Viva Restaurant Italian — Restaurant in England

Food was awful. Medium rare steak swimming in sauce when ordered blue. Veggies like the frozen microwavable packs. Kids even refused to eat their pasta! I had to make quick meal and put them to bed late. Called to complain. Was told to bring my kitchen bin bag with the food to get refund. Sounded ludicrous but followed the instructions only to be shouted at the following day when I went in for refund. They changed their minds and said refund would only have been possible if I had put all the food back in the containers and brought it back the same night. Obviously could not have done that as I had to cook for the children and couldn't then put them back in the car to return the food Awful experience, 60 pounds and 4 hungry people later all I got from the man in charge was...

We went for a meal for a colleague's 40th birthday, after being told where our table was the owner then said we would have to come to the bar for drinks, after he served the drinks and we wanted to pay by card, the owner then went into a discussion about why you should pay cash!! We had no one approach us for our orders then were told by the owner that we had to come to the bar and place our order and pay for it!! This was before we had recieved it!! Looking around the restaurant no one else had to pay for theirs first!! We al work at a school and have been before but after treatment like this we will not be going back any time soon! Avoid...

Visiting the area on our hols and came across Viva. After reading the reviews, we decided to give Viva a go. What a fantastic discovery, as we were not disappointed from start to finish. We had an excellent lunch, choosing to stay with the Italian menu rather than the Sunday lunch, which looked delicious. Non of our party were disappointed with their choices - from the starters of squid in chilli sauce to mains of calzone pizza, seafood risotto and pepperoni pizza. Staff, friendly, efficient, and attentive. If you are looking for authentic Italian cuisine then then look no further plus, great value for money. We will...