Frankie & Benny’s

Went here for Sunday breakfast with a party of 5. We had 3 breakfasts and two lunch menus. The breakfast was very poor, but the two lunches were okay. The service was very slow we had to wait 50+ minutes for our food.
We’ve eastern at other F&B restaurant and everything was good. It’s a shame this one was so poor. We’ll not be coming back to this one

Popped into this New York/​Italian themed restaurant last night on the off-​chance of a table. We were welcomed by a great guy who told us that it would be no problem and showed us to a table immediately. He took our drinks order and left menus for our perusal.
About five minutes later a waitress arrived with the drinks and asked if we would like a little more time selecting from the menu. We were NEVER rushed.
She returned after a while and took our order for Buffalo wings, pasta dish and a New York burger. Friendly young lady who was always smiling. These items were on a specials menu of 2 courses for £10.95. Very very reasonable, in my estimation.
The wings arrived and were served with a dish of dip and celery sticks. Totally delicious and quite piquant, to my liking.
The New Yorker was huge with cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato and a more than adequate burger in a sesame seeded bun and fries. My partners pasta was more than adequate in proportions but, according to her, lacked enough cheese sauce which made it dry. She looked around for a waitress but they were all extremely busy. the duty manager, in his overcoat as he was on his way home, walked past and noticed her looking around and stopped to ask if there was a problem. She explained and he, immediately, went back to the kitchen for a bowl of hot cheese sauce. You can’t ask for better service than that.
We finished off with two large cups of freshly brewed coffee.
I loved the place, loved the service and, finally, loved the price LOL
One point though. Try to visit a little later to avoid the birthday celebrations for the younger clientele. The staff all get together and sing ‘Congratulations’. Gets a bit boring after two or three. Reminds me of the Catherine Tate sketch in the Pizza restaurant.
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I’ll play devil’s advocate here. It was bad.
We went once on a Saturday night, decided it was bad, and vowed not to return. Being at a loss on a Sunday night when all the other restaurants in town were full, we however tried again. It was still bad.
Service was underwhelming, food was average. The staff were genuinely trying thier best, but were overworked on both ocassions we visited.
The food the first time we visited (after having a mad craving for burgers) was very palatable, the second time however we indulged in the pasta, both me and my wife were hugely unimpressed.
The worst part of the experience, is that seemingly every 15 minutes you’re deafened with the ‘birthday song’; I call it the birthday song as all I can remember was that the lyrics involved birthdays, and it was after the fifth time intensely annoying, all the more so for the fact that it gets played over the P. A system far too loudly.
If you have kids this might just be for you, loud, slightly chaotic, and food on the cheap side. If you’re an adult however, avoid.

A cool little Italain themed resturant, the menu selection is pretty good with a wide range of different foods. The prices arent cheap but not to expensive, its nice for a treat out.
Whats the funniest is when you go into the toilets which are always clean they play learn to speak Italian in the loos! So you can comeout speaking a few words of Italain!
The staff are always smart and friendly. A good place for Adults and children.

Love it here. Love the food and the coctails! Great staff and lovely atmosphere and good music playing! nice relaxing/​comfortable seats. Bar aswell, that you can sit at before or after a meal.