Zafferelli

Travelling solo, went through the door and the manager acknowledged me, took about 3 minutes until someone came and invited me to a table however. I got handed a menu and once the waiter came back I placed my order and the food came astonishingly quickly and I was very impressed. The same with the mains, I had lasagne and it was delicious. I skipped dessert because I was full with the first 2 courses so I asked for the bill. I was surprised that there was an additional 10% service charge added, not obviously marked as optional. This seems very weird in England, the staff should be paid well already, I'm getting service because I came to a restaurant so not sure why I pay extra to the already restaurant marked up prices. Very American and no idea why you cant just add the service price in the prices of food. Would make much more sense. I'm happy to give the waiting staff a tip if they did a good job, which they did, but don't ask me for it, or put it on the bill that's just down right cheeky! Was not impressed at this policy and should not be randomly adding charges for things you already expect when going to a restaurant. I'm glad they didn't charge me a cutlery charge for using their knife and fork. Other than this, it was a positive experience and the food was great. Thanks.

Waiters including a manager were suprised to see me because i was a tourist from South Korea and it could be a rare occurrence that Asians came to there and had lunch. But in no time they showed kindness. Food was good and a waiter was nice and good. Price is reasonable. BUT Atmosphere was not good. I will recomend all my friends to visit here

Hi there to all the lovely staff. I'd just like to say a HUGE THANK-YOU for giving us such a wonderful evening. Six of us pre-booked and came on Friday the 27th. July at 8pm. We were welcomed by the Manager and shown to our table outside immediately. The Restaurant was busy, but we were attended to straight away. It's a family run Restaurant and we were introduced to them all including the lovely Mama, during the course of the evening. They even brought out a Birthday Cake, though we hadn't mentioned it was someones 65th.Birthday. The Food was great, the atmosphere was great. One could believe we were in Italy, not Brighton. we were spoilt to bits. I'm back in Kenya now, but it's an evening I'll always remember. Thank-you so much for your friendliness and generosity. Avee and Friends.