Zizi's - Colchester

The experience was not great, so I won't be returning. We were seated at a table near the bar and kitchen where the servers gather, and they kept bumping into my chair and loudly talking to each other. Although most of the food was enjoyable and the waiter was nice, they ran out of mozzarella, we had to request cutlery, and the coffee machine was not working. It may have just been an off night for them, but there are better Italian restaurants in Colchester.

Good fresh food, friendly and helpful service. Went for the shared starter, all we needed was the desert after that. Really very good.

As most of this complaint of a poor experience unfortunately was not completely the restaurant problem I booked for my granddaughter and unfortunately we were sat with a birthday party which was loud and guest were throwing things and running around for the whole of the time as this was for a nice surprise for her and four of her friends for a birthday treat it was completely spoilt Also the quality of the food was poor and all that was offered on the set menu was not available and had to pay for items to make up the meal. No deserts no drinks available the sharing platter was also poor the cheese balls overcooked the chopped cherry tomatoes with a splash of balsamic vinaigrette on still very chilled bread was not edible unfortunately it was a spoiled experience

Went to Zizzi for some pizza. This is always a challenge because my family has so many different allergies. Staff was very helpfull and understanding. Pizza was nice. Restaurant a bit noisy. Would come back.

I had no problem booking a table for 5 with a day's notice. For a Friday night in December perhaps the alarm bells should of rung! The waitress was polite and helpful and the atmosphere of the restaurant was ok. The reason for a low mark is the stone cold ravioli served on a cold bowl (which was taken back to the kitchen and clearly microwaved, as the tomatoes were rock hard in the middle when returned) The margarita pizza that was burnt underneath. The Gluten free pizza base that was not cooked enough in the centre (got cold quickly) and the small portion size of the hot salmon risotto. The 1 starter that was had, was garlic bread with onion. That was nice apparently. I was handed a folder to find GF/dietary options by a tick chart. This restaurant has recently been refurbished and looks nice. But disappointed with the food.