La Stalla Italian restaurant in Solihull — Restaurant in Metropolitan Borough of Solihull

Unfortunately they do not cater to even vegetarians, so do mot bother if you are vegan let alone veggie. Although the menu does offer some “veggie” options, last year I found a piece of meat in my “vegetarian” dish. When I asked that it could be remade to not include meat (despite the dish not having meat stated on the menu anywhere), they took it to the kitchen, came back two seconds later and said they’d removed the meat. Not quite the same as remaking without meat to make it vegetarian, but I didn’t want to kick up a fuss on a family members birthday, so continued to eat the pasta that had been handed back to me. Clearly the chef and staff didn’t care for peoples dietary requirements, as I then found yet another piece of meat in my dish which was the last straw. My family enjoyed their meal and returned this year to celebrate my nans 80th, as they do indeed eat meat. Unfortunately i couldn’t attend this special event as i didn’t want to risk the same situation happen again. Thankgod it wasn’t an allergy as i dont think the chef is particularly well versed in the meaning of cross contamination. I truly hope this place can learn to respect other peoples choices if they are going to offer veggie (or - only offer meat dishes, but dont offer veggie then put multiple pieces of meat in it!). Hopefully they improve but such a shame this happened as its put me off for life from an otherwise...

Visited for first time Wednesday 16th November with my husband and mother in law.

What a surprise as we entered. From a fairly unassuming frontage, you step into a wonderfully presented dining room, with the warmest of welcomes. Everything about the setting exuded quality and attention to detail.

We were presented with quite a variety of choices from the set price lunch, a real bargain for only £15.95 for 2 courses. On offer were delights including calamari, venison, sea bass and cod loin to name but a few. Refreshingly the huge portions of accompaniments were also included in the price.

What I also love about these small, local restaurants over your big chains, is the fact that everything is cooked fresh to order. This means that small changes to how you like your sauces or requests for accompaniments that aren't on the menu (extra garlic in my sauce, cheese on my garlic bread), are all catered for without question.

There was a great choice of wine too, all very reasonably priced.

For the same price or even less than mass produced, warmed up pub grub, we were treated to wonderful food, great service and relaxed, elegant surroundings to enjoy it all in.

We rated it so highly we immediately booked in for this week. We can't wait to go back to try more of the menu.

Give this place a try, I guarantee you won't be...

On a return visit to this restaurant, we were very disappointed in the service we received and one of our main meals.

The starters were lovely, and the main courses looked delicious when they arrived. Unfortunately we had plenty of time to look as we waited for our vegetables to arrive. One of our meals, the Monkfish, was lovely but the other, the Bourguignon di Manzo wasn't great. Although it was cooked in a lovely sauce, the steak was very overcooked, tough and inedible.

We didn't get a chance to speak to anyone about the meal, as no one came to check if the meal was ok or to any of the nearby tables. Nor did the waitress ask when she came to take our plates, even though it must have been obvious that there was a problem by the amount of uneaten food.

When we raised the issue we were told they couldn't understand what had happened as we had the same cut of meat as everyone else. We were offered a 10% discount and a lackluster apology.

Sadly the service and the way this was handled has put us off visiting again. Every chef can put out the occasional bad meal but a proper apology was...