Mamma Mia — Restaurant in England

The food was wonderful -- melone with prociutto and pizza, both top notch. My Diet Coke tasted bad since they pour it at room temperature from a plastic bottle into a glass with just a few ice chunks. The ice flash melted leaving my drink flat and putrid tasting. Also, no red pepper olive oil was available to sprinkle on my pizza. My biggest complaint however is how they were washing the glasses this night. I was sitting next to a table that was located right next to the bar. All the servers were placing the dirty glasses from previous customers on this table -- there must have been 50 dirty glasses containing the dregs of whatever had been poured in them previously. Then I saw the very vocal (but pleasant) Italian woman who was preparing the drinks grab a dirty glass from the table, rinse it out in the sink at the bar, and then dry it with a towel before preparing a cola and vodka drink and sending it off to another customer. Totally unacceptable from a hygienic standpoint. Now I first wrote about this in another review on another site and the restaurant responded to that review by denying this could have occurred, so I'm writing this review to tell them once again (please don't call me a liar) that it really did happen as I say it did. Why would I laud your wonderful food in one breath and then call out substandard hygienic practices in the next? All this said I would return to Mamma Mia for the wonderful food, but would order bottled water and drink directly from the bottle rather than from a glass. But for the sake of others please (1) stop placing all the dirty glasses on a table for all your customers to see -- that's gross in itself but (2) don't let the Italian lady prepare drinks anymore if she's going to (1) serve room temp soft drinks or (2) cut corners on washing glasses...

My boyfriend took me for my 30 cough cough something birthday 😉 I’ve been trying to get to this restaurant for 19yrs & I wasn’t disappointed.

The staff were so welcoming & attentive. The restaurant itself was charming & relaxing.

The starter: Mozzarella & Roasted Peppers was fresh & tasty. Main: Pappardelle e Petto D'Antara (pasta ribbons & duck) was amazing! Melt in your mouth Duck slices with fresh Pasta 😋

I didn’t order a dessert (though tempted) but the wait staff Serenaded my with ‘Happy Birthday’ & gave me a Giant Profiterole with a Candle & Sparkler with a Shot of Limoncello. Unfortunately it contained Nuts, but I was grateful the Waitress asked & told me. So my boyfriend ate it for me (which looked kinda bad to anyone observing, but anyone who was there that night can read this & know that he wasn’t eating it because he was greedy & paying the bill!) 🤣 But I had the last laugh because I got the 2 complimentary mint chocolates 😝😋

That’s the best evening out I’ve had in so long (thanks to Covid 😡) & the most romantic night with my boyfriend 🥰

Thank you to the staff for a...

Recommended as a great place for an authentic Italian. Upon arrival it's very obvious it's a family run business and very friendly indeed. We were sat immediately and service was very good. The wine list is limited but has some great options. However the food while it looks good was on the bland side and of inexpensive quality, it seems over the years its lost that standard that it seems to have gained in reputation which is really sad as it could be great with a little reboot. I would not recommend visiting the toilets or thinking of drinking the Martini Rosso on the optics it's likely been there a few years... Tired and lost in the early naughties is how I would describe it. Please don't get me wrong though once a few glasses of wine have been imbibed and your pizza and pasta arrive it's not a bad place by any stretch of the imagination, coffee is nice and the Tirramasu is pretty good.. (possibly homemade), but it certainly is not improving itself anytime soon. Don't go there expecting or you could leave...