L'affamato Restaurant — Restaurant in Elmbridge

We booked a table for 8pm on Friday night. Unfortunately when we got there we had to show ourselves to a table and then had to sit and wait at least 10 mins before being told that the staff were all training so service was slow, we asked for some drinks at that point and sat for another 15 mins watching a lady behind the bar slowly polish glasses and hold them up to the lights, then repeat the process. Eventually the lady came over to explain the new staff can't serve drinks and she had 2 tables of drinks to serve before us. At this point we decided to just leave as it was already gone 8:30pm. We understood that staff need to train but felt that they should of refused our booking, or maybe not let the restaurant become so busy on a day they knew they didn't have staff. As understanding as we can be, this did ruin our evening so unfortunately we have to be honest in our review. Hopefully their staff will be trained up soon as its a shame to have to leave a bad review for a...

A small family run restaurant. We visited on a Monday evening so the restaurant was very quiet but they were still quite busy with takeaways. The tables were well spaced and sanitiser was available as you entered. Staff wore masks and it felt very Covid secure. There was a varied wine list of mainly red and white wines although there were two or three Rosé available and of course some fizz. All were reasonably priced ranging from £16 a bottle. We shared starters of garlic bread and calamari which were well presented with rocket and tomatoes - a good start. For mains I opted for spaghetti in a creamy saffron sauce with salmon and baby prawns whilst my husband had spaghetti with crab and our friend the homemade lasagne. All were piping hot, well presented and delicious. Portions were quite large so we didn't look at the dessert menu! The owner was very friendly and welcoming, spending time with us to get our feed back. We'll certainly be...

Had a lovely birthday meal here after hearing great things from locals about this restaurant. I have been meaning to visit here for quite some time but am glad to say the restaurant lived up to it’s reputation. The menu had a great selection and offered some different options from the usual Italian menu choices, but still appears to do the classics very well. I can definitely recommend the Saltimbocca (Veal wrapped in Prosciutto and Sage) everyone at the table was equally as impressed with their choices all the plates looked delicious. Pizzas in particular ! The service was great, very polite and friendly and the staff were genuinely interested of what we though of our meals. I would recommend booking as it does seem to be busy of an evening despite being quiet when we turned up initially - unsurprising as it is a popular go to for many. I am glad I finally got around to visiting here and would certainly recommend to Italian...