June 2024 by Chris Niknejad
Impromptu visit for late lunch.Wonderful welcome by helpful smiley barman.Took lunch outside in rear gardenFood was good particularly the seabass main.Sardinian vermentino, hardly ever available in restaurants, deliciousService from barman & waiter superb. Our first visit, we loved it & will return.
May 2024 by Ian Dixon
Food great, great service and allow a nice break between courses highly recommend
May 2024 by Kev Kristiansen
Beautiful food and deserts. Fantastic place to wine and dine with reasonable prices.
May 2024 by Gary Hare
Been a while, thought we?d give them another go. I?m afraid it?s a Cancello from us. Chefs need to go back to Chef school, probably the worst Carbonara I?ve ever had.
May 2024 by Gareth Jones
First time I've been since the name change. But not only has the name changed so has the service and quality of the food! Really good meal and will definitely be going back.Thanks for the experience ?
May 2024 by Tracy Moss
Great food, busy and noisy. Staff great, service can be slow
May 2024 by John Lodge (Jazzman)
We were a party of nine.Everything went like clockwork.The ambience, food, and service were top notch.Highly recommended.
May 2024 by Jonathan Getty
Paying customers forced to be quiet halfway through their meal!! ?? Terrible experience, restaurant is a school dining hall layout and the noise is v loud which wasn't a problem until out of nowhere the staff (and some drunk customers) shushed the entire restaurant, to silence, so that some random fella in the corner could make a speech to his table. Honestly couldn't believe it, never ever seen it happen before in a restaurant. Already reached out to the restaurant and got no reply.
May 2024 by Federico Starnone
Excellent italian Food and
May 2024 by Steven Dagger
Everything first class.
May 2024 by Mark Duxberry
Using a old building once a gateway to Haydock Park Estate
May 2024 by Julie Leigh
We had a lovely meal. Unfortunately it was all let down when we paid. We paid in cash and waited for our change & receipt to come. On checking with a young waitress a very rude older waiter interrupted and said we are very busy, we dont always give a receipt, then loudly took us to reception and told the young receptionist to give us our change back. He wouldn't listen that the point was we expected to get a receipt at the table and then we would choose how much to tip like in any other restaurant. The receptionist new exactly what we were saying and apologies were given. The senior waiter needs to learn some manners and customer service skills. It has put us off going again. Its there loss. We can go to the lovely Verona Italian a few yards away!
May 2024 by Mark Frayne
Looks extremely imposing on entry. Attended to relatively quickly. Tables/chairs arranged well for access.The atmosphere is upbeat.Drinks took 25 minutes and arrived after the starter. Manager was genuinely very apologetic. The food (all of our 5 meals) can only be described as excellent - prepared and cooked perfectly and generous servings all around. It was very busy and consequently the sound level in the main area was cacophenous. This REALLY needs to be addressed.
May 2024 by Alice Martin
Too many silly negative reviews about Ariete (now Cancello). It?s like a big family there, full of smiley staff and great service.Very good food and very reasonable with dietary requirements. Carolyn and Kyle always are ready to greet with the upmost professionalism and friendliness. The bar looks amazing and Owen has done a really great job at crafting the cocktails.Have loved this place for quite a while now and will continue to visit regularly!
May 2024 by chris roscoe
Our first visit last night, the place was rammed which was good and bad. The place was very loud my watch kept giving me loud alerts it was that loud too loud to hold any conversation between a couple without shouting at each other. This isn?t too much of an issue to us it was lively but if you?re after a quiet meal then this may not be the best place when it?s busy.Anyway in total 2 hours for a 3 course meal we had one drink and never asked if we wanted another, I know I couldof asked when the food came but i was driving however I thought it was bizarre that customers sitting there and your not asking if they wanted another drink.Very small easy fixable things let the evening down, we had one napkin between the 2 off us, no steak knives where available (probably because it was so busy) and the non attentive service.We waited long times between staff seeing us which isn?t an issue if we have food or drinks to go at however the staff attention was more on the larger parties.The food was very good and overall it was a good meal. We will try again mid week to see if the service is better whilst quieter. I would certainly recommend this place just the service wasn?t great which I?m sure it was because of the parties. If the service was that little bit better then this would have been 5 stars.
