Saffron Risotto Restaurants

Casa Italia

➤ 491 Hagley Road Bearwood Smethwick, West Midlands B66 4AX, B66 4AP, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Pizza • Pasta • Italian • European

"First time coming to this restaurant and won't be the last. Place is small but very nice and clean. Staff are very good and It's a family run restaurant. atmosphere is romantic with the old school classics playing on the speaker. There is a small wait in-between courses but it's worth the wait. I ordered calamari as a starter and my wife picked brushetta, both starts are very good and very nice presented, as a mains we picked chicken breast in a creamy sauce with a potatoes and salad on the side. My wife had the fillet steak with gorgonzola. Overall very great experience. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: £20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Bruschetta Romana"

Calabrisella Cathays Cathays

➤ 51 Cathays Terrace, Cardiff, CF244HS, United Kingdom, CF24 4DW

Pizza • Vegan • Italian • Pizzeria E Calzoni

"I could have sworn I had checked out this amazing place before, so it really speaks volumes that I’ve now eaten here for the fourth time that I can recall. The atmosphere is incredibly friendly, and the food is fantastic. The English breakfast with unique Italian-style ingredients is a firm and consistent favorite, but everything on the menu is a safe choice for delicious meals. My desire to explore new dining options and enjoy the incredible variety that Cardiff has to offer is what keeps us from coming here more often. I wholeheartedly recommend this restaurant. This review is specifically for the Cathays location, but we've also tried their other restaurants, and the quality remains consistent."

Spago

➤ 7 Dicconson Terrace, FY8 5JY, Fylde, United Kingdom

Pizza • Steak • Pasta • Tapas

"Well, where to start? On arrival, we were processed by the chap on Reception who we now know to be the Owner. Rude doesn 't do it justice! He started by saying that our table wasn 't ready and asked us to wait. The place was only half full at best. Our party made their way to the window seats and I went to the Bar. Despite several Staff running around busily, there was no one serving. I stood at the Bar and waited. The ignorant Owner knew I was there (I was less than a yard away from him) but to no avail. I waited. A lady appeared behind the Bar, looked at me, procured a bar order and then dashed off again. I waited. She came back, looked at me and started to mess with glassware. She dashed off again. I waited. Again she returned, looked at me, messed with Barware items and dashed off. Having waited long enough, I sat down with my Family. I 'll be kind; I had waited over 10 minutes without any acknowledgement at all. At this point, the Owner stormed over, confronted me and suggested that I was being unreasonable. I pointed out to him that I had said nothing. He immediately began to rant that my body language was inappropriate and kicked off, telling me that they were very busy and the Staff were all working hard indeed they were (except him). There were just not enough of them. We should have walked out there and then. Five minutes later, our order was taken and we received our drinks. We waited for our table to be procured. We had another round of drinks. Fully one hour after our arrival, we were shown to our table. I was of the distinct impression that I had been disciplined for my inappropriate body language . The service remained slow, the food was ok. I would not have left a tip, but my Wife took pity on the Staff, so she did. I insisted that be a maximum of 50% of what we would normally tip. Our bill was £167, we paid £180 (just so you know). I hope the Owner didn 't receive a penny. To the Owner: Sir, your manners are appalling. There is an English adage which suggests that The Customer is always right. I do not totally concur with that sentiment, but it was not my fault that your restaurant is under staffed. CAUSE. I had waited for at least ten minutes and my presence had not even been acknowledged. No apology, just a rant from you. EFFECT. We have enjoyed previous visits to Spargo. Perhaps that was because we hadn 't encountered Mr Angry. Good luck with you Business going forward. I do hope that you consider this review appropriately and, moreover, the implied sentiment therein. Sadly, I don 't think you will."

La Rusticana

➤ 90 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH21EL, United Kingdom

Pizza • Steak • Mexican • Italian

"We went to dinner on Friday after work with friends. At first, we thought it was pretty quiet for a Friday night, but the atmosphere picked up. The ambiance was lovely, very cozy and intimate, and the waiter who served us was very friendly, not intrusive but informative when needed. For starters, we all had a variety of dishes: pate della casa, antipasto della casa, salad, and eggplant parmigiana. For mains, we had a T-bone steak, classic pasta dish, and a delicious chicken romano dish. Overall, we were satisfied with our meals, the seasoning, and the flavors were great. However, my friends who had the steak were not overly impressed. They felt that the texture of the meat suggested it might have been frozen at some point, rather than fresh. Despite this, we had a nice dining experience and would consider coming back. Next time, we may stick to the authentic Italian dishes as this is an Italian restaurant, and they do them very well."

Aquarius

➤ Trziste 30319 118 00, Prague, United Kingdom

Beer • Wine • Coffee • Italian

"Very proffesional yet kind service, delicious food and the dishes were served in such a way that it never was too rushed or making us impatient. There also was live music pianosinging which was beautiful and very nice for the mood. : Worth it's price"

Caprese Don Costanzo

➤ 13 Woodside Crescent, Glasgow I-G3 7UL, United Kingdom

Italian • European • Vegetarian • Gluten Free

"The true taste of Italy. I was pleasantly surprised by this charming little Italian restaurant. It was cozy and incredibly delightful. The team, especially Catarina, was fantastic hosts. Chef Arturo was so friendly and made my dish taste just like home in Italy. The Capri family truly creates a Mediterranean atmosphere. I requested my dish to be made in the Calabrese way and they delivered perfectly. Never order carbonara with cream, it's a crime. I absolutely love this restaurant and I can see why regulars keep coming back. I am now a new fan and can't wait to visit again soon! Thank you for a wonderful experience. - Lady BBellie the Captain."

The Lamb

➤ Simons Lane, OX7 6DQ, West Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Soup • Fish • Meat • Steak

"The photograph on Trip Advisor’s website of The Lamb’s cheeseburger French fries is entirely accurate but also entirely nauseating – a meat patty buried within a sloppy mess of stuff (see photo on this website) which, other than the cheese, we neither expected nor...requested. When trying to hold the bun and take a bite of it, the beef patty slithered out from its gunge onto the plate. Granted, there was a knife fork but what's the point of a cheeseburger if you can't grip the bun and bite into it? (Thinks: I wish I’d read Trip Advisor’s reviews on The Lamb in advance rather than afterwards. I would have just ordered a packet of crisps) On a positive note, we didn't throw up. Certainly we couldn't face eating again that evening we ended up sharing a tin of soup and a packet of crisps. The outdoor terrace was a pleasant spot for a lunchtime snack. The bill was (two cheeseburgers French fries at each plus for wine and fizzy water). Thinking positive, we saved money that evening by feeling too queasy to have more than a mug of soup and some crisps. Almost forgot: the French fries were excellent; what’s the betting they weren’t bought in?! The waitress service was pleasant. About two thirds of these “slopburger” were left on our respective plates. The waitress didn’t comment as they took away the plates. Fair enough- what could she possibly say? “I don’t blame you!” ? Next day I rang the manager or someone in charge to explain my disappointment, taking a gentle exploratory approach. To no avail. He insisted it was “a proper cheeseburger”. So maybe it’s me. Or maybe there’s a fine line between confidence and arrogance. Try it and see."

The Folly

➤ The Folly Inn London Road Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 6LB, NN12 6AW, United Kingdom

Cafés • Seafood • Asiatic • Fast Food

"Booked this based on v good trip adviser reviews. Looking at website menu prices the expectation was that this pub is very definitely aimed at the posh end of things. If anything more high end than I wanted that weekend but they had availability where a couple of other pubs on my list didn 't so I went for it anyway and booked. Welcome in the bar was warm, first impression of the formica table and the rather cafeteria glasses plonked on it was rather unsettling but I told myself the food would more than make up for such a trivialities. The wait to order drinks and food was about right. It being a Sunday my Dad and I ordered roast lamb, and my daughter ordered whitebait. The wait for the food was long. The roasts arrived with huge Yorkshire puddings (will never understand that with lamb but not complaining which turned out to be rather crispy, the lamb thinly sliced and swimming in gravy was lovely and tender but was tepid! The vegetables were an uninspired boiled collective including cubes of swede that I haven 't seen or endured since school dinners. The whitebait were rather too large for my 10 year old daughter 's sensibilities but that 's our issue not the Folly 's they were nicely cooked in a spicey batter, but I was expecting the usual 1 2 inch long fish not the 3 inch ones that arrived and she tried to eat them but freaked out and finished off my by now cold lamb so I think I won that exchange ; I made it up to her with a pudding (2 different sorbets which took so long to arrive she had to leave half of it or risk 'brain freeze. ' In a final irony, you know how in some restaurants you are inundated by inquiries as to whether your food is ok? In this case if I had been asked I 'd have sent back the food in favour of something that was actually hot but no one asked, and as my dad is struggling with dementia I wasn 't going to call someone over and cause a scene. Ambience might be good at other times but don 't expect much on a Sunday lunchtime."

Cin Cin Cafe

➤ Corso Buenos Aires 42 20124, Milán, United Kingdom

Full • Pizza • Pasta • Italian

"Every time I have been in Milan in the past five years or so, after checking into the hotel; the Cin Cin Bar is usually my first port of call! It 's a great place to sit outside and people watch. Sitting beside tourists and locals alike, the menu is extensive, the food is tasty and very reasonably priced and the staff are excellent, especially the waiter Yosh/Josh who knows well that my 'last beer of the evening ' will be anything but and continues to come over and ensure that another is forthcoming! Very amiable, pleasant staff. I have been to this bar/restaurant so many times and now don 't even bother going anywhere else....and that sort of says it all. Will be back again in two weeks time and very much looking forward to it."

Restaurants that offer Saffron Risotto