My friend suggested we eat here after we'd attended the leeds Met pre-show for the Art degree students
I'd already printed off the 50% voucher and checked it was usable in The Light as i've been stung by this previously and therefore have not been encouraged to try the place. (apparenlty some of the previous offers state in the small print they are excluded from The Light)
Anyway, we arrived at 8.10pm and despite seeing at least 15 tables empty we were told it wuld be a 20 min wait. We decided to read the menu and wait and in all fairness it was only about 10 mins we waited for a balcony table.
We were seated and drinks orders were taken.
We ordered food when they were brought back.
I had ordered :-- Insalata di pollo:- roast chicken in an aioli and lemon dressing with pancetta, green beans, cannellini beans, balsamic onions, slow roasted tomatoes and lentils on mixed leaves.
My friend :-- Casareccia Pollo Piccante :-spicy piccante chicken in a creamy sauce with fresh tomato and baby spinach.
The food arrived really quickly which is always disconcerting.
It looked much nicer that it actually delivered on taste.
I was quite shocked to find all my salad was cold- I'd kind of expected the chicken to be warm! There was only 1 cannellini bean in the whole dish, the dressing tasted bland and certainly didn't taste as garlicky as I expect aioli to be and there was definitely no balsamic onions.
The pasta apparently was more bland than spicy.
Both food descriptions would be plagued with inaccuracies as per Trading standards if you ask me.
The only thing that delivered on the taste front was the Garlic bread!
The wrong bill was presented to us which also added more insult to injury.
Never mind- I wont be eating here again.
Zizzi, take note. Your food does not deliver what it says on the tin, there is no need to be making people to wait for tables when there are clearly tables available and overall- more effort needed.
2 stars is pretty generous and is only due to what it cost and the good garlic bread! read more