Piccolino — Restaurant in Liverpool

My hubby & I have just arrived home after having a wonderful evening at our long time favourite restaurant Piccolino Liverpool this evening.

We were lucky enough to have won ‘Chateaubriand for Two’ in a competition run by Piccolinos in early August & were absolutely overjoyed as it has been our favourite restaurant for over 18 years having spent many joyous occasions there from our first official date, a return from honeymoon meal & many birthdays & anniversaries over the years for both ourselves & family.

The food had always been exceptional & although a chain restaurant it has the ambiance of a small family owned establishment. The lighting of an evening is subtle, enhancing the atmosphere making it a pleasant way to share an intimate evening with a loved one.

We shared a lovely bottle of Red wine along with water for the table.

For starters Steve Flanagan had Capesante (Isle of Mann Scallops, spicy Calabrian sausage & tenderstem broccoli) & I opted for a classic Cocktail di Gamberi Rossi (prawn cocktail). Both were very tasty!

For mains we shared the delectable Chateaubriand (for two) served with roast tomatoes & mushrooms.

Sides - Broccoletti - tenderstem broccoli, chilli & garlic. Insalata Della Casa - Gem lettuce, radicchio, tomato & rocket. Both fresh & delicious!

As the sauce accompaniments were on the small side it was recommended that we get four in total. The hubby opting for Peppercorn sauce & myself the Porcini Mushroom sauce. Both were extremely tasty.

We had no room for desserts I’m afraid!

Our waiter Vassilios was very helpful in our selections & in his patience as I was indecisive about which wine I preferred!

Hand sanitiser was on the individual tables & the tables were sufficiently spaced to adhere to social distancing measures

Overall an absolute wonderful evening post celebration (once again) of our Anniversary & my...

We have just been to Piccolino in York and it was fantastic....food, atmosphere and service.

So we decided to go in Liverpool as well. Bad decision!

Fair enough it was 9.45 pm and they were closing at 10.30pm, but we knew exactly what we were having to eat( straight to main course) and within 5 minutes wine and food order was taken by our waiter Manolo.

Whilst eating, the place got a bit empty and the staff started to prepare the setup for the next day. It wouldn't bother us normally, but the side plates and cutlery were dropped on the tables at such speed that the noise made us feel unwelcome and like being in a canteen at rush hour. My husband asked the lady (supervisor?) if they could not make so much noise as we are still having our dinner and she did spoke with the others and the noise level went down considerably. After we paid the bill and on the way out, my husband decided to give feedback to the manager on duty and he approached the same lady which was doing end of night reports at a nearby table(this is the same lady that sat us down at the beginning of the night and introduce us to our waiter Manolo). As my husband started talking she said she is NOT MANAGEMENT and redirected my husband to the same guy that was our waiter earlier.....Manolo!!! Was it just a misunderstanding on her part or deflecting...

Came here on Sunday for Sunday lunch. as restaurant bar and grill had contacted to say there was a plumbing problem and offered here as a choice. We agreed as eaten at piccolino chester o lots of occasions. Ordered drinks told by waiter there were no cold bottles of diet coke . Ordered Sunday lunch waiter told us about rewards app were already members but didn't have app. He told us about the sharing platter which was a good deal with app so downloaded. Waited ages for th for to arrive we were so hungry. When it came it looked lovely but was luke warm I carried on eating because I was so hungry. The waiter came to as if everything OK told him it was all luke warm edible but nothing worse than like warm food. We were asked if we wanted the bill they gave us £5 off as a gesture because of our complaint. We explained its not about the money we just expect a hot meal. , we left as didn't wat to make a fuss as it was our wedding anniversary. After coming home and looking at the menu we had paid for the sharing platter which we ordered yes... but there was a sharing dessert included in the price we weren't even offered it...... Service was terrible we did see a few people complaining about cold food... Total...