Il Vesuvio - TUNBRIDGE WELLS

Lovely stuff ere, really is, great munch and lovely staff, overall top notch night, would recommend for yall!

Walked in without reservation before the Saturday evening rush, and was made very welcome by the young team. Our pasta dishes were excellent and served quickly. Deserts were tasty and very good value at less than £5 each. We'll be going back to Il Vesuvio again

It 's been a while since we returned to Tunbridge Wells and we were looking forward to another visit to this restaurant which had become our favourite. But everything about it is has no relation to anything Italian. O.K they are playing Italian music in the background, on a loop! But, that 's where it ends... The atmosphere that the previous owners had created had gone; with none of that friendly welcoming family feel. Now it feels more like a...... get the customer in and feed them as cheaply as possible place with inferior food (at prices that are similar to much better restaurants in the area). We waited 20 minutes for our drinks order and 45 minutes for our food. Other people, who were obviously friends of the new owners and who arrived well after us were served drinks and food before we even got our drinks. The food was o.k and edible, but very small portions at an exorbitant price and more like something you would get in a cheap cafe. It wasn 't a pleasant and enjoyable evening compared to when the other people were owners. Suffice to say, we won 't be returning. We waited 20 minutes for our drinks order and another

Firstly I would like to say that this restaurant has just been refurbished, and it didn’t feel like an Italian restaurant, more like a cafe at the beach somewhere! It felt very sparse and most Italian restaurants I e been to have proper tablecloths on the table but these were plastic and I noticed one table it was tapped up underneath, in my opinion it needs to be made more warmly and have more of a family feel. The food was really nice,although I would advise anyone to make sure they double check their order as I chose chicken in a sauce really nice which came with vegetables but I also asked for a separate portion of potatoes, when it arrived I just had chicken with a few cut up potatoes and a very very small garnish of salad ! I mentioned this to the waitress who had taken our order and she said I know but the chef had given you extra salad !! Sorry but salad is not vegetables , it clearly said on the menu it came with vegetables. Having said about the above issue, the meals we all had were nice and the staff gave us a very warm welcome and because of the blip they said we could have a free pudding…..not sure if we all did or it was just mine but I never see the bill as we were treated to this. To finish the evening off we were given a lovely limoncello shot. We would definitely go back. Thankyou for a lovely evening in your restaurant

I was taken there for father's day with 2 of my kids, son-in-law, wife and grandchildren. Felt sorry for the young waiter who was working alone (i assume someone had let them down) but remained composed and polite. Everyone really enjoyed their meal, i had the linguine al rospo (linguine with monkfish and king prawns in a white wine sauce) which was absolutely divine. Highly recommended