Il Baretto

4 of us on a Saturday night October 2009. The restaurant was full with a friendly bunch, one diner even sent a glass of Prosecco to all the diners.

The food was first class and very authentically Italian, but £8.50 or was it £9, for a summer minestrone is a record. The Fiorentino beefsteak for two was really tasty aged meat If you eat pasta or pizza, you can get out for £35 a head, if you want something more, £60 per head is more likely.

Staff were numerous, friendly and helpful, but you could get forgotten, particularly when you wanted the bill.
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Lenny Rothstein
6 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 4
Thursday, October 22, 2009

My husband and I went to this place in September 2009, and had a horrible experience.

The waiter was very rude, and the food was mediocre, and quite overpriced for what it was. The waiter started with an attitude, and had to come back to verify what we'd ordered, as he'd apparently forgotten it.

I love italian food, My husband's pasta clearly wasn't fresh, contrary to what the menu claimed.

Avoid at all costs!!!
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alison smith
2 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 3
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Food was terrible. Anyone can cook better.

Service was less so - particularly when I was told off by the waiter for eating only half of my main course and interrogated as to why I had left so much. The restaurant was also dead.

I would most definitely not go back.
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martin gisel
2 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 2
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

i very much enjoyed the character of Il Baretto - very friendly staff make you feel like you're the one they were waiting for - offering you wines to try and making excellent recommendations.

good place to take someone for a business lunch when you don't want to be seen to be making too much of a fuss.

i had a spagetti with lobster which was a cracker.
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family jules
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Saturday, July 04, 2009