"I had to send my Seafood Risotto back to the kitchen, it was clearly not fresh. It was so hot I'm surprised it didn't melt its way through the earth to Australia. It had no substance to it, just precooked (not even creamy) risotto rice with a thin tomato broth and self-evidently frozen mixed seafood. Truly appalling stuff.

Starters of Calamari and Grilled Sardines were clearly frozen. My local pub does better for less than half the price! I sent my risotto main course back (to much pulling of faces by the staff and clearly rude Italian insults directed at us the rest of the night - I know, my ex was Italian). The Veal Escallope which came (in less than 5 mins) was OK. The Neopolitan sauce & spaghetti used as a sidewish was horrendous. The tomato sauce was bitter with no depth whatsoever - imagine simmering a tin of chopped tomatoes for half an hour without using a soffrito or adjusting the seasoning - that's the sauce. The pasta was tremendously overcooked. My partner had chicken in a wild mushroom sauce. The sauce's base tasted like concentrated mushroom soup. Again, inedible.

All this, with a bottle of wine, came to £83! They knocked off the risotto, but we got nothing, absolutely nothing, else for having to send back food. When I challenged the Head Waitress, when paying, to complain that the food was terrible, I was given a shrug of the shoulders and passed the keypad to type in my pin number.

Not only will I never be going back, I am now telling everyone I know about my experience and urging them never to visit this vile restaurant!" - g moore, manchester 8/4/08 (visited on a saturday evening)