Pesto - Stretford

Have been to this restaurant many times but the last 2 times the food just has not been up to the good standard we are used to here. Visited about 1.30pm today and ordered the bread and balsamic vinegar to start and then 6 dishes from the lunch menu. The 6 dishes came out and we were asked if everything was ok and had to remind the server that we had ordered the bread for starters so eventually received our bread after the mains. The bread was quite hard and possibly stale. The 6 dishes were not the best quality and my daughter has come home and been sick this is all she has eaten today. We also observed our server who seemed to be extremely busy ask for assistance to carry a couple of trays of drinks and 2 of your staff who were chatting, turn and look at her, turn back, start laughing and carrying on chatting leaving her to run back and to. As there are many other restaurants in the Trafford Centre I’m sorry to say I will be trying other places in future.

We loved trying the different tapas dishes, every one of them was a good size and delicious. The menu is huge and has so many veggie options. The waitress was really friendly. The lunch menu was great and really reasonably priced.

Excellent in every way. The set meal with 3 small plates was brilliant. We ordered another three not because we were hungry but because the food was so tasty. Simple food, fresh and beautifully cooked. And it was fast and friendly. And the price of £12.95 for three dishes was fantastic. Make sure to get the vegetables, the mushrooms and the potatoes!

Would say it is a great place to dine in if being at Trafford Centre. Internal decorations and design make the feelings of being at Italy gallery stuff. Foods are good and small size so can do the style of tapas sharing between friends and having more tastes.

Saturday evening, 6pm. 5 minute wait for a table for 3 (2 adults and a baby). Good quality food, excellent service. £70 for 9 small dishes, cocktail, 2 beers, coffee and dessert. Excellent value