If you like food, don't come in. They make barbarous pasta.
Christopher Riley
Tip top ?amazing food great staff wonderful
Aravinthan R
Absolutely best Italian restaurant and delicious pizzas and pastas, other Italian dishes. All in all nice food at reasonable price and the staff were really helpful, a great place to spend some time. Highly recommended.
Debbie Holland
First time here . We shared pizza and ham and mushroom tagliatelle which was very tasty. We asked for water and was given lukewarm water in a dirty jug . We really enjoyed the food until within 20 minutes of leaving the restaurant we were both violently unwell. So either the water or the tagliatelle was not right . Such a shame it’s certainly put us off going back
Aaron Trott
Food was outstanding. Good portion sizes. We came on a Saturday evening, so we thought there would be a wait for food, however it came surprisingly quickly. The only bad thing I would note is our server Claudia wasn’t particularly friendly, only speaking a few words throughout the interactions. Upon taking our orders she simply stood by the table with her notepad, no greeting. We were not asked how our food was, and decided after the awkward service to have dessert elsewhere. When asking for the bill instead of desert she almost looked annoyed with us. This is a good value place to eat, however do not expect friendly service.
Marianna Labib
My recent experience at Donatello's in Brighton was nothing short of a nightmare. Despite being a returning customer, the service was appalling. We waited over an hour for our food, which arrived wrong, and by the time the correct order came, it was almost closing time. The staff were unprofessional, unhelpful, and made us feel unwelcome. Despite being overstaffed, they didn't bother to check on us. We would have ordered dessert and was looking forward to it, but the whole experience was uncomfortable we wanted to leave. Overall, this experience has left me deeply disappointed, and I won't be returning. Avoid Donatello's if you value good service and a pleasant dining atmosphere.
Michael Pender
The food smelled amazing. We were seated and our order was taken quickly. Unfortunately we waited for over an hour and our food had still not arrived. People around us who had arrived much later started to be served within 10-15 minutes. We flagged this with our server who was fairly dismissive, no apology offered. In the end the lady serving us went to the kitchen and brought back the wrong order which had been visibly rushed. Our starter was also missing, we were told this would come next. We left at this point with a hurried apology from management. Unfortunately a negative experience over all.
Matthew Hinchliffe
Perfect good value family venue in the heart of town. Excellent!
Louise cross
Excellent value service ambience what a great place old school restaurant thank goodness for
Been there many times across the years. Great food. Special mention to Marco who served us.
Stuart Atkins
5* allround ! Marco served us and was an absolute star, top food and service.
Gerry Lay
Lovely food and good
Alice Neave
Amazing value great choice and always good service.
Gearoid Bowe
We came here friday night. Had a very nice meal.However after paying and leaving we were followed down the road by our waiter who claimed we hadnt paid. He was quite insistant we didnt. Maybe some better communication betweenthe staff could help. We found nf the whole thing highly embarrasing as there was many people watching. Will certainly not be back
If you like food, don't come in. They make barbarous pasta.
Tip top ?amazing food great staff wonderful
Absolutely best Italian restaurant and delicious pizzas and pastas, other Italian dishes. All in all nice food at reasonable price and the staff were really helpful, a great place to spend some time. Highly recommended.
First time here . We shared pizza and ham and mushroom tagliatelle which was very tasty. We asked for water and was given lukewarm water in a dirty jug . We really enjoyed the food until within 20 minutes of leaving the restaurant we were both violently unwell. So either the water or the tagliatelle was not right . Such a shame it’s certainly put us off going back
Food was outstanding. Good portion sizes. We came on a Saturday evening, so we thought there would be a wait for food, however it came surprisingly quickly. The only bad thing I would note is our server Claudia wasn’t particularly friendly, only speaking a few words throughout the interactions. Upon taking our orders she simply stood by the table with her notepad, no greeting. We were not asked how our food was, and decided after the awkward service to have dessert elsewhere. When asking for the bill instead of desert she almost looked annoyed with us. This is a good value place to eat, however do not expect friendly service.
My recent experience at Donatello's in Brighton was nothing short of a nightmare. Despite being a returning customer, the service was appalling. We waited over an hour for our food, which arrived wrong, and by the time the correct order came, it was almost closing time. The staff were unprofessional, unhelpful, and made us feel unwelcome. Despite being overstaffed, they didn't bother to check on us. We would have ordered dessert and was looking forward to it, but the whole experience was uncomfortable we wanted to leave. Overall, this experience has left me deeply disappointed, and I won't be returning. Avoid Donatello's if you value good service and a pleasant dining atmosphere.
The food smelled amazing. We were seated and our order was taken quickly. Unfortunately we waited for over an hour and our food had still not arrived. People around us who had arrived much later started to be served within 10-15 minutes. We flagged this with our server who was fairly dismissive, no apology offered. In the end the lady serving us went to the kitchen and brought back the wrong order which had been visibly rushed. Our starter was also missing, we were told this would come next. We left at this point with a hurried apology from management. Unfortunately a negative experience over all.
Perfect good value family venue in the heart of town. Excellent!
Excellent value service ambience what a great place old school restaurant thank goodness for
Nice food, good prices and staff were friendly.
Restaurantji Recommends
Been there many times across the years. Great food. Special mention to Marco who served us.
5* allround ! Marco served us and was an absolute star, top food and service.
Lovely food and good
Amazing value great choice and always good service.
We came here friday night. Had a very nice meal.However after paying and leaving we were followed down the road by our waiter who claimed we hadnt paid. He was quite insistant we didnt. Maybe some better communication betweenthe staff could help. We found nf the whole thing highly embarrasing as there was many people watching. Will certainly not be back