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Monti

Monti

513 Southchurch Road, SS1 2PP, Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Kebab • Cafés • Pasta • Pizza


"Disappointing. My son raved about this place as he is a regular patron, so we decided to take the family along for his birthday. Nice ambience, but quite cramped table. Ordered food and drinks. Drinks took ages to arrive and then only half of them, had to wait another ten minutes for the others. Starters arrived and two of them were wrong, so they had to go back and we had to wait for the two correct dishes to be cooked and delivered. Then we had to wait a further 50 minutes for the main course to arrive. We was told on numerous occasions that the mains were just being plated up but that took over 15 minutes, and even then my Calzone didn 't arrive for a further five minutes after all the other mains. Kudos to the staff/managers I could see them going mental in the kitchen about it, but when my Calzone did arrive it was incredibly doughy and undercooked, I ate about 2/3rds of it as I was hungry, but left the rest, mentioned it to the, what I assume was the manager, she took it away and I could see the kitchen staff performing an autopsy on it, but they didn 't come out and give me a verdict. Still was charged full price for it. Will not be returning. Lots of better Italian restaurants in the area, even some of the chain restaurants are better than this.. Felt sorry for my son and he kept apologising to me and saying it 's not usually like this , so didn 't make a fuss as it was his birthday why should he apologise for a bad restaurant experience? Doubt the restaurant will reply to this review as they tried to distance themselves/ignore the issues that were very apparent."

The Dining Rooms At Albion House

The Dining Rooms At Albion House

Albion Pl, Ramsgate, United Kingdom

Sushi • Asiatic • Seafood • European


"I had the best fish and chips here I’ve ever had in my entire life. The fish itself was fresh, flaky, and perfectly juicy, and the batter was light, airy, and despite me covering it in lemon and vinegar, managed to remain completely crispy throughout the course of eating it. The triple cooked chips were perfectly cooked and seasoned, and the fresh tartar sauce was also extremely high quality. The entire meal fantastic. 9.5 for the fish and chips, I’m not sure what you can actually do to better such a perfectly simple plate of food.One little touch I loved seeing was the chef came out onto the floor and spent a solid ten minutes talking to a couple about the food taking extra time to entertain their six year old, too. Really nice!Service was great, and the overall ambience of the dining area was lovely we also had drinks in the area where you wait before you are seated, and that in and of itself could be considered as a separate experience very nice chairs, views out of the window, and just a nice overall calmness.If I had to make one criticism, it’s that the food comes out perhaps a little too fast, and the service seemed to drop off rapidly after the main was brought out, but it’s barely enough to even bother mentioning.Oh actually, one other criticism is that they need to update the menus some things weren’t available and were no longer made easily fixed!Overall, a solid 9/10 eating experience. Beautiful food and exceptionally well priced."

Regginas Italiano

Regginas Italiano

United Kingdom, SO30 2EA, Eastleigh

Pizza • Pasta • Steak • Italian


"Having been to Reggina 's before we looked forward to going again and showing the top rated restaurant off to friends. Sadly won 't be going again! The evening started off with a fairly long wait for drinks despite the restaurant not being packed. Once the drinks had arrived we then ordered. The waitress then knocked over a Gin and Tonic into my partners lap and had to replace the table cloth etc.,... strangely, no apology. We carried on and ordered our starters, mine was Garlic King prawns which I looked forward to. My order arrived as 'Scallops '. I told the waitress that she had made a mistake but she was adamant that I had ordered Scallops and tried to give me them for a second time. I told her to take them away and bring me the correct dish. This had to be cooked and arrived some time after my partner and friends had finished theirs. Still, the main course was still to look forward to.... or so we thought. I had ordered Spaghetti Carbonara something that I have had there before and liked. When it arrived it was tasteless and floating in Olive oil not the creamy cheese sauce I had anticipated. I called the waitress over and asked what it was and she said this is how the chef cooks it which is the Italian way. I had Carbonara in Italy and it has never looked like this!. I didn 't eat it as to be perfectly honest it was like having spaghetti presented in greasy washing up water!! Anyway long story short, the bill arrived. Ias ked the waitress if there was any discount because she poured the G&T over my partners to cover cleaning bill etc., expecting something like 'her dessert was complimentary ' but instead the waitress preceded to tell us about how she hadn 't charged us for my partners G&T. When looking at the receipt we clearly had been charged but she continued telling us that the G&T was free. After a while it dawned on us that she was referring to the G&T that she had poured over my partner. So I said 'you are telling us that the G&T that your poured over my partner is free? To which she said yes. By now the remaining customers in the restaurant were in fits at the explanation from the waitress. I said lets pay and go because my friends were now uncomfortable with the aggressive manner of the waitress. The other waitress (english) took the receipt away and came back with the two G&T 's removed. We paid and left... never to return!!!!! Advice, there are many restaurants out there with better service that Reggina 's offer with better value for money."

Piccolino Sheffield

Piccolino Sheffield

4 Millennium Square Sheffield, South Yorkshire S12JJ, S1 2JE, United Kingdom

Pasta • Steak • Pizza • Italian


"This restaurant is in a great central location in Sheffield near Peace Gardens, and offers a great dining experience. We were seated inside in a nice booth, but seating is also available in an outside 'glass conservatory ' with heaters. We ordered a bottle of sauvignon blanc, and were also impressed with the alcohol free options of wine, beer and gin, which was great for those driving. When the wine arrived, instead of being offered a taste as expected, it was poured straight into everyone 's glasses. For £40 per bottle, we would expect to taste the wine first, fortunately the wine wasn 't corked and was very nice. To start we ordered bruschetta, arancina, and bruschetta gamberoni. All of the starters were very nice! For main, we ordered Paccheri All 'arrabbiata (pasta tomato), Merluzzo (Atlantic cod), Orata Al Forno (whole sea bream), and Stufato Di Manzo (braised ox cheek). The food was very nicely presented and tasted amazing! The pasta and sea bream were piping hot, however the cod and ox cheek dishes were barely warm, as if they had been sat waiting for the other dishes to be plated. This was a bit disappointing, but regardless still tasted great. We also had a side of Zucchini, which was crispy and tasty, but quite heavily salted. Overall, we would return to this restaurant for the delicious food and great setting. The few negatives do not outweigh the positives, but does mean we 're giving 4 stars instead of 5."