Impressed. Seriously impressed. Yep, I'm a fan, and five stars it is…read more..
Well, I could just end there, but that wouldn't be any fun, would it? I need a bit of context, plus a whole lotta story to prove why Zucca is so deserving of the highest Yelp accolade...the five stars.
From the outside looking in, Zucca doesn't look like a whole lot, and to be honest, we were going to pass it by because we didn't think it was open. Fortunately for us, one of the staff appeared and assured us that we could go on in. Phew.
With only three tables, and not a huge amount of room, Zucca is probably better defined by its takeaway status, but due to the fact that we had a hop-along of a brother on this particular occasion (broken ankle bless him), we had to avail of the in-house eating facilities.
For handiness, the menu is all scrawled out on a blackboard on the right hand wall, so we simply had a little look and told the waitress what we were after. We did have a while to wait, but since all the food is freshly prepared there, we didn't mind so much. Plus, when it did come, we were delighted by the decent portions, which were more than suffice to feed our growling tummies.
The cheese and tomato ciabatta was delicious, and the wedges I ordered as a side were equally as tasty. Incredibly decent prices meant that the former was only £3.65, while the latter was £2.50, and let me tell you, I got a heck of a lot of wedges for my money. My sister had opted for the same, ordering chips instead of wedges, and my brother got a plateful of chips with everything he could possibly want on top of them. Our server really couldn't do enough for us.
None of the three of us managed to finish everything, which was really rather sad, particularly as they have a rather good selection of Maud's ice-cream (sorry folks, just wasn't an option...I was fit to burst). However, we did feel that a) the food was incredibly good and b) the prices were certainly right, with absolutely no complaints at all.
Furthermore, my brother informed us that his wife had nipped down a few night's previous to grab a pizza, which turned out to be a mighty good call. Sweet.
I'm certainly well chuffed with this little find in Dromore, and was very surprised at just how good it was. Definitely recommended, if you should happen to be in Dromore. I'd just go out of my, personally...