The owner is clearly an aggressive blameworthy person so IMO avoid..

We've ordered from this venue and the sourdough pizza is actually good but it's also good from the numerous other Italian restaurants in Manchester.

So I've tried phoning to book in the past and that time the owner responded and said he couldn't hear me but the thing that put me off was that I use my mobile phone constantly and here he is saying aggressively and in a blameworthy manner: "I can't hear you coz your phone signal is bad".

Well my phone signal is great as we have a mast on the next block of roads and I even get 1GB download speeds on mobile 5g signal off my phone.

Dare I suggest that the venue has a handheld phone or a bad reception? Of course the owner would probably start blaming and cursing as you can read in his childish review responses further down.

Anyway we booked at Salvis Italian restaurant on that occasion.

Anyway the reason I am giving Vero Moderno such a review is based on my latest surreal exchange with the owner which is detailed below:

I phoned in between my work calls and again he responded in his usual unpleasant abrupt manner and insisted he could not hear me and to call back.

I called back from my wife's phone and when he responded I suggested maybe their phone system had a fault or the handheld unit was too far from the base unit.

God ...... Maybe I shouldn't have dared to suggest that as he sarcastically retorted "No, it's at your end".

Ok..... So let's move to the booking bit.

So I asked for a table for 4 on Easter Saturday weekend.

He then read the T&C's out which included an upfront £40 deposit payable over the phone and part of which would not be refunded if any of the party didn't show.

He then asked if I was happy with that.

I responded nicely and calmly that I wasn't exactly happy but it was fine and acceptable.

He then responded that if I wasn't completely happy then perhaps I shouldn't dine at their venue to which I replied ok then.

No skin off my nose and TBH I don't know if it was because he is not a native speaker or if it's his nervous disposition but hey ho, how is he a good face for this restaurant or for Italian migrants?

I hope he is the sole investor because I will not order from there or ever set foot in the place again.

Ps: for legal purposes I'd like to point out that Google reviews works based on the level of anonymity that the poster desires so where he has accused posters of being anonymous I'd like to point him to the GDPR regulations.

Arriverderci.