Italian Restaurants

[OldBloke]

Over-priced, over-rated, pretentious pizza parlours.

If you've ever been to one of the 'Prezzo' franchises you'll know what I mean.

[Doorman]

Originally posted by OldBloke@Nov 27 2005, 12:23 AM
Over-priced, over-rated, pretentious pizza parlours.

If you've ever been to one of the 'Prezzo' franchises you'll know what I mean.

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What brought that on?

[suicidal_monkey]

depends which ones you go to...

...anyway, I'd advise you to stay well clear of "french" restaurants...

[Blunt]

best hide in a Dutch caff

[DuVeL]

Originally posted by Blunt@Nov 27 2005, 03:33 AM
best hide in a Dutch caff

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:lmfao:   That's what MonkNightWay and NinjaFreak are doing right now.

[MAD_ness]

A bit like Frankie and Bennys


over-priced, understaffed, over-rated  :angry:



but the missus loves the place , so we have to keep going  

[OldBloke]

Originally posted by Doorman@Nov 27 2005, 12:25 AM
What brought that on?

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We have a Prezzo restaurant close to where we live. It is wonderfully furnished and decorated and has a genuine Italian feel to the place. The menu has some mouthwatering descriptions of Italian dishes which, when ordered, turn out to be a child's portion of pasta topped with a non-descript sauce served on a rediculously large plate. And they have the cheek to charge £12 for it. IT'S PASTA FFS  :ranting: The pizzas are crap too.

As for Frankie and Benny's ... they're crap too.  <_<

[A Twig]

And Pizza Hut! Anywhere where a burnt pizza for two, a bowl of salad, and a bottle of warm white wine comes to £25 is horrendous.

When I asked them to chill the wine, the manager replied that they didn't serve the bottles of wine chilled, only the glasses of wine.  :ranting:  :ranting:  :ranting:

[Thulsa Doom]

PIZZA HUT SUCK.
Pizza quality is appalling, very greasy.  Especially the Meat Feaces (they call it Meat Feast).
Kidz portions are pitiful.
I wrote a letter of complaint to their head office last year about the Carlisle branch, and they didn't even know it existed (hope it no longer does).
Avoid Pizza Hut, McDonalds, KFC.

On topic, the Italian Restaurants in my area aint that bad, aint too pricey and food is good.

[Dewey]

Pizza express is fantastic, we go regularly all over the uk, St Andrews, Richmond, Derby, Nottingham, Hull... not too expensive either - I recommend the Apollo Ad Astra!  

[delanvital]

Originally posted by A Twig@Nov 28 2005, 01:14 AM
When I asked them to chill the wine, the manager replied that they didn't serve the bottles of wine chilled, only the glasses of wine. :ranting: :ranting: :ranting:

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 :huh: That is just plain stupid.

[Vincentvega]

well all itie places are a rip off especially if you have pasta ....bloody hell its costs them nothin but they charge you a fortune just to put cheese on it

[Maus]

Sounds to me like what you mean is "Italian restauraunt chains are crap" OB.

F'rexample when I lived in Edinburgh you couldn't keep me away from Prego. Awesome food, good staff, swell atmosphere (it's very clearly a converted residential property, which makes it feel very "homey").