Dine X 4 Sunday
8/07/2012 at 19:30
Ristorante Pizzeria
Piccolino
6 Lapwing Lane, West Didsbury,
Manchester, M20 2WS
I have been dining at Piccolino in West Didsbury since 2007.
It is fair to say that I have been a regular customer since then, although sometime
I would go three times in a month (like this month) and then I might not go for
another 3 months. I guess it just depends on who I am dining with. Since it is
a vibrant area full of bars and ideal to catch up with friends, I always been
there with friends, rather than with my partner just the two of us. Last night
we went with my in-laws, who are lovely middle –age young looking and awesome
people, and my boyfriend wanted to treat them. Hell, he made it! We had a tasty
dinner and the service was excellent.
First of all, I would
like to point out how much I prefer Piccolino in West Didsbury rather than the
one in Manchester city centre. The one in town is some sort of aspirational, slightly
tacky place, in which if you are not dressed up , with a matching tan, sort of
mocking “the only way is Essex” or stuff like that, then you might not gain enough
respect from the staff. I mean it. I went on a number of occasions and I have
always felt somehow mistreated by the staff. On the other hand, Piccolino in
West Didsbury is slighty better, usually diners are skilled professional
on their 30’s and 40’s and the orange tan and chav stilettos are usually replaced with more elegant and sober outfits
and most importantly attitudes. I genuinely feel more at ease at Piccolino in
West Didsbury! Consequentently, I have always been treated like a valuable
customer and during the years, I’ve had the chance to talk to many of the very
professional Italian waiters that have been working there. On this occasion my
visit has been very positive, and the food was even better than usual.
The only downside of the dinner has been at the end, when at
the moment of paying the bill, I asked if you could use the points accumulated
in our ‘’fidelity card’’ and the all thing escalated since the points were not
available, but the manager and waiters
were insisting trying and explaining the reasons why they could not discount
the points.. Well at that stage I was already very embarrassed as my in laws
were there, and I did not like the ideas to have some sort of ‘’clubcard’’ discussion
in front of them! But anyway, the staff is Italian like me, and they were just
trying to be polite, so no big deal!
SOME FACTS (WHAT WE ATE AND HOW MUCH WE SPENT): For a whopping
£209.00, we treated the 4 of us to a three course meal, a bottle of Prosecco to
start with before to accommodate at our table, and two bottles of
Montepulciano. We had an antipasto misto , and to follow we had primi: risotto,
and pumpkins’ ravioli (I have to admit
my in-laws had just half of a portion of the primi, whilst S and I had one full
portion each!) My partner had a huge prime rib steak, I had an exquisite tartare
(shame on me, it was the first tartare of my life!), and my father in law had scallops
. I am sure I am missing something else but at that stage I was already a bit
tipsy! We ended with coffees and amaro. It is clear that the bill was ok for
what we had eaten!
Till the next one!
Ciao for now!
Bolognese pie.
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