Zizzi Ristorante Reviews 738

TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

2.5

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Review summary

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Evaluating 72 reviews, most reviewers were unhappy with their experience overall. Many customers found the food disappointing, describing dishes as bland, cold, or having incorrect ingredients. Issues with portion sizes and the quality of certain items, like pizza and pasta, were also frequently mentioned. Some people were dissatisfied with the service, citing long waiting times, inattentive staff, and difficulties with order accuracy. There were also occasional complaints about the atmosphere, including noise levels and uncomfortable temperatures.

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Product

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Quality

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Dined in Market Harborough branch yesterday Thoroughly enjoyed the food but portions too small for the cost ! After all it’s just cheap pasta. Another reason people aren’t eating out so much. Too... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Excellent all round BUT! What ruined it for us was the anticipation of tips..... The food was expensive which we expected as it is London and we were day trippers there, £82.94 for a main mea... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Went with a group of friends and had the Christmas set menu. Food was bland, the "roast" potatoes were just partly boiled potatoes then stuck under a grill for a bit of colour. Almost raw, flavourless... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Booked a table for a special occasion. Arrived early and advised we had a table booked. Female member of staff wasn’t interested and waved us to our table. Waited 20 minutes to be served as someone el... See more


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  1. Restaurant
  2. Italian Restaurant

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Our restaurants are run the Italian way - passionate and homely with a little flair. Wherever you are, something you can always be assured of is a warm welcome.


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2.5

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TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

738 reviews

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Zizzi Norwich - We walked out.

Zizzi Norwich. Nothing we wanted on the menu was available. We had a table for 4 tonight. Everything we wanted to order was unavailable (incl. Starters and Mains). The staff kept on coming back to attempt to take the food order and when we'd chosen alternatives, they werent available either. There seemed to be particular issue with no mozzarella cheese. We left, but we had to pay for the drinks. The staff should really state what is NOT available as they give you the menus. Also - I'll never order drinks first, without the food order. Lesson learned. A wasted evening, but glad we walked out.

July 17, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible

Took my daughter there for her birthday and 1 hour wait for a microwave lasagne
For the price I paid should have been an al forno fresh lasagne
Terrible won't be going there again

July 10, 2024
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Bad experience at Zizzi Salisbury

Zizzi Salisbury. Had a great meal on the last visit. This time the food was barely warm. Could have sent it back but a table of 12 ordered just after us so it would have been a long wait.Asked twice for mayo but it never arrived. Everything was very slow as they were clearly understaffed . Waiter took off the price of the desserts as we were not happy but despite scanning our 50% off mains we still paid full price for them so ended up paying full price for a rubbish meal. Not impressed.

July 5, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Do not use

We used deliveroo. They delivered off items, missing items and incorrect items yhe meal cost £68.25 and deliveroo only offered a refund of £12.71, not even covering the missing meal cost, let alone the other issues.

June 14, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My Daughter’s 18th Birthday

My Daughter’s 18th Birthday, my Daughter’s favourite place ! Zizzi Maidstone. Always great pizza, amazing service very attentive, kind and helpful. There was no need to ask for anything as everything was just coming through. Thank you for making it special for us. We had a great time and you are doing an amazing job !

June 5, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Zizzi are no longer gluten free safe!!!!

Zizzi restaurants are no longer an accredited gluten free option & can no longer cater for coeliacs or those with gluten allergies, yet they are not making this clear when ordering in restaurants!!! Be careful gf people!!!

June 3, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Product miss selling

Have visited zizi in Bournemouth and last night in Brighton, have ordered dishes with burrata cheese in the dish and on both occasions they have substituted mozzarella for burrata without telling me. Have bought it to attention both times and simple excuse of no burrata available. Burrata is a more expensive option and it’s strange that both restaurants have tried it on.

June 2, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Went to the Basingstoke Branch for a…Birthday Meal

Went to the Basingstoke Branch for a Birthday meal with my Wife and was really looking forward to it. It went downhill from the moment we sat down. Firstly they didn't have the pasta meal my wife wanted. We were waiting nearly an hour from finishing the starter to the mains coming. We were just about to walk out when the mains turned up. They apologised and said there was only one chef. My calzone was burnt and cos we waited so long it put us off. Will definitely not be returning and can see this Business closing as the service was appalling and the meals were mediocre.

June 1, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The staff were amazing

The staff were amazing , dealt with a gluten free allergy well making sure everything was correct . The restaurant was clean and tidy and food was delicious . We’re understanding about our autistic child within the group . Would definitely recommend. We were at the Aylesbury branch . Will be returning soon .

May 30, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible experience

Terrible experience. Slow service, cold food, and rude staff. Nothing tasted fresh. Definitely not worth the money — won’t be back. In the Hornchurch branch

May 24, 2025
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Dined in Market Harborough branch…

Dined in Market Harborough branch yesterday
Thoroughly enjoyed the food but portions too small for the cost ! After all it’s just cheap pasta.
Another reason people aren’t eating out so much.
Too expensive for what you get !!!

May 3, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

We booked but no table available!!

We booked ,which they confirmed but when we turned up on time they had no table available. V poor to put it mildly. The manager had the cheek to say it was not his fault as they had a lot of walk ins. He implied I was the one with the problem.
I will do my best to ensure no one I know visits them.

April 27, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don’t bother visiting

Haven’t been to ZiZi in years, so we thought to try it to see if it was any better, but it wasn’t. Visited the Trafford Centre restaurant, food arrived way too early despite us specifying it needed to be delayed as we wanted drinks first. Food arrived luke warm and it was tasteless, celebrating a birthday so didn’t want to spoil the occasion by complaining. Either short staffed or didn’t want to work. The guy who served our table did his best. But doesn’t excuse tasteless dishes. The table next to us complained about long delays and food arriving at different times so obviously this place has issues. Won’t be visiting again or any of their other restaurants - overpriced and tasteless food.

April 13, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Gloucester Quayside

Shocking service. Waited and ignore to be seated. Once seated was relocated to make way for a 'big' party. Asked for order but wasn't ready, then kept waiting and waiting for service. Staff are either blind or ignorant.

April 14, 2025
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Freezing to starve

We went yesterday at 5pm to sutton zizzi, we were there a full 90 minutes ffs, the starters nice yeah lovely, the pizzas must of been left out and forgotten so when it arrived was luke warm, I ate mine as I had waited 40 mins for it my wife wanted it warmed up, when she got it it was like a hard blackend bit of road kill, she struggled to cut into it and was visibly upset, by the way it was so cold in there ffs, TURN THE HEATING ON for God sake, we had to put our coats back on to eat that crap. We been going there regularly for years but yesterday was first time in ages, will never go back there, you didn't have enough waiting staff on only 2 and it was busy. We didn't get dessert or we'd be in there over 2 bloody hours so we went to the local dessert place further down. This branch of zizzi is rubbish and has gone down hill, sort your kitchen out and wake up your staff.

March 23, 2025
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