Stopped in for lunch on a Sunday, but didn't fancy a traditional Sunday lunch. The weather was good, so we sat outside on the patio to people-watch. It's a lovely spot, lively and scenic in the heart of the Quayside.
The menu was full of Italian standards, and seemed fairly inexpensive. I really had no expectations as I'd heard nothing about Uno's before, and the whole family was pleasantly surprised by how good our lunches were.
We started with whitebait and calamari - I didn't taste the calamari, but the whitebait were piping hot and perfectly crisp. Even my 20-month old loved them, to my great surprise! The calamari came with the Sunday lunch - only £14.95 for three courses, and my mother-in-law thought the sea bass (Chef's "fish of the day" option on the Sunday deal) was absolutely gorgeous, and it came served with bright vegetables.
My husband and I shared a lovely Rustica pizza (£9.95) with a crisp crust, juicy tomatoes, lots of parma ham, Parmesan shavings, and rocket. Even better was the spaghetti meatballs - not an enormous portion of pasta, but the meatballs were abundant! For £9.95 you really get your money's worth in the meat department, but more pasta would've been nice! However, the meatballs were truly a cut above. They really reminded me of...well... meatballs that I would cook. You could see inside them the onion, spinach, herbs - they were not uniform, hard balls - they were hand-formed and full of different ingredients besides meat, and they were soft and delicious. The toddler really enjoyed them too!
Desserts - sticky toffee pudding and tiramisu - were just fine. Classic and well-presented, but not staggering.
Everyone enjoyed their meal, even those who are normally quite hard to please, and we all felt it was a little unassuming gem of a place. Would absolutely come back next time we are craving Italian! read more
