La Follia Italian restaurant trattoria

Food : 5/5 | Service : 5/5 | Atmosphere : 4/5 Recommended dishes Lasagne More
Apr 28th, 2023

While the welcome was really friendly, the decor was like a very odd caf (craft work spiders hanging from the ceiling, along with odd dolls). My friend and I walked past it twice as we hadn't clocked that it was a restaurant! I had chicken and mushroom sauce which was delicious but it was served with a very basic salad that had a lot of vinaigrette dressing, which completely clashed with the meat taste. My friend had cannelloni which had same salad....no carbs at all. Portion sizes were ok for me but others would find them very small.Prawn starter was 5 prawns in a sauce and no bread. Automatic 12.5% service charge is unreasonable considering there were no staff, other than the owners, no bread/olives or any of your normal 'extras', and the walk to and from the kitchen was about 5 steps! Expensive meal for very little.
Apr 23rd, 2023

Apr 20th, 2023

Thanks for a fantastic meal and your fantastic company Sara x gary
Apr 13th, 2023

I'm sorry to say, but I don't understand why this restaurant has such excellent reviews. The service was brilliant, we really can't fault it. Our server was a wonderful woman and we loved the small, cosy atmosphere. The pasta is not freshly made, it's clearly out of a packet. I ordered the Bolognese and it tasted very sugary, no depth to it at all. It tasted like a ready meal. My partner ordered the Carbonara. The sauce was curdled, again packet spaghetti and it wasn't one of the better carbonaras he's had. Parmesan on the table clearly pre-grated from a packet. The tiramisu was nice and boozy, but the sponge was so soaked it was basically liquid and the cream had turned to liquid too. Nice flavours but texture wasn't great. I've read through the reviews on here many times and I'm staggered. I'm wondering if we visited on a bad night? This place has a lot of potential - if the ingredients were fresher it could be great. You are made to feel like you're at home, but sadly the quality of the food lets it down.
Apr 7th, 2023