Carluccio's Cambridge

Strange Menu Looks like an authentic Italian restaurant but actually is not at all. The restaurant had a lot of non Italian style cakes in the display. The menu provided American style burgers too. Weird. Has packed ink pasta for sale too. Slightly disappointed that the restaurant does not put ink pasta into their menu. Found a mini leaf on the table when being seated. The staff must be too busy at different tables therefore missed the details. Saturday was always busy anyway. The menu is quite limited, just standard. The pasta does taste like made from stretch like Aromi does. More like pulled out from a bag, I am not sure. But still, the dishes tastes fine, Standard flavour that suits everyone. Just the portions were a bit too small. Just little confused that the restaurant provides so much non Italian dishes and desserts. Why not focus on the Italian menu? Weird.

Not the Carluccio’s I experienced 20yrs ago, this experience was more like a burger chain diner. Freezing cold on a damp February evening, we sat with coats on. Bruschetta - piece of dry toast with cut up tomatoes on, not much seasoning, literally tomatoes out of the salad drawer chopped in half and chucked in toast. I probably made the wrong choice in having a chicken burger as it was overcooked, tasteless, thrown in a bun with a bit of rocket served with a pail of the skinniest - freezer to fryer - fries I’ve have ever had. The meal was expensive for what it was at £45ph (one drink each) I feel we’d have got the same going to Five Guys for 50 quid less! Will never visit this chain again!

Nothing Italian. The pizza was ok. The good thing was that They accommodate us without a booking. Also they miss a past of the order and the manager took it off from the bill.