Rachael's reviews
Review of Zizzi
22 May 08, 21:47
Fresh and funky Italiano 
Zizzi's is a really great Italian chain, serving lovely food with obviously fresh ingredients - I would liken it to Carluccio's in it's simplicity of tastes. The dishes are reasonably priced too. Lovely penne and filled pasta items to choose from, lasagne and plenty of vegetarian dishes. The one with chilli, olive oil and cherry tomatoes is great.
The design of the restaurant is nice, good furniture and spacious eating area, with a wall feature of sawn off logs (which I guess is for the wood fired ovens) - the person I was dining with suggested this could be a health and safety issue but I doubt it - and it definitely looks cool!
Go check out Zizzi's - it's well worth a visit. Friendly staff and buzzing atmosphere.
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Review of Strada
08 May 08, 17:41
Not the best 
I went to the Kingston Strada when it had just opened and was impressed by the size of this site. The ceilings are so high – hung with elaborate light fixings…it’s rather like a classy cow shed. However, the pizzas took a while to come and when they did they tasted a bit of cleaning products. I don’t know if it was the ‘stone-baked’ factor, or whether they were using brand new ovens, but either way it wasn’t the most pleasant experience, and I have been to Strada branches before where the pizzas tasted much nicer than that.
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Review of Carluccios
09 Apr 08, 11:28
Real Italian Food!
Carluccio's is real Italian food for good prices, there is not a pizza on the menu - just simple, tasty pasta and meat dishes. It is set just off the river in the nicer, newly built area of town. If you're lucky you might get to sample the starter scamorza fritta - deep fried breaded mozzarella - the best thing on the menu but only comes to Kingston as a special these days.
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