Est - Trafford

What we ordered: Rigatoni Alla Romana £11.75 £1.95 Formaggi e Tartufo Ravioli £11.25 £1.95 Pornstar Martini £7.95 Bellini £7.95 We both added chicken as an extra topping to our pasta which was £1.95 each Overall I'd rate my experience here a solid 4/5 The pornstar martini was really good. Not too sweet, not too bitter just perfect Surprisingly, the Rigatoni was also good too! I enjoyed every bite. Especially loved the sauce it came with too. The Ravioli was another great dish too! The sauce was superrr creamy and rich My Only complaint is that the portion was a bit small. The service was amazing, lovely staff

I visited Est Est Est this afternoon and the garlic bread was great, but the pizza topping where 50mm from the edge and very dry also my wife's margarita pizza said it was topped with cherry tomatoes but it had one and half (3 halves) on the pizza I would not recommend the pizza's

My friend is always in the mood for pasta so we decided to eat here for a lunch break during our boxing day shopping! we were brought to a table promptly and given enough time to decide what we would like--i ordered a fusilli dish while my friend had his carbonara. it was a nice, open atmosphere restaurant in trafford centre which gave a very nice ambiance! our food arrived pretty quickly, i'd say within 10 minutes or so! the service was very kind and the place wasn't too busy (even though trafford was) but it seemed to be popular as a family place! the prices were fairly reasonable for pasta and for the portion size! it was an overall nice restaurant to eat with a friend when you don't want to go downstairs to an overly crowded restaurant during the holidays! i'd love to try the penne dish next time i visit manchester!

Est Est Est or also known as Mathematics nerds as Est^3 (or is it just me? is a single restaurant serving Italian food in the Trafford Centre, I'd like to start off saying how interesting I find it to find a chain, which isn't part of a large brand to be in a shopping mall, but sadly this wasn't a good thing in the case of Est^3 Upon trying to enter, there were multiple queuing without a member of staff in sight, I waited a minute or two just to find out about their gluten free options before I had no choice but to call them, sadly the phone was nowhere near the customer queuing, but I still stayed right outside in view of the staff here while chatting to them on the phone. I'd like to firstly state that to be in a restaurant and to find service so bad you actually have to phone them to get someone to come over to you and help you is quite outrageous. I asked about gluten free options and once again the staff didn't seem to be too friendly or helpful, they told me they didn't have gluten free pasta or pizza, but they didn't want to tell me what, this made me have less confidence in dining here, making me feel I would become ill which wasn't right, chatting to the waitress felt awkward, it felt like she had a lack of interest in her work and helping me find something to eat, in the end I decided to visit somewhere else having been given up with poor service and the staff seeming careless with a reasonably quiet restaurant with so many people queuing outside, this was mishandled.

Wow what a difference in customer service, in comparison to the Hourglass at Piccadilly.. I popped in Here for lunch as I had a cheque of £35 to use from Trg Concessions , after an appalling service in Hourglass at Piccadilly Train Station.. The food here does not offer homemade burgers but Italian food. Approaching the Italianesque restaurants, we were greeted and seated outside with great enthusiasm. I could not fault the level of care from beginning to end. Even the manageress came out several times to ensure everything was okay. To start we chose the garlic bread to share accompanied by mushrooms rissoto balls. I have to say this was surprisingly one of the best garlic pizza breads I have had. The base was light and airy with lots of garlic...nom! The risotto balls were tasty , firm on the outside and soft and ricey in the middle. The Mains where everything drops slightly in wow factor. It is rare I choose a veggie dish, but I decided on the butternut squash with pine nuts, and my companion the chicken scallops. The presentation was not great , and mine was just a roast butternut squash, no hidden surprises and a bland salad to match..also not enough pine nuts! The chicken was also apparently bland and very dry... The Peroni was good to wash this down..Overall I think this place is a tad pricey in reflection to what you receive. If they offered the same quality and variety of food as the Hourglass but maintain the high level of customer care this would easily be a 4 star place.