need I add nothing was taken off our bill) Swiftly moving onto the main and I mean swiftly as it arrived seconds later...I mean there is fast and there is too fast? I had the fillet steak with peppercorn sauce and handout chips. The chips and peppercorn sauce where bang on. The steak was perfectly cooked (medium-rare) however didn't look hugely appetising as it looked like it was covered in fat it was a bizarre cut of beef I think. Given what we paid with wine and soft drinks you wouldn't think I had a leg to stand on being so picky...but this place really has gone down in my expectations! Such a shame Sambuca - get your head back in the game!!