Piccolino Reviews

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Paul Twyford - 5th April 2012

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Visited this restaurant with my wife and friend who is a local businessman.

No problems with the table, post-main lunch session. Food was OK but not startlingly good considering prices.

One waiter was a little pushy. I only wanted salad but he kept trying to persuade me to have additional food.

Drinks were overpriced, particularly espresso coffee, 2 sips and it was gone, and £7 for a medium sized glass of pinot grigio.

Will not be returning.

Martin O'Hara - 8th February 2012

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Had booked for a birthday dinner, as previous lunches had been great.

Arrived 8PM and waited 30 minutes to be seated. Orders were taken after another 30 minutes and arrived 30 minutes later. Plain standard Italian fare; nothing special. A further 30 minutes to clear the plates and another 30 minutes for the main course to arrive.

Again, I was unimpressed with both the food and the service; for around £18 per main, I expected something more.

Got the bill at 10:30PM. The manager apologised, but would only offer additional drinks (which we didn't need), a free glass of wine with our next visit and an offer to join their loyalty scheme. Needless to say, I turned all three down.

Maybe we were unlucky, but I am not prepared to risk another £175 (for 5 people) to find out.

Peter Suthons - 4th July 2011

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We went to Piccolino 1/7/11 and I am sorry to say the food was very poor.

Our steaks were very overcooked and dry. The manager, when he did come over, tried to get away with "sorry". In the end we paid for 1 steak.

We will not be going back!

Mike Tharratt - 25th February 2008

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My wife and I visited Piccolino whilst staying at the nearby Mercure Hotel.

We hadn't booked but were told if we didn't mind having a drink at the bar, a table would become available in approx 45 minutes.

Once seated we ordered our food and some water for the meal, which took 15 minutes to arrive.

We added some bread to our order, however eventually after about a half hour's wait the starter for two arrived which was cold and duly returned.

After apologies from the waiter the second attempt at the starter arrived after a further 10 minutes with the bread arriving about half way through the starter (the excuse was that the bread was heated to order!).

When the main meals arrived, my wife's tuna was stone cold and inedible, which left us with no option but request to leave, it was pointless me eating separately to my wife.

Amazingly they still insisted we pay for our drinks and my food!

Although the head waiter apologised, saying it hadn't happened before (which I find hard to believe) there was no apology forthcoming from the manager.

Please don't visit here if you like warm food.

We visited Nonna's on Ecclesall Road on the Saturday evening, which was everything that Piccolino wasn't

Jane - 13th December 2007

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Really enjoyed my meal, the food was delightful, the made-in-house desserts were a beautiful ending to an enjoyable meal.

The male waiter who served us was attentive, friendly and dare I say very handsome. Despite being pricey it was well worth it. I shall be visiting again soon.

Andrew Ferguson - 27th September 2007

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Just felt I had to put up a review, having just had tea for the first time in the Sheffield branch of Piccolino, it was great!

I very nearly didn't go, as when I last went to the Didsbury branch I ended walking out after 20 minutes of no attention. I have to say that they didn't have this problem tonight.

Great service, had a couple of the "tapas" dishes, a couple of the starters and a pizza to share. Perfect, just the right amount of food, good attentive service, very nice atmosphere. All in all a great meal.

The only thing that let the place down sadly were the desserts, which would have been so much better if they were fresh. Both of the desserts, including the "special" were clearly bought in. After such great food it was a little bit of a let down! However, more importantly I had a welcome meal in a warm restaurant with staff the smile! Will be back soon.