Inferno Italian Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Hinckley and Bosworth

We visited Inferno last night after my fiancé Claire got a recommendation from their lovely manager Leanne while she was getting her nails done a few weeks ago, as it turns out it was a thoroughly valid recommendation.

We have previously stopped into Inferno for drinks as their cocktails, particularly their Expresso Martinis are excellent but we have never been for dinner before, luckily we rectified this mistake.

The restaurant is beautifully decorated and has a warm and cosy feeling and looks like somewhere that you would want to go for a special occasion and some fine dining.

We both went for the same starter, the Caprino Al Forno, oven baked goats cheese with caramelised apples, blueberries and a plum sauce to die for. It was exquisite and had a generous serving size however it was also surprisingly light for a cheese starter, which left a nice amount of room for the mains.

We both went for gnocchi, I had the meat version and my fiancé had the vegetarian one, they were both excellent, some of the nicest gnocchi we have ever had in an Italian restaurant, everything was cooked to perfection.

Unfortunately we were far too full to try any of the desserts but they all sounded lovely, hopefully on another occasion.

We also saw people being served the steak and the calamari which also looked very nice, so we may have to try those on our next visit.

I can’t remember what the white wine we were drinking was called but it was very nice, fruity and light and went down far too well and was reasonably priced for a restaurant.

Now to the staff, we had lots of interactions with them and everyone was uniformly exceptional. We were initially served by the lovely Jolie who took our order and went through the menu with us, we had a nice chat with her and she made us feel welcome and at ease, proper first class service.

We were also served by Ewan, he took some of our drinks orders and served us some food, apparently he had only just started working there but you would never know that he was new as his service was without fault, polite, friendly and knowledgeable, exactly what you want from restaurant staff.

Then at the end we were given the VIP treatment from the amazing Ali, she helped us settle our bill and even carried our wine glasses to the more informal seating area at the front of the restaurant and had a nice chat with us.

This was some some of the best service that we have experienced in a restaurant, all the staff seemed genuinely happy to be working there, this level of service means we’re are certainly going to be visiting again soon and we know that we will be in safe hands with the brilliant team at Inferno.

In summary, this restaurant is of the highest quality, the food and drinks are exceptional and their staff are a delight to interact with, highly...

Booked for a nice meal with my fiance as was recommended to us by a friend. Nice restaurant and good atmosphere. Service not brilliant got seated to our table and given menus then the waiter walked off didn't get asked for drinks order . Eventually came back went through the specials then took drink order . My fiance ordered a starter and I opted for a selection of bread with olive oil . My fiancé's starter came out and it looked and tasted amazing . He had finished his starter and there was still no sign of the bread selection I had ordered we had to ask them in the end they were apologetic and fetched it straight away . I was really disappointed with my main dish , my fiance went for the salmon from the specials as he was disappointed they did not do pizza he really enjoyed his meal , I went for a pasta dish , well it is an Italian after all . I had the wild boar ravioli with ragu and mushrooms I was disappointed as soon as they brought it out no presentation whatsoever. Around 5 pieces of ravioli with a beefy ragu sauce on top in a dish no mushrooms , no parmisan, no garnish it even tasted bland I asked the waiter for some parmisan hoping it would taste a little better really didn't enjoy it and wasn't impressed £19.95 for a dish of ravioli you would expect more . Maybe I just ordered the wrong dish as I said my fiance really enjoyed his salmon . Considering they are an Italian though you would expect the pasta meals to be better . Lovely restaurant but we won't...

Nice place, but badly let down by a couple of things. My brie starter came with bread on the menu, but the bread didn't arrive. Not a problem, I just asked the waitress if she could please bring it and she said "did you order any?" I advised it came with bread on the menu so she went off, only to come back and tell me it did not!? (I can read, it definitely did. My friend had to confirm it to the waitress, it was all very bizarre and slightly pathetic, it was just bread!!!) Eventually, having had argue with her whilst my starter went cold she finally returned with two pathetically thin slices of bog standard baguette. Our mains were VERY nice (lobster ravioli and wild boar ragout) but again let down by penny pinching things. My friend ordered a side of garlic ciabatta and it was again a couple of tiny slices of shop bought baguette and a total rip off. My side salad was also incredibly stingy and cost over a fiver. Bread and salad has the biggest profit margin of any items in a restaurant so to be absurdly mean with either makes absolutely no sense! Also debating your customers over what's on your menu ( and being WRONG) whilst their food goes cold is just really poor. At £20+ a main course in Hinckley I sadly won't be returning, no problem paying that but I think it's fair to expect more from the experience than being irritated over totally...