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Villaggio Cucina is a classic spot in the heart of birkdale village, serving beautiful Italian cuisine.
The food here is exceptional, and remains true to traditional Italian options despite being pretty huge. Everything we had was of incredible quality, and I was sorry to not have room to finish it! The only slight issue was that the pizza I chose wasn't marked as spicy but most definitely was! But thankfully it was also delicious.
There is a good selection of drinks, and especially wines, all at a reasonable price.
The service is pretty hit and miss. We were served by at least 4 different people, a lack of continuity which produced predictable problems. At the end of the night, after waiting for a long time to pay our bill, we eventually went up to the counter and paid so we could leave. This may seem minor, but this has happened multiple times here and leads to you feeling forgotten about, which isn't a great way to end the night.
The venue itself is well decorated, and on quieter nights is a great place to be. However, on a Saturday night when the place is full, the acoustics are awful. It is INCREDIBLY loud, to the point where you can barely hear people across the table from you. Unfortunately this means I'd advise not going here on a weekend if you want to have a good conversation, at least until they put some noise dampening or something in place.
In the end, the food makes up for everything. I'd happily go back in a heart beat, but only on quieter days of the week.
Me, my wife and our extended family, have been going to Villaggio Cucina consistently for many years. Me and my wife have watched it grow into the best independent Italian in the area. Once again last nights meal did not disappoint. Greeted with a large smile, we had cocktails and starters (King Prawns) outside in the sun. We then moved inside to enjoy our main courses due to the oncoming thunderstorm. My wife had the Chicken Caesar salad, she swears by it everytime (believe me, she’s eaten a lot of salads). Myself I had the stuffed chicken breast and swapped the mash out for chunky chips, it was all delicious.
When considering the stress and strain of running a small business in the current climate, it never spills into the service. No issue is too much and a quick chat always solves everything.
If you’re looking for an example of what hard work gets you, then look no further than Villaggio Cucina.
We decided to eat there for the first time today. I had thought the menu was pretty varied, too varied to get everything just right. How wrong I was. 4 of us all chose totally different meals, each one delicious! Lovely attentive staff and really well priced. My lamb and mash was PERFECT! The first visit but definitely not the last!
I love Villaggo and go whenever I can. Mainly lunchtime, which is perfect. When I have been in the evening I have found it even better. Lorna and her staff are always welcoming and friendly. I have no hesitation in recommending it.
Delicious meal tonight presented really nicely too . Good service
Had some brilliant food here with my fiancé, we entered the restaurant through a nice, heavy posh curtain which I have noticed seems to be a nice touch in nicer restaurants that like to make you feel more relaxed and not constantly sitting near a drafty door. We was greeted by wonder staff, who all acknowledged us,we was informed of the anything we needed to know with the days menus and special. Service was brilliant, well presented food, and the waiting staff don’t ask you if your enjoying your food when you have a mouth full(always gets to me that) but the staff are considerate as thoughtful. The food was brilliantly presented as you can see and well worth the money. So much flavour. Highly recommended place to dine, fine dine, quick lunch or for date nights. We will return soon definitely. Thank you for a lovely meal and a great service.
Popped in on a lovely, sunny Saturday afternoon on the offchance they'd have a table free as we hadn't booked. They did and we chose to sit inside (lovely outdoor area, but we felt like sitting in). Staff lovely and friendly and there was no long wait to get the first drink in which was great. The food we ordered was really good, especially the pea and ham soup for starters and I had smoked haddock risotto with a poached egg which was yum. My son had the fillet steak which he loved as it was cooked to perfection (medium and it did look lovely ) I can't wait to go back again.
The food was tasty and flavourful and the only thing that lets this restaurant down is the really slow service. The waiters are like snails and it seems that they ignore you and you have to wait at least 10 minutes for someone to come and offer drinks and most of the other time you need to ask a waiter to order anything which was quite disappointing.
We arrived a few minutes late but were still able to order breakfast and for that we really appreciate it. The food and service were impeccable and staff were really friendly. Thank you
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The Food, the staff and the ambience of Villaggio Cucina was excellent.
When we arrived the staff were very attentive and polite, we were quickly shown to our table then our drinks order was taken and we were given a menu each. After a short while our drinks were brought over, as we couldn't decide what to have the waitress who brought our drinks noticed this and offered to explain what was in each dish, the portion size and the variations available.
After ordering the food soon arrived I had ordered a mushroom tart it was very tasty, the texture of the light slightly crispy pastry was lovely along with the presentation of the meal I had I felt (with the waitresses help) made a hood choice. My daughter opted for sea bass this again was cooked to perfection. My partner opted for a pasta dish, again cooked to perfection and a rather large portion!
To end the evening as it was my daughters birthday the waitress, other staff and some of the dinners sang happy birth to her as a cake with a lit candle was brought out.
Highly recommended.
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