Buonissima Aperitivo Bar — Restaurant in Erewash

Stylish upmarket chic Italian inspired food and drinks served here at prices that won't break the bank. Good High grade coffee from a real deal Italian machine ,served with a classic small biscuit as STD , a must to start the day. Staff are polite and professional and attractive and are eager to serve you a host of special items from the menu and bar. Beer has been chosen from a non mainstream suplier from Italy and is of a very high standard,served in a glass that compliments the style of the beer,not just a regular pub style cheap glass. Wines are in abundance here, and there is something for every taste and budget , plus cocktail menu and spirits. The food is served piping hot for cooked food, and salads are crisp cool and fresh. most nights have a special theme in the week I.e pizza night circa £8 + upwards per person , plus a wine and two courses meal at a reasonable price. Please do not expect a frozen generic uniform shape pizza, as these are hand made , and are rustic made fresh while you wait, well worth it. A great place any time of the day or night to be, even better with a group of friends or family, perhaps a romantic date even. There is a large and spacious free car park on the side street and if you are shopping locally in a local supermarket you can always grab a coffee and tiramisu within parking restrictions check the signs. This place is really a touch of class and has all that the big city style and panache that many chain owned venues do not have .TOTALLY INDEPENDENT LOCAL PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING QUALITY FOOD AND DRINKS WITH GOOD SERVICE, AT PRICES...

So, two of us went in just before 2pm and we were given a table and some menus. We went in originally just for a coffee, due to the complete lack of sit-down coffee shops on Sandiacre high street. We were prepared to fork out a pretty obscene amount of money on cakes too.

...Well, we would've had we actually been served and had our order taken. We'd waited around ten-fifteen minutes to be served, which was fair enough and didn't particularly bother us. What did bother us was the fact that they started serving a couple who came in after us, and with a far lower wait-time, seemingly because the waitress knew them already.

Come on, we were sitting there and looking around, waiting for our order. We're not in fifties America or the third Reich; being treated like second-class customers purely because we've not been before is really bad form.

In the end, we walked out. I can't give a comment on the coffee or the food, although I damn hope its quality reflects the prices, which aren't cheap. Good luck to any of our fellow underclass who wish to try this place...

Before the last 2 visits here I would have given a very good score but the last 2 summer bank holidays the hours stated they closed at 4. The first one in May, we were there at 3:30 and barely got a drink out of the staff. The August bank holiday I called at 3 to see what time they closed and was informed at 4. We got there at 3:40 and was turned away. Very disappointed when we were just stopping in for one drink and made both me and my husband think that next time we just won't bother.

*I appreciate the response, I do feel this could have been handled better as we HAD phoned and walked 30 minutes along the canal as it was Bank Holiday and Buonissima was our first stop for an evening of a few drinks. We would not have come down into Sandiacre that far if we had known we would have been turned away. I will change the stars because I do feel your establishment has great...