PizzaExpress — Restaurant in Basingstoke and Deane

5:15 reservations. Out before 6:30 as we had somewhere to be. Place was lovely and airy and clean. Staff were lovely and efficient. We had 2 courses main and pudding.

I had the Calzone Verdure-Roasted peppers and aubergine with spinach, smoky tomato harissa, hot chilli, tomato with garlic and topped with rosemary. Served with salad and balsamic dressing.

It looked and tasted amazing. However it was lukewarm - cold in the middle of this dish I think because of the aubergine and spinach are quite a wet ingredient it needed longer to heat through. If my dish had been a meaty calzone I would have sent it back.

But I knew I was safe and I didn't want to eat after my partner had finished.

Puddings we had the tiramisu-this was good, well presented but a little cloying and dense, I've had better elsewhere. My partner had the Honeycombe Cream Slice-Honeycomb, chocolate, whipped cream and salted caramel on a biscuit base with chocolate sauce. Served with your choice of cream, gelato or mascarpone. That was fantastic, light and sweet, but not sickly. Didnt stay for a coffee like we would have liked but they are always good too.

This pizza express, off the Brighton Hill roundabout is one of the few places in Basingstoke that's still going since my childhood and its great to...

Went here yesterday for a nice meal out, it was very empty when we arrived so we were greeted and seated quickly. I noticed my knife was a little dirty so swapped it for another knife on the table. Service was fine, speedy, they were missing some food items which was a shame. Doughballs were lovely and hot, and the American pizza with pepperoni and ham was lovely, however I started to feel quite full and uncomfortable midway through the pizza so had to stop eating and get it in a to go box, which was fine. Left the restaurant still not feeling 100% but chalked it up to trapped wind. Roll on 4am, and I'm in the trenches, vomiting, diarrhoea, chills, the works. Still have nausea, chills and diarrhoea now, writing this review. Unfortunately I won't be returning, completely put off. Will still have pizza express, just not at this restaurant. Not worth the risk and I feel awful. Also it was quite uncomfortable to hear the manager discussing incorrect orders and how to store things etc super loudly while we were eating. Such a shame as have been here in the past and it was lovely. The 2 star rating is primarily with regards to the suspected food...

Not my usual experience of this restaurant but today’s visit was a bit disappointing. In fairness they were very busy with a queue of people waiting.

We were seated and served quickly, our order was taken promptly and our drinks arrived in good time. We had a delay in getting our mains which when they arrived were not quite up to scratch. My American had loads of cheese but was lacking peperon, my wife’s Padana had far too much chutney and hardly any goats cheese. A bit disappointed!

The waitress asked if she should clear our plates but left the empty drinks bottle. The server bringing our mains walked away empty handed. For me when someone brings food out of the kitchen they should not go back with empty hands.

Then when I came to pay it turns out you cannot use Tesco vouchers and the App! By claiming free stuff on the app it precludes the use of a voucher. The only reason we were there tonight was because I had some Tescos vouchers due to expire! A bit disappointing, it could perhaps be made clearer by the app not offering you the option to enter a voucher code!

Whatever. Everyone is entitled to a bad day and we...