La Campagnola

"Not the best. Went for a mid week meal and thought we would give it a try . The garlic prawns starter was like nothing you would expect. It appears it's smothered in seasoning, which leaves it very salty and slightly spicy . Calzone main was slightly burnt to outside and dry, tasteless piece of doh . Stuck up in the back corner of an empty restaurant with the other 2 covers didn't lend itself to the experience. I'm afraid I wouldn't on this experience pass other fairly local Italian to visit again."

"The restaurant has recently been taken over, the food was lovely and fresh, the staff were very friendly and attentive. Would recommend trying this place, the live singer at the end of the month is a great night out. Also family friendly."

"We decided to stay local and try the Italian in the village for our wedding anniversary meal. Unfortunately it was not a good experience and we won't be in any rush to return. On the night the front of house was very short staffed (staff had called in unwell we were told) so only the one lady front of house dealing with everything. I think there were 3 tables in at the time so not busy (still a lot for one person though) due to this we can overlook the long wait for drinks and having to ask for cutlery to eat our starters with after the food arrived. The real disappointment for us was the quality of the food. We ordered breaded mushrooms and breaded mozzarella and foccacia bread to start. The mushrooms and mozzarella had clearly been made several days before and reheated, no crispness or texture to the mushy/soggy breadcrumb. What was worse is that there was absolutely no flavour from either dish, only adding lots of seasoning and blobs of garlic mayo gave it any flavour at all. Best described as a not very nice and flavourless pile of stodge. If possible the mains were worse. Spaghetti bolognaise should be a staple and good indicator of an Italian restaurants quality. The bolognaise tasted like someone chucked a cheap jar of sauce over some mince, definitely not a traditionally prepared bolognaise, that is bad enough but to serve it with spaghetti so overcooked (it was the practically the thickness of drinking straws) and tasted so bland I can only assume it was pre cooked in unsalted water. The other spaghetti alforno main was just as overcooked and bland. The foccacia (which arrived the mains not with starters as requested) sounded lovely, sea salt flakes, rosemary and garlic, however did not taste of any of those ingredients and was as bland as the rest of the meal. I can understand poor service due to understaffed front of house, but for a local Italian to serve such bland pre-prepared food and overcooked pasta is shocking. Management/ owners should have a good look into the kitchen practices here as I'm sure if they had a meal as bad as ours served to them they would be appalled. It is real shame as we like to support the local businesses in the village, sadly this place really let itself down on pretty much every level."

"Visited La Campagnola tonight hoping it had returned to its former glory of 1970’s / ‘80s. Food was acceptable but nothing like the quality of food or service from when this restaurant last carried this name. Disappointed it is not reaching its former status but will return for a basic meal occasionally. There are much better Italian restaurants close by. This place really needs to raise its game !!!"