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Chain Italian restaurants. Which one do you recommend?

29 replies

Socksdroppedonthestairs · 16/01/2019 20:18

My options are Pizza Express, Prezzo or Ask. Bonus points if there's a discount code valid on Friday nights!

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peachypetite · 16/01/2019 20:18

Pizza express is pretty consistent. Prezzo is awful.

TinselAndKnickers · 16/01/2019 20:22

Ask italian - Pizza Express are shite!

Grumpbum123 · 16/01/2019 20:23

I like Prezzo especially the goats cheese al forno

Playdonut · 16/01/2019 20:24

Ask is the best on your list x

PrimeExample · 16/01/2019 20:24

Pizza Express are consistently good but I find Prezzo bland and the service consistently awful! Ask have been pretty good in the past!

BoswellsBollocks · 16/01/2019 20:25

We go to Ask a lot, we’ve never had a bad meal there.

Jackshouse · 16/01/2019 20:25

ASK but none of them are amazing. We use our tesco clubcard vouchers so effectively it’s free for us but the quality is not worth the price they charge.

Disfordarkchocolate · 16/01/2019 20:26

Pizza Express is my favourite.

FrazzyAndFrumpled · 16/01/2019 20:26

We had an absolutely awful experience at ASK about 5 years ago and have never been back since.

Prezzo and Pizza Express are both good. Depends what you want to eat!

Howhot · 16/01/2019 20:28

I like ask.

pickingdaisies · 16/01/2019 20:29

I used to like ask but the service in the one local to me is now laughably poor.

VenusClapTrap · 16/01/2019 20:33

Prezzo is dire.

HollyBollyBooBoo · 16/01/2019 20:35

All dire, I just wouldn't part with my hard earned cash in any of them.

bonfireheart · 16/01/2019 20:35

Pizza Expresd

Babelange · 16/01/2019 20:55

Are you using Tesco points? Not on your list but if so, used to do Zizzi which is good, varied with lighter options - Spaghetti House is awful though. Prezzo opposite Euston Station is good, set menu available even on Fridays - last Friday, two of us set menu with one drink each (I had an Apero Spritz, friend had juice), was £34 between us.

greendale17 · 16/01/2019 20:56

Ask- much better menu than boring Pizza Express

lastqueenofscotland · 16/01/2019 20:58

Pizza express is the most consistent but they are all pretty awful

donajimena · 16/01/2019 20:58

You can't beat a pizza express fiorentina pizza..

Hopskipjumping · 16/01/2019 21:01

I can’t believe people are saying prezzo is awful. Although I do have a taste card so get 2-for-1 but I seriously love it. Even if I didn’t have the card I would still go. I go at least once a month.

Favs are - bruschetta and the large garlic bread with balsamic onions**amazing. They used to do a lobster pasta which was sooo good. But they discontinued it. I always go back hoping it’s back. Also their desserts are so so good. Fav was the chocolate fudge cake but the stopped it. Now it’s the sticky toffee pudding.

Went that weekend and go 3 courses for 2 adults and 2 kids for £40.

PrimeExample · 16/01/2019 21:14

Hopski I find it cheap, but the service at the 3 different ones I go to, is always bad. I don't eat puddings so maybe I am basing it differently. It's excellent value for money, but I find the pasta dishes tasteless and bland. Pizzas were overcooked. I had the pasta with prawns & chilli and it was tasteless, but I did enjoy the lobster pasta you mention! On the other hand, they are generous with codes, free drinks, etc. and it's cheap, especially with Tesco points. But Ask and Pizza Express have been better IME, both quality and service. Someone else mentioned Zizzi, which has been hit and miss.

Based on the above, I'd go for Ask. Have had many a cheap/free meal with Tesco points!

Mulberryandthyme · 16/01/2019 21:16

Ask serve tiny little meals. And the smallest slice of cake ever. EnvyXmas Sad

Mulberryandthyme · 16/01/2019 21:16

No idea what those emojis were about

BarbaraofSevillle · 16/01/2019 21:19

No independents nearby?

StripeyDeckchair · 16/01/2019 21:37

Went to Ask recently and the meal was dire.
Definitely would not recommend it.

AnnaMagnani · 16/01/2019 22:06

Never ever Ask. Either of the other two.

And go home for dessert. You can take something out of the freezer just as well as they can.