I dined with friends and alone on many occasions. I would highly recommend the restaurant, everything is beautiful:food,atmosphere and service.
Simon Wilcock
Food nice (but variable - oven king prawns fantastic, veal escalope dry), service a little slow and haphazard (no cutlery for dessert until we finished).
Leo Pesci
Excellent food, warm and friendly service. My new favourite place to eat in Henley after chains and gastros swamped the town.Whole grilled sea bream is 10/10.
ines pereira
The BEST Pizzas in Henley! Lovely food and even better service!Thank you Maria and team for a great experience.
Roger Rovira
The worst Italian restaurant that’s I ever had in my life. Never go there
Paul Smith
Great food, great service great atmosphere, definitely a place to come
1964MrsH
After waiting for quite awhile, the waitress forgetting that we needed to order , we chose a starter of bread to share with some spring onions on… the waitress recommended this. It was actually like a crispy pizza base with some half cooked onion sprinkled on and nothing else. It was dry and totally unappetising. Main course came and my date couldn’t eat his spaghetti. I had some spaghetti with prawns. I asked the waitress if I could have some Parmesan cheese and black pepper and she said she would return. She never did and I was unable to catch her eye to remind her. We didn’t order any pudding as it was hard work. We just paid the bill and left, disappointed.
arabrab60
3 of us visited for evening meal. 2 of us very pleased but I had spaghetti vongole which was nice at the time, however I started to vomit during the night. These things happen and it was possibly one rogue clam. However, I gave the restaurant a chance to respond as I felt they needed to know. I emailed a very reasonable communication, attaching no blame. I got no response and when I followed this up they again failed to reply. I like this restaurant and would have liked to continue going, however their customer service leaves a lot to be desired.
Amelia Clark
We were expecting a great meal based off the reviews but by our surprise it wasn’t what we hoped for. Maybe they should reduce the menu and focus on cooking less dishes with more flavour. We could tell they meant well but the food just wasn’t up to scratch and we were disappointed we spent money on a meal here when there are plenty of other nice places to go to.
Simply amazing food and service. Highly recommended. Look forward to our next visit ?
Chris Payne
I phoned beforehand. They even fitted us in a bit before they opened which was excellent. The service was very fast, professional and friendly. The food was beautiful first class, piping hot, serviced quickly and well seasoned. Amazing.
C K
We had a wonderful evening at Al Forno during the Henley Royal Regatta. It's a small restaurant, but they were able to accommodate our party of 10 (we did have a reservation) including 6 rowers, and everything was great. The staff was super friendly, too!
Geoff Laurens
We ordered a take away over the phone, the lady could not have been any more stressful or rude to us as we were just simply trying to order. When we collected the pizzas, the chef handed them to us without even a hello or a thank you. He couldn’t have been more rude if he tried. He just put the card machine in front of us and took our payment. They clearly felt they were very busy, but they shouldn’t project their stress on to a customer. If you didn’t want to make takeaway pizzas, don’t offer that service! Simple.
Ruth Fazakerley
Food was great, 3 of us all really enjoyed and we had different dishes, good all round.
Lovely family meal last night excellent food and
I dined with friends and alone on many occasions. I would highly recommend the restaurant, everything is beautiful:food,atmosphere and service.
Food nice (but variable - oven king prawns fantastic, veal escalope dry), service a little slow and haphazard (no cutlery for dessert until we finished).
Excellent food, warm and friendly service. My new favourite place to eat in Henley after chains and gastros swamped the town.Whole grilled sea bream is 10/10.
The BEST Pizzas in Henley! Lovely food and even better service!Thank you Maria and team for a great experience.
The worst Italian restaurant that’s I ever had in my life. Never go there
Great food, great service great atmosphere, definitely a place to come
After waiting for quite awhile, the waitress forgetting that we needed to order , we chose a starter of bread to share with some spring onions on… the waitress recommended this. It was actually like a crispy pizza base with some half cooked onion sprinkled on and nothing else. It was dry and totally unappetising. Main course came and my date couldn’t eat his spaghetti. I had some spaghetti with prawns. I asked the waitress if I could have some Parmesan cheese and black pepper and she said she would return. She never did and I was unable to catch her eye to remind her. We didn’t order any pudding as it was hard work. We just paid the bill and left, disappointed.
3 of us visited for evening meal. 2 of us very pleased but I had spaghetti vongole which was nice at the time, however I started to vomit during the night. These things happen and it was possibly one rogue clam. However, I gave the restaurant a chance to respond as I felt they needed to know. I emailed a very reasonable communication, attaching no blame. I got no response and when I followed this up they again failed to reply. I like this restaurant and would have liked to continue going, however their customer service leaves a lot to be desired.
We were expecting a great meal based off the reviews but by our surprise it wasn’t what we hoped for. Maybe they should reduce the menu and focus on cooking less dishes with more flavour. We could tell they meant well but the food just wasn’t up to scratch and we were disappointed we spent money on a meal here when there are plenty of other nice places to go to.
Restaurantji Recommends
Simply amazing food and service. Highly recommended. Look forward to our next visit ?
I phoned beforehand. They even fitted us in a bit before they opened which was excellent. The service was very fast, professional and friendly. The food was beautiful first class, piping hot, serviced quickly and well seasoned. Amazing.
We had a wonderful evening at Al Forno during the Henley Royal Regatta. It's a small restaurant, but they were able to accommodate our party of 10 (we did have a reservation) including 6 rowers, and everything was great. The staff was super friendly, too!
We ordered a take away over the phone, the lady could not have been any more stressful or rude to us as we were just simply trying to order. When we collected the pizzas, the chef handed them to us without even a hello or a thank you. He couldn’t have been more rude if he tried. He just put the card machine in front of us and took our payment. They clearly felt they were very busy, but they shouldn’t project their stress on to a customer. If you didn’t want to make takeaway pizzas, don’t offer that service! Simple.
Food was great, 3 of us all really enjoyed and we had different dishes, good all round.