Romulus — Restaurant in Stockport

I write this review with no intention of causing any offence, it is purely to hopefully give Romulus a nudge to strive to improve.

To clarify, the service and staff are fantastic, cannot complain one bit... Atmosphere was nice and relaxed for a midweek evening. I am reviewing the food.

I grew up in Bramhall and Romulus has always been there, however the last time I ate here was 15 years ago. and it hasn't changed, sure it's got it's charm, it's reassuring to the classic Bramhall clientele, the one's who have never ventured any further.

I am not an expert in Italian cuisine, however I have been to Italy on numerous occasions, and also been lucky enough to have eaten at some very good Italian restaurants outside the Bramhall borders.

What they serve here is absolutely edible and inoffensive, but to read reviews saying it is the best thing they've ever eaten is simply shocking and misleading. The food is basic at best, garlic bread starter is fine, lovely fresh garlic and tomato, white bait was totally fine. Between us we had pizzas, spaghetti, lasagne and cannoloni, I tried all of them and they were all just... OK, nothing bad nothing good. Middle of the road... something you could get at any decent pub these days... not a long standing Italian Trattoria!

My main was the Romulus pizza, and when it arrived at our table my face visibly dropped. It looked like a kids frozen pizza, not a beautifully hand stretched artisan sourdough crust with big bubbling volcanos of cheese and burnt bits from a 1000 degree stone baked pizza oven.

It wasn't memorable or special in the slightest, and I think thats a shame for an Italian place, it should strive for better but it rests on its laurels of times gone by. But one day those clients are going to have left us, Come on Romulus - you should be the BEST in the northwest never mind just Bramhall... I really wish you the best and hope the next time I come in it's a little...

Promising starter (garlic bread was top notch) but the service was appalling. While the waiter who seated us was perfectly pleasant he forgot one of our drinks, leaving one of our party with no drink for fifteen minutes. Then the head waiter turned up with the menus, at which point we decided to point out the missing drink. before we could complete the sentence he noticed a couple had walked in the door and wandered off to seat them, leaving us mid sentence. after he seated them and gave them menus he returned to us where we finally were able to point out the missing drink. the food arrived quickly but the portion sizes were disappointing. we trie twice during tbe meal to order a new round of drinks - the first time the drinks never appeared , the second time we waited 20 minutes before they remembered to bring them to us. we also asked for an additional spoon to eat the carbonara- no idea what happened to this because we're still waiting for it now. after the meal was over we waited over 25 minutes for them to offer a dessert menu - it then took another 15 before they returned to ask us if we wanted desserts, by which point we'd given up. they had only two other tables by this point, so lack of staff is no excuse. we were a party of six, which they were able to accommodate by joining two 2 people tables together. as a result, two of us spent the meal with a table leg wedged uncomfortably in their crotch. disappointing overall- subpar food (my scampi came with a handful of overcooked oven chips and appeared to have come straight from the asda freezer section). there's a choice of about 10 thing on the menu which a 5yr old could cook and we all left hungry. but don't fear - there's a handy subway...

Attended this restaurant on Saturday night, after being tricked into going by the good reviews.

The atmosphere was good and the staff welcoming. However the food was beyond poor and not what you should expect from an Italian restaurant, it was laughable experience.

First we had the starter special bruschetta with crab (£7) it was 3 measly pieces of thin plain toasted bread with a spoonful of crab meat. Like a cracker with some tinned meat on with dollop of Parmesan on to cover the taste. Then we ordered the special seafood pasta (£16) which was ok fairly tasty but nothing special.

We also ordered the pizza (£13) which topped the experience off, i have never experienced a pizza like this at any establishment it was only comparable to £1 frozen pizzas I used to have at uni. They said it was hand stretched bread dough and that’s just the way the chef does it. For £13 as well it isn’t a cheap pizza I have had 100x better at pubs let alone Italian restaurant. I normally don’t review restaurants but felt I needed to due to being duped by the current reviews and rating, it’s a shame as the restaurant is nice but the food could be easily improved. Felt like I was on an episode of Gordon Ramsey kitchen nightmares and was thinking what he would say throughout the evening. Overall I’d recommend visiting one of the other many restaurants in the town, or just staying at home with a...