Bella Italia The Strand

The table reservation was for 6.30 a.m., but due to the employment and the short staff we stayed in a waiting queue outside until 7 a.m. until others were left and they could clean the tables. not ideal with 2 children. Eat was good when we were served.

My sisters meal was cold , they did not charge for it though. The desserts were frozen still and not edible. Did not even mention this just wanted to get out, very disappointing as used these restaurants before and been pleased

Our calamari starter was really good. The margarita pizza was dry and overcooked. The salmon did not taste fresh and the sauce was tasteless.

We had booked but still had to wait 10 mins in a queue to be shown to our table. We ordered straight away, as we were going to the theatre. We had to twice ask where our food was. After more than 30 mins it arrived. The carbonnara was dry and tasteless and had no chicken which we'd ordered.. They took it off the bill but the whole experience was awful. The waitrees who served us did apologise and tried to be helpful; said they were very busy. Is this what we can expect post-lockdown?

I chose this restaurant for our dinner before eating because of their 2 for 1 voucher. we enjoyed our pasta (I had carbonara! and the service was fast and very efficient.