Covo Sportivo

I felt like I was taken to Italy for the night 🥰🥰 The most delicious authentic Italian food I have had in any restaurant!!! The ragu tasted just like Nonna's, I am absolutely blown away with how beautiful my dining experience was. The service was amazing, everyone was so friendly and I was so impressed with the whole ambience inside the restaurant. I highly recommend dining in! I will surely be returning ♥️ bellismio!

The more senior waiter (we came on a Saturday - perhaps he was the manager or owner) was quite rude. He was very dismissive to me and my partner - I asked if I could have a sauce but swap the pasta (which is normally allowed in other Italian restaurants) but was told it was not allowed and he said it quite dismissively. When I got to pay, he didn’t even say a single word to me but pointed his finger at the price like I was a dog to pay. If the food was great, it would have been fine - but the food was not even that special and it was overpriced. Won’t be going back and would warn people to go to other restaurants for a better experience. My partner and I are happy to pay but for the price they charged, you’d think the service would be better!

Really, really great authentic Italian food, probably some of the best I've had, however the service is a real let down. Appears to be a husband (Salvo) and wife family restaurant and if you can get a smile or genuine thank you, you have done extremely well. They're efficient, but not helpful and definitely not friendly. If you can look past the lack or warmth or friendliness in the service and just want great food, this place is for you. The seafood spaghetti is exceptional and is cooked in baking paper meaning the flavours permeate through the pasta and is piping hot. A fantastic dish, as was the veal scallopinni with tender veal and rich flavoured sauce.

Overall disappointing, Serving size where below average for the price but very tasty except for the bland tasteless crab meat pasta. Even after specifically asked if the crab meat was fresh,where we got ridiculed for asking, it tasted like seafood extender. The most disappointing issue was the LACK of friendliness and warmth from our servers. Being asked to stop chatting and just order. Not recommending this restaurant to our family and friends.

Simply AMAZING food!!!! Authentic Sicilian food made with love and absolutely delicious. Not only is the food just incredible to the point where the flavours jump into mouth at the first bite, but the staff are absolutely WONDERFUL too!! They're such great, kind, fun and friendly people who really create a wonderful atmosphere inside the restaurant. It genuinely reminded me of when I was in Italy. As if all of that is not already reason enough to go here, the music they played all throughout the evening was just FANTASTIC. An overall thoroughly enjoyable dining experience!! You'll see in my photo an empty plate... This is because the food was so so tasty, I finished it with pure delight before realising I'd forgotten to take a photo of it!! I was too distracted by the sensational taste!! It was a specials option which was farfalle with gourmet mixed mushrooms. The sauce was absolutely fantastic and each and every farfalla had absorbed plenty of the sauce and flavour as well making each bite incredibilmente delizioso!! The gourmet mushrooms were simply exquisite too and really enjoyable. My fiancée ordered the Gnocchi Gorgonzola which I also tasted and I'm happy to confirm that this too was absolutely sensational!! As if the evening couldn't possibly be any better, one of the owners cuddled and rocked our little 2 month-old while walking around the restaurant to settle her and allow us to eat!! Overall, ABSOLUTELY SENSATIONAL!! If you're anywhere nearby, you simply MUST stop in!!

Food was nice but not very big portions. Mostly though I felt the staff were rude. It felt we were being rushed out despite the fact that we got there at 7pm and the restaurant was mostly empty. They walked off when I tried to order a drink and came back only to take our meal order. He seemed annoyed we were chatting and hadn't decided our order yet. They then proceeded to bring out starters immediately. There was no gap between entre and mains and they started hovering and clearing plates whilst people at the table were still eating. Was a waste of money. Wouldn't recommend.