Casa Nostra — Restaurant in Bolton

Amazing place to come for great, flavourful Italian food. Came here for the first time last week and we had some truly good food, that tasted very authentic and was excellently made. We had the three courses for a set price option, which in some places reduces your choices for what to have but not here, the options are wide and varied and every taste is catered for. The starters were nice, I had the soup of the day (tomato) and my partner had the breaded mushrooms. It was the mains that stole the show though, I had the chicken breast in peppercorn and cream sauce which was gorgeous! I had the mixed vegetables as my side and all together made a truly lovely meal. My partner had the chicken stroganoff and she was blown away by it, even as far as to say it was the nicest she’s ever tasted! Compliments to the chef indeed. Deserts, again were very, very nice indeed, I’d highly recommend the cheesecake myself. We went on a Friday night, so as you can imagine it got busy, very busy. The restaurant itself is quite compact and a lot of tables have been put in here, so you do sit quite close to your fellow diners. It is close, but not close enough to become uncomfortable, there’s just enough space. The staff are highly attentive and serve you quickly whenever anything is needed. The food and drinks come quickly as well, you don’t have to wait long at all and all empty plates and glasses are cleared away quickly. Even though your orders come swiftly and plates go as soon as they are empty, you never feel rushed at all and as stated, the staff are very helpful, professional, polite and always serve you with a smile, it’s simple things like that, that make dining here a must. I’d highly recommend coming here if your craving good, hearty authentic...

I rang to see if we could have a table in the corner or one slightly out of the way and was laughed at over the phone and told “it is chaos” nevertheless when we arrived we had a table in the corner much to our delight, fantastic! What wasn’t fantastic was the manager i am guessing he was came over and asked for me by my name and then proceeded to belittle me in front of the rest of our party regarding me having asked for the table..He went out of his way to come over to ask me was the table ok for me or would i have preferred to sit outside?? I didn't think it would be a big issue to have a preference on where you would like to be seated!!

Whilst eating our main course i asked for a ice cream for my son who had finished his meal and yet again the happy manager came over and spoke to me as if i was a inconvenience!

Upon trying to pay for our bill as nobody had bothered to tend our table since the ice cream scenario, we decided to get up and pay at the till who we were then greeted by a girl with a serious attitude problem!

The food is always amazing so this a real shame to be let down by front of house staff!

We will not...

Had to update my review after my last visit.

While the food was excellent as always, the venue itself was really overcrowded, we were a table of 8 and we were crammed into a tight corner with a few of us seated in tight and awkward locations where we were in the way of other guests and constantly having to move around to let people past. They clearly hadn't prepared for our table ahead of time because we were waiting in the entrance for a good time waiting to be seated and finally the noise was deafening to the point where you could barely hear the person next to you.

The waiters were kind and well-mannered but on numerous occasions forgot people's orders and dishes or forgot to ask a member of our party which was disappointing as we had to chase them up about it which is a shame.

Overall the food was great, staff friendly and welcoming but they really need to cut back on the amount of guests they cram in at one time, it's really nice to see that business in booming but it is a potential health and safety nightmare if an evacuation was needed as the building is overcrowded and exits are not...