Il Padrino — Restaurant in East Lindsey

My friend and I were looking for somewhere to eat on a Saturday evening and this place visibly had space, admittedly not always a good sign, but thought we'd try it. It has an outer and inner door, effectively an air lock, but means that your arrival is heralded by the first door, however we found ourselves just simply stood for a minute waiting to be greeted. The only other diners were a table of three, everything else had been vacated with clearance needed. We asked for availability of a table for two, which was confirmed, although we had to wait for the table to be cleared first. That was in fact a wipe down of the plastic substitute damask tablecloths - elsewhere I'd expect them to simply whip the existing or soiled one away and relay the table. As we were seated the three diners adjacent to us were served, only for one to return their food as being cold, that should've been another red flag. Menus were proffered and drinks ordered, which came swiftly enough, and I suppose it's a matter of taste whether you want bottles brought to the table for you to self pour. We ordered our starters and mains - and here we have our secret weapon, with my friend being half Sicilian she knows her dishes. My starter of mussels was awash in what could have been simply a jar of Ragu along with a mediocre undressed salad. My main of Romano was similarly affected to that of my neighbouring diner with one end of the plate being 'scorchio' and the other cold, although starting at the hot end I didn't notice this soon enough. My friend's main was so unappealing that the majority was left, a decision aided by a moribund shaker of parmesan. To add to our disappointment a party of 8(?) twenty somethings came and occupied a nearby table and were extremely raucous from the outset, even the waitress making comment to us, but she failed to make any request to them. With the decor, or perhaps lack of it and any soft furnishings that might nullify or absorb the noise it became a very unpleasant experience as we really struggled to make ourselves heard to one another. It actually feels more of a canteen than a restaurant, and not somewhere you would want to go for an evening meal, especially given the variety on offer elsewhere in Louth, a candidate for the Polizzi or Ramsey experience maybe. So you may have already guessed this, but I'd not be recommending Il Padrino to anyone unless it hopefully...

The food was excellent the only complaint would be the service received from the young waitress today who had blonde hair and wore glasses. Firstly I feel she had a bit of an attitude problem when taking the orders for the group, not only that but when asking for things they would be forgotten or it would seem an awful effort for her to sort out. The forgotten items where then charged on the bill which had to be checked three times, no apology was given at all and it was made to feel like it was our fault. One of the starters had clearly been forgotten and once mentioned twice we were told to wait a few more minutes again no apology for this. There was another waiter, male, he was very nice and attentive it’s a pity he was not the main server as this review would have been 5. Due to the poor service received we will not be returning which is sad due to the good quality of the food but this waitress really lets...

Well i would mark at 2.5 if I could - Ill start with the good, lovely friendly staff, and my partners meal - Romana pasta was excellent. The bad part was my Pizza - I had prosciutto - hate to say it but need to warn others that it was the worst pizza I have ever had in a restaurant - very very bland - small and tasteless - akin to those 8 for a £1 pizzas that one would find on maybe find in Iceland - sorry to leave this review but it is just a warning to try other things and not Pizza - the decor is a little tatty and the same can be said of the toilets - not a place to go if you want...