Reviews in Cheshire

i went in to dine in vatikka with my mates and it is a comfortable place to dine in, the staffs are really nice n friendly, it has an open kitchen so you can see you're food cooked and I've not seen many restaurants with open plan kitchen. The menu is spot on, soo many mouthwatering dishes to choose from,ill be back vatikka

we went to the vatikka as a party of 16people.one fabulous restaurant,contemporary warm feeling.the best Indian in the whole of Cheshire.the food is so nice in flavour,the presentation spot one.you get the perfect service once you walk in till the end.Indian tapas this is the place,also the menu you get spoilt for choice.highly recommended.got to say there are Indian restaurants but they are in a class of there own.

Not Good!!!!! Service was excellent, bearing in mind there was only our table in the restaurant. Personal preference I know but the Chianti came to the table as cold as I’d expect a white. My starter was poor (Chicken Balsamica), presentation was confused, hard to tell the difference between the mushrooms and the chicken - even the texture didn’t give too many clues away!! Whereas the king prawns my fiance had looked really good and the tomato sauce complimented it very well. Main course we both ordered the sirloin. Once again I was disappointed with my plate, Mediterranean vegetables sat in a pool of wetness that can only be described as an oil and water slick. The taste was good, crisp flavours but the moisture on the plate was too much. Cremiso sauce was really tasty. Sirloin arrived with a side of fat that took a good while to hack away. Whilst I expect some fat, this was far too much for my liking and this was exacerbated when I had to literally carve into the rare steak I had ordered. I tasted a fork and whilst cooked well, the quality of the steak let the dish down with plenty of gristle to cut through to get near the nice middle. I sent it back to be told that the chef prided himself on his beef products and he would cut the gristle away for me, my response was to go hungry! This may have been a bad night for the chef / me!! (or the produce he was serving) but my fiancé had a lovely sirloin with arrabiata topped with king prawns that makes me think I was a little bit unlucky with my choice of dishes this evening. I generally don't do dessert as I don't have a sweet tooth, but I tried the Dolce Calzone as I was still hungry after sending back the main and I was really impressed with the custard combination with the sweet calzone oozing fruit as I cut into it. My comment was that I’d come back to Delgado's on the strength of the dessert. I received the bill and was disappointed to have been charged for my main course although they discounted my dessert and a double expresso. I had also purchased 2 bottles of wine beers and brandy. At the till I expressed my disappointment to be told that they had discounted half of the main course with the coffee and dessert. My response was I didn't eat even the main!! Overall though; would I go back again?? Good question. Service was excellent and welcoming; my food was certainly poor although my fiancé’s was good. What I can't get away from is the question I asked walking back - is the chef from the north or the south?????? Of St Helen's, Warrington, Liverpool or Manchester Because it certainly wasn’t not authentic Italian food and the empty restaurant this evening probably confirms it.

l visited this restaurant one Saturday for lunch. What an unexpected surprise. The food was excellent, very fresh and reasonably priced. A very busy place but well worth the wait.

fantastic food and very helpful and pleasant staff. I would highly recommend this restaurant as well as Heddies in Wilmslow.

Was recommended to this restaurant by some close friends. Have been there on numerous occasions now.Absolutely fabulous food. Reminded me of my various trips to Thailand and Malaysia.

London prices in rural Cheshire just don't work had the food been something special then it would not be a problem, Game not to every bodies taste but i understand it was a special event, the real insult was paying £11.50 for cheese board 2 small bits of cheese on a plate with an old piece of apple and out of date grapes.

The owner of this establishment MICHEAL CONNETT is appauling to his staff and shows no regard for their circumstances or welfare.He cheats them out of tips, doesn't pay wages on time, when he does finally pay he short changes them, he speaks to staff members with zero respect and is in debt up to his eyeballs for the business. Please do not work for this man, he changes staff more often than his shirts and then makes up untrue stories about them so people thing he's been misstreated when in fact he's the one who is misstreating his staff!

We fancied this place after reading the last review. Indeed it does have oodles of character and it is easy to imagine the children in the old victorian school. Its more of a restaurant than a pub, however the cask ale is very good. We thought our starters absolutely first class! Confit of duck with lentils and real fresh crab hot pate. The mains were as good, rustic hearty and filling. A chunky venison cottage pie and hot roast partridge. Quality cheeseboard with port to follow. The service was pretty good with the exception of the waitress in the red shoes. The rudest attitude i have ever experienced in a restaurant/pub. We were both stunned. A real shame as it spoiled the whole night for us. The other staff were nice and friendly but not her. I would highly recommend this place, when she is off work obviously!

Did not live up to expectations. Food seemed to be reheated (maybe micro). Service was not good. Won't visiting again. Try the Terrace opposite - so much better.

Delicious food, charming service and a great price. What else could you ask for?

Been walking past here for ages,why? Went this evening with my family,kids loved making their own pizzas Staff are so friendly and our food fabulous.Be going again very soon,

this is undoubtedly the best restaurant in Chester all the food is cooked fresh using fresh ingredients,all the staff are extremely friendly and the atmosphere is excellent .if you want a good meal at reasonable prices La fattoria will not disappoint in any way

My other half had booked a table for two for 6.30 on Sunday the 24th of October. He booked this as a surprise for my birthday and had mentioned to the restaurant as such. As it happens we have been to the restaurant on four previous occasions and enjoyed beautiful food and copious amounts of wine and whiskey. Not only this but I have taken a couple of my female colleagues to the restaurant as I had experienced such excellent service from the likes of Paul (picking out fine wine choices) and Mark (all round pleasure) and other members of staff and the food had always been of a high standard, so much so that myself and my partner were considering the venue for our wedding reception and had mentioned this to Robert late one evening after dining there. On Sunday the 24th we had experienced a little bit of bother and was running a tad late, my partner asked me if we should call the restaurant but as we were only minutes late and the restaurant had my partners mobile number and I had the mobile in my hand whilst he drove I didn't feel that we needed to, afterall a restaurant would have the decency of calling the customer had they any concerns, or so I thought! We arrived outside Cabbage Hall at 6.37pm and noticed that it looked closed, and indeed it was. The fact that the restaurant had closed early when there sign outside clearly states that it is open until 8pm was the first surprise, the fact that we were only 7 mins late and they had already closed was another, the lack of communication from the restaurant given that they had our mobile number; all of this I found shocking enough but then came the worst experience I have ever encountered from a member of the hospitality trade..... My partner knocked politely on the door of cabbage hall as we could see that Robert was stood at the bar and he just ignored us, my partner knocked on the door again and gestured to his watch and to us but Robert just shrugged. At this point I told my partner to call the restaurant so that he can at least speak to the manager because maybe they had had a flood etc, I was giving them the benefit of the doubt at this point, trying to remember at this point the high esteem in which I held Cabbage Hall. My partner spoke to Robert Kisby himself and Robert stated " Im not being funny, im running a business, your late so im shut, your a no-show and i can't keep the kitchen open for people who can't turn up ontime". Now, don't get me wrong, we were 7minutes late but if Mr Kisby runs his business like this going forward he runs the risk of losing customers, the place is situated in a 'destination' area of which we happened to have travelled the 30mins to and had booked an overnight stay, just to dine at Cabbage Hall!!! Word of mouth in that industry is paramount, peoples experience is imperative and return custom only comes from fantastic attention to service and food. now, I can't comment on what the food would have been like the night of my birthday as I obviously didn't dine at Cabbage Hall but the service I/we experienced from the owner himself ensured that I, along with every cheshire based person/business that I know will never return to Cabbage Hall. Mr Kisby could have, and should have dealt with this in a professional manner, a manner in which he would ensure our return custom and thus keep spreading the positive review amoungst friends etc. If it had been my restaurant I would have invited us in from the cold, asked for the reasons why we were late, said the kitchen was all turned off because we were late and offered us a complimentary drink in way of making it up to us that we weren't going to be able to eat there, albeit that the restaurant was due to close at 8pm. If he had done this I would have had a very different opinion of him and his establishment. In this economic climate Mr Kisby must be making an abundance of money, so much so perhaps that he does not need to uphold good service and relationships with customers who live within his catchment area.good on you Mr Kisby.

we have eaten there a few times and very good went last Xmas day and going again this year liked it very much. well worth going

fantastic place food wonderful the best place in Macclesfield Peppe is the best front of house we have ever come across the Restaurant has been open for 28years and he is still very enthusiastic

Becoming a bit of a fixture for the excellent early bird offer. £10 for three courses is great value by any standard and even more so because all the courses are freshly cooked and truly delicious!

As a regular diner at pizza express I was appalled at my latest experience. We were seated and then watched two further tables seated near to us, after us. These tables had drinks orders taken, but we didn't. After 25minutes I approached the manager at the other side of the restaurant, explained nobody had taken our drinks order and asked if he could - he said he would be right over. We then watched him approach a table of a large group chatting with them, and he never came to see to us. By now, the two tables who were in after us had their drinks. It then became clear that the table next to us had waited 1.5 hours for their main course - we know this as it hadn't arrived and they complained. The table to our other side had been in for two hours and only had their main course, and another table near to us had their starters delivered after their mains and we heard the staff explain this would be on the house after they also complained. It became clear that, after 35 minutes, and no drinks order being taken from us (despite us asking the manager!) and also the complaints going on around us, that we were not going to get a meal that evening. Therefore, we left and as we did the manager came over and we explained we were leaving; his only response "yeah - the service is unacceptable, sorry" then he walked away. I have never ever experienced anything so poor in any restaurant. We promptly walked to Fina (an Italian restaurant opposite) and got a lovely table, an ice bucket with our wine within 3 minutes of being in the restaurant, and excellent service throughout. They really did put Pizza Express to shame.