Padrino

First time here with friends from the USA and all my family. The staff were all friendly and professional. My daughter had a problem on the way and called to say they would not make it. No problem. Then she called back 20 minutes later and said they were now on the way. No problem again. Starters were sorted and on the table as the arrived. And great starters too. The buratta was amazing. In fact all the starters were very good indeed. Garlic bread, carbonara and arancini all top quality. Main courses were great too. Pizzas were Napoli style and perfectly done. Calzone was said to be perfect by my husband who is from Naples. Pastas were rich and tasty too. Roasted garlic chicken, my choice, was tender and moist. The fennel with lemon set it off perfectly. The deserts were very good. Creamy tiramisu was had by most but the gelato was very good too. The best was mine, the bamballino, nuttela filled mini doughnuts, just wow. The restaurant itself is like many in Italy, nice things on the walls , very clean . Very nice relaxed athmosphere. We were there in the afternoon 2pm and eventually left at 5.20pm. But at busier times your booking is for 90 minutes which is fine. All ten of us thoroughly enjoyed our meal and the staff were fantastic.

I went today for dinner. We had a pizzas. Both pizzas was fabulous. It was a proper Italian style pizza. The girls was very nice✨. I’m just gonna suggest to make little bit more big pizza but expect this everything was superb. Oh yeah in the end the give to us a very nice message on the receipt. Appreciate that. Gonna come back again🎉

Came for the brunch which is £25 for pizza, dip and unlimited Prosecco. The food is great and the waiter was so nice. You get the brunch for 90 mins (for us until 4pm), and about an hour in we asked for a second bottle and were told by the waitress no, as there was only 30 mins left. We therefore managed to get a half bottle, then at 3:50 we asked for one more glass, and were told no because they would stop serving it at 3:55 and it was “basically almost 3:55”?! Fortunately the other waiter came over shortly afterwards and gave us another glass. All in all it’s good value for money and the food is amazing but don’t appreciate them making up new stingy rules! Would come back for dinner but perhaps not the brunch.

This place is a secret gem. The staff are beyond excellent. Nothing is too much. One of our party had allergies and they really took note of what she couldn’t eat and made sure her meal was perfect. There are other Italian restaurants in Rochester but if you haven’t been here you definitely need to try it.