La Favorita — Restaurant in Charnwood

We ate here on an evening and left feeling fairly underwhelmed.

Let me tell you...

We were greeted upon entry with a warm welcome, but the restaurant lacked any real atmosphere or feeling you are in for a treat.

The menu was on a QR code which is never great for the menu browsers among us. I like to scour the options before I make my choice, but scrolling through a website to see what to order just put me right off from the start. We then see shortly afterwards, menus given to other customers - how odd, maybe we looked like QR code type people!

We ordered food, and it was nothing special from start to finish. Cook from frozen calamari which was a little greasy, and olives that were of the cheap variety. Mains that were fairly run of the mill, although the pizza was apparently 'nice' according to the other half. Pasta sauce that wouldn't jump out in a crowd and bruschetta that was fine, but not value for money.

Drinks wise, half a pint of Peroni was £3.95 which is fairly steep. No wine menu was given - again, check the QR code and scroll to see the wine, quite honesty, very annoying having to do so hence we didn't order wine.

Certainly not worth the wait, the cost or our time popping in here. Not a complete disaster however by any means - the host was polite if not a little quirky, and the female server was busy, if not somewhat stiff.

My recommendation would be to pop some classic Italian tunes on in the background for atmosphere, menus for every table, lose the somewhat stark table dressing and look to offer your customers a true Italian experience.

Overall, I'd give the restaurant a 2.9 out of 5.

I am not sure I'll be rushing back...

I have been going to La Favorita since 2011. Always been a very classic and cozy restaurant that has kept its quality and and quantity steady and good. They are the reason I first explored pasta and now love eating it. I forget to take photos as I jump to eat whatever I order however thanks to my husband Harry I have the prawn starter photo and it's tastes fresh and delicious. I always order various prawn based pastas which are impeccable and Harry has tried roast chicken and steak (medium rare which i have been told is hard to get it right) and along with sides like seasonal veggies and French fries. All have been on point. And customer service has been great and very gentlemanly... which I like the old school charm of the restaurant along with very Italian music too. All in all I go there whenever I crave Italian food. Spend quality time to celebrate occasions with close family and friends....

I was with whole my family there in a moment with a big table and very noisy clients. Is a not cheap place and I felt uncomfortable not because of noisy atmosphere but because of staff. I had been waiting a lot for my order more than any usually restaurant, not help at all from the waiter. I was for the first time in that place so, I was undecided and uninspired with my order especially because the dish that I know they have it in the menu but not availability and no suggestion from the waiter to replace with something similar. When I change the order few times the waiter become anxious and a little bit rude make us to wait for every little request the group next to us being more valuable for him and even a customer new arrived ( maybe is a loyal customer but still unpleasant for me to see...