Olio - Chelmsford

Yesterday we decided to eat in aglio e olio. the service was perfect, very fast and careful. the restaurant was also very clean. the presentation of eating was great, the portions were great, and eating was delicious! whomever decides to visit london, aglio e olio should be on the list! much fun!

Me and my husband came here for our anniversary dinner and it was outstanding! My love for Italian food has accelerated and we will defiantely revisit. Big thankyou to all who made our day so special

I’d heard so much about this restaurant and I finally made it to the original Olio in Chelmsford Warm welcome by the staff and friendly and good service Fabulous menu plenty of real authentic Italian dishes to choose from . I had a simple starter Tomato and mozzarella but it was exquisite. My dad had the mussels in a very good sauce My main was steak and an excellent choice V

Dinner for 4, good portions, starters we had were chessy garlic bread, soup and calamari, good portions and was great. Mains had lasagne, mushroom risotto, pasta with seafood and chicken in a type of creamy masla sauce. Risotto, lasagne and pasta, very heavy and very stogey, pasta was over cooked very mushy not the best, however plenty of seafood and flavor was good. Lasgna was not great, a lot of tomotoe sauce not a trational lasagne at all. Risotto was OK again very heavy and rice overcooked. Chicken was decent Service was very good and staff were very pleasant and kattentive. Dessert we had was profiteroles, wonderful!! Cheesecake amazing, pastry with cream passterie was average not the best as texture of carmael and not at all cream patterise. Overall decent food definetely the best one in chelmsford however please make the mains better in texture.

My last visit to an Italian restaurant (NOT THIS ONE) was disappointing. I was sceptical about going to another but I can assure you that this was really good. The food was really good. I am Intrigued to go back and check out their veal. The service was also excellent as they allowed me to order something I wanted which was only on their lunch menu. But they adapted. The restaurant itself is a little pokey with not much character. It looks a little jaded. The building is also narrow and therefore the experience is similarly narrow. There is another part of the restaurant downstairs which looks unused and the visible storage inside the door suggests this. The whole stairs, toilets, downstairs area is clean but very uninspiring. It feels more like walking round a bedsit than an Italian restaurant. That said the food and service was great. I would return for sure. There is a rather lovely raised section in the main portion of the restaurant. Once again this part of the restaurant is uninspiring but this is a nice area. I wanted a particular dish but it wasn’t on the menu I was given. I queried this and was told it was tue lunch menu I had viewed however they would accommodate my request. It was so worth it. Delicious. In summary; my last review of an Italian was style over substance with really poor food. This restaurant was fairly uninspiring inside however the food was great. The staff were great. And I will return. Thanks guys.