Davanti Classico — Restaurant in North Tyneside

So heard good things about this place, finally paid a visit to find out the reviews were from the previous owners absolutely Shocking now !!!! visited at lunch time with my Boyfriend...

1st The Service..... was slow, even after we had finished our starters (which I will get into in a moment...) our empty plates were sat for a good 10 minutes before anyone noticed we had finished. finally come and took them away and asked if all was ok , once we had finished not during! we did not comment as of yet as wanted to see what our mains were like before commenting.

2nd Starters..... I ordered one of my Fave's, 'Cozze Crema' Mussels in a White wine sauce with sourdough. from the first bit there was a strange taste in the sauce, but I pursued with it. Mussel by Mussel they got worse and worse and I could not even finish them they were the worst I've ever eaten. My Boyfriend ordered 'Polpette Italian Meatballs', these were frozen meatballs, tasteless, stale and no flavour what so ever.

3rd..... As we are sat waiting for our mains, we hear a Microwave door and get turned on, we looked over to the kitchen instantly to see 2 Asians working in the kitchen of a so called Italian Restaurant!!! with the Microwave going a few times.

4th The Mains....25 minutes after our starters had been taken away, our main finally came. I asked "was any of this microwaved" Reply " yes!, just the Seasonal Veg"....Me "ok I am not eating that". Servers reply "I can swop it for salad, bread ect". I was not impressed, who wants salad with a hot Salmon in a sauce you want Veg, right!? anyways I went with Salad. Whilst the server had gone for the salad I take a look at my Salmon, peel back the skin to find this Fatty consistency, who gets fat on Salmon ?? and the salmon was mushy... turned to my Boyfriend to see his face after eating a little of his pasta, totally tasteless the same sauce the meatballs came in and when tried one of his Prawns he then passed me one to try.. this was the most chewiest prawn I had ever tried. Yes you got it, we did not finish eating the prawn it went straight back on the plate.

5th The Restaurant.... No background music, dated, no atmosphere what so ever and the staff were idol.

The server then came back with my salad, this actually looked ok but when tried a cucumber and it was just full of oil... We complained to the server about the mains and starters and agreed we was not eating or buying anything else. he agreed for us to just pay for our drinks.. We headed over to pay and the guy taking payments then tried charging us for the starters, thee cheek after we had just been advised to only pay for drinks...

We will most definitely not be back here. Shocking experience, both our stomachs have been feeling iffy since... We do not under any circumstances Advise anyone to eat here.

Signed by 2 Highly Experienced Connoisseurs of Hotels and Restaurants.... Kim and Danny

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To be completely honest, the service and food were absolutely appalling from start to finish. We were greeted and taken to a table next to the only other customers in the entire restaurant - I understand they like to keep people in the same section but the tables were comically close together, so much so it felt uncomfortable. We asked politely to move and they did accommodate this. We then had our order taken by, quite frankly, an extremely rude man. He seemed completely unwilling to even speak to us, and made us actually seem like a nuisance for ordering food. Our starters came, and were perfectly ordinary, if nothing at all special. However, our mains were another story. My boyfriend ordered the pizza pollo, which came with nearly all of the toppings heaped in the middle of the pizza. My own was much worse - it was a simple margherita, and I had asked for some parma ham to be added. Firstly, it didn’t come with the parma ham, I did need to ask once it came to please have it added. They did do this, however it came back with gargantuan slices of parma ham slapped on top - I couldn’t even eat them, I had to rip them into small pieces to avoid choking on it. Secondly, the pizza itself was smothered in cheese, so much so that the entire base of the pizza was entirely compromised and the result was practically a soup, it was that sloppy. It made me feel ill immediately. I attempted to eat a couple of slices and then just gave up and asked for a box to take it home (which I threw away once I left because neither me or my boyfriend could bring ourselves to eat it). It was extremely clear that absolutely no care or time had been put into this food, despite us being one of the only customers there so it wasn’t like it was during a rush. Whilst this was going on, the entire time most of the staff just stood around looking completely miserable, watching the football from their phone loudly in the restaurant and taking phone calls whilst assembling meals. Not one smiled at all, and most didn’t even pretend to tolerate us - the two girls working were by far the nicest (this was 02/12/22 at 4:30). We felt so unwelcome that we practically ran out of the restaurant as soon as someone finally came over to let us pay the bill. As well as this, by the end of our visit all of the staff were staring at us, walking past our table constantly but not ever coming over to ask how the meal is (usually a normal thing in a restaurant I would think). Overall, the general atmosphere was painfully awkward and made us feel very uneasy. I would never step foot in this restaurant again and if you value service and edible food you’d be better off going to McDonald’s for a higher...

I didn’t even get served at Davanti’s Classico due to a rude man, but honestly, I’m glad I didn’t. From the moment I walked in, it was clear this place is a mess. There was a small man dragging some heavy object across the floor, making a racket and leaving dirt everywhere. It was loud, annoying, and completely unprofessional.

On top of that, the floor was sticky—like nobody bothered to clean it properly. It was disgusting and made the whole place feel dirty and neglected. How can you expect customers to feel comfortable in a place that looks like this?

Even though I didn’t get served, I can say with confidence that this restaurant is not somewhere I’d want to eat. The lack of cleanliness alone is enough to put anyone off. Avoid it if you value a clean, decent dining experience.

Oh yeah, and check the 1-star reviews for yourself—these issues are common here, not just a one-off.

If you want to see more, just go to the review section, click on the filter option, and select “Lowest rating” or “1-star” reviews. It’ll give you a clear picture of what people are really experiencing at this place.

You can also do the same on Trust Pilot and you will see 32 bad reviews reflecting what i felt when i entered this establishment.

One review mentions that “staff were pretty much miserable from the minute we walked in” which exactly reflects my experience.

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