Oops I posted my review on the original thread. Will repost here but add the questions!!!
- What did your DC have off the new summer Piccolo menu? Did they enjoy it?
Both had the dough ball starter which they enjoyed and the little bit of salad was a nice touch. The pizzas (one pepperoni one olive and ham) were a good size for a children's portion and they are it all. I liked the fruit lolly one had and the other had a brownie which was a bit small and dry on it's own. Apart from that I thought it was a good children's menu. I would rather have had a drink included than the babychino as a kids meal usually includes a drink.
- Would you recommend the new Piccolo menu to a friend or family member and why?
I would if they wanted to go out for pizza but it wasn't really anything special to go out of their way for.
- How did you and your DC find the new in restaurant activity pack?
They loved it and it it kept them busy. However they didn't have the stickers in stock in the store we went to which was a bit disappointing as the sheets refer to them.
- Did your DC enter the Dough Ball adventure story writing competition? If so, how did you find it? What was your DC’s story about?
Mine wrote their stories but we forgot to put them online! They loved the idea and wrote about caving and going on holiday.
- Would you consider PizzaExpress to be a family friendly restaurant? If so why? If not, why not?
Definitely for my age (8 and 5). Decent kids menu and good activity pack meant they had a good time. They also loved watching the pizzas being made.
original review -
We went to the Pizza Express at Tower Park Poole. We had a fantastic time.
We had very quick service. It wasn't particularly busy at 5.30pm but we were impressed with how quickly drinks came out and our starters appeared very quickly too. All very smooth.
The children liked the piccolo menu and were impressed with the activities. They didn't finish them (as we had little wait time ) and there were enough crayons (a bugbear of mine when there's only a few snapped crayons of one colour!) They are excited about entering the mini movie competition. However they were a little disappointed the stickers that it said it came with weren't available.
We were sat near the kitchen area so the children were fascinated watching the people making the pizzas!
The children had dough balls for a starter and loved them. As well as the dough balls they got a little bit of cucumber and tomato which was nice and they enjoyed dipping in the garlic butter.
We had a sharing antipasto which was amazing and my favourite part of the meal . I loved the various bits on it especially the bread and the sauces and olive and artichoke. Husband like the cold meats.
For our mains the children had pizzas. They liked they had a whole one each and they were a sensible size. One child thought it was "undercooked" as they are quite dough-ey/almost damp but I think was just the style of pizza.
We shared between us a sloppy Giuseppe and a super food salad and mediteranian salad and dough balls.
The pizza was nothing special but the salad was amazing!! We also liked the dough balls. The salad was just a lump of mozzarella, cherry tomatoes and pesto so woudlnt have been impressed if we hadn't had so many other things to eat with it.
We'd had extra sides instead of pudding but the children had a brownie (sensible size for a child but dry) and a Greek yoghurt ice lolly which was very tasty and I'd buy in the supermarket if I ever saw them.
We had a litre of sparkling water and they had juice.
We combined with a 25% off offer so it came to 52.60 and we also tipped so it was a little over.
In summary we felt we had a lovely time together, great service and good kids meals/activities. Wasn't overly impressed with the Pizza but the salad and service were amazing!
Thankyou pizza express!