Valentinos Bistro - Colchester

We visited here last Saturday on our way home. We don 't usually leave bad reviews we just pay the bill and never come back. However the meals we had here were shocking given the price point. Son (25) had the pizza which was tiny, ready made and undercooked. The only beer on offer was small bottles of Peroni. My partner had stuffed mushrooms which were greasy and lasagna which was just a slop on the plate. It tasted of nothing. I had the tomato bread which was a single crusty roll with two slices of tomato on it??? This too was undercooked. For main i had the Gorgonzola chicken which was without doubt the worst meal i have been served. A poor quality breast which looked like it had been boiled. It came with a salad and the sauce was poured over the whole thing yes you read that right hot gorgonzola sauce over salad. Absolutely bizarre. Needless to say we didnt stay for dessert or coffee. We didnt eat our meals either. Please do not waste you money coming here you have been warned!!!! Oh and there are cobwebs and spiders everywhere. A deep clean wouldn 't go amiss. Really surprised at the 5 star food hygiene rating.

Very disappointing visit. Was a treat for a friend’s birthday and the food was awful. Two of us had what was called lasagne. It was like a tomato soup with two meatballs in it smothered in tomato purée. The spaghetti bolognaise was similar, swimming in tomato soup and very little meat. We didn’t have a dessert but asked for coffee and told we couldn’t have any as the machine was broken. Not even offered an instant. Won’t be going back. The table we had was so squashed up to the neighbouring one that we could hardly breathe. Awful.

Amazing amazing amazing. Have been here numerous times and food is outstanding. Please don’t listen to the negative reviews, no idea what they are talking about! Garlic bread is to die for. So much choice and lovely friendly people. We even travel 40 minutes to come here it’s that good.

Lovely food. Lovely atmosphere and good value. Very nice house wine too! Good for families as well as grwn ups.

Without a doubt the worst food we have ever had sadly, we prayed this would be good, love Italian but sadly this was a complete let down , to begin garlic bread, scone with raw garlic , mains arribiatta , tomato soup with pasta honestly worst Italian ever.