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| Now closed; was a chain Italian restaurant in [[Locale Epsom|Epsom]]. As of August 2012 the premises are vacant and boarded up <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/7908591488/ photo]</small>. |
Bella Italia is a large chain, so I wasn't expecting much. In fact, solely because it is a chain I didn't really want to eat there because chains are almost always crap. But the area around Epsom High Street has nothing else. There's what looks like a poncy bar, a coupla sandwich shops, and a dodgy burger shop, that's it. So the chain restaurant was the best choice of a bad lot. |
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The information below is retained for people who want to know what it was like. |
And I was pleasantly surprised. Service was a bit scatty but was at least quick and they fixed their screw-up (wrong starter) without being asked to. My pizza was cooked properly and full of flavour and everyone else (I was with a party of 9) seemed satisfied. The seats were comfortable. The lunch-time prices were reasonable. |
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<div class="old_info"> A chain Italian restaurant in [[Locale Epsom|Epsom]]. Bella Italia is a large chain, so [[DrHyde]] wasn't expecting much. In fact, solely because it is a chain I didn't really want to eat there because chains are almost always rubbish. However, the area around Epsom High Street has nothing else. There's what looks like a poncy bar, a couple of sandwich shops, and a dodgy burger shop, and that's it. So the chain restaurant was the best choice of a bad lot. And I was pleasantly surprised. Service was a bit scatty but was at least quick and they fixed their mistake (a wrong starter) without being asked to do so. My pizza was cooked properly and full of flavour and everyone else (I was with a party of nine) seemed satisfied. The seats were comfortable. The lunch-time prices were reasonable. <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[DrHyde]] and a host of Go players, 19 July 2008.</div> </div> address='22 High Street' category='Now Closed' |
Last visited by [[DrHyde]] and a host of Go players, 19 Jul 2008. address='22 High St, Epsom' category='Italian Food,Pizza' |
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formatted_website_text='bellaitalia.co.uk' host='81.187.166.218' |
formatted_website_text='locations_restaurant.php?id=10">http://www.bellaitalia.co.uk/locations_restaurant.php?id=10
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map_link='http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=520972&y=160895' |
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postcode='' summary='Now closed; was a branch of the Italian restaurant chain in Epsom.' website='http://www.bellaitalia.co.uk/locations_restaurant.php?id=10' website='http://www.bellaitalia.co.uk/' |
postcode='KT19 8AH' summary='Italian restaurant chain. Surprisingly not utter crap.' website='http://www.bellaitalia.co.uk/locations_restaurant.php?id=10' website='http://www.bellaitalia.co.uk/' |
Bella Italia is a large chain, so I wasn't expecting much. In fact, solely because it is a chain I didn't really want to eat there because chains are almost always crap. But the area around Epsom High Street has nothing else. There's what looks like a poncy bar, a coupla sandwich shops, and a dodgy burger shop, that's it. So the chain restaurant was the best choice of a bad lot.
And I was pleasantly surprised. Service was a bit scatty but was at least quick and they fixed their screw-up (wrong starter) without being asked to. My pizza was cooked properly and full of flavour and everyone else (I was with a party of 9) seemed satisfied. The seats were comfortable. The lunch-time prices were reasonable.
Last visited by DrHyde and a host of Go players, 19 Jul 2008.
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