My lovely two girlfriends and I went out for our usual monthly catch up dinners. West End has been a long standing place for us to dine but I have yet to try out Spaghetti House!
During the week, there is two seating one at 6pm and one after 8pm and we booked for the early one (Yaz needed to get home in time for NCIS season finale haha). The menu ordering system is reminiscent to Vapiano where you choose your combination of sauce and pasta. I ordered a pesce marina linguine in the piccolo (small) size but it was definitely enough for me. The seafood marina was juicy but some particular pieces were slightly over cooked. The clams were not opened when it came out so I had some trouble opening it while being graceful at the same time. The pasta was soft and the sauce wasn't too salty but could have done with a little less oil. After dinner, the girls both ordered a affogato al caffe (vanilla gelato served with strong espresso) which was presented exquisitely.
One interesting point was that all the waiters/waitresses seem to have an Italian accent. Now whether or not this was a prerequisite on the hiring process, I'm not sure but it was rather uncanny to hear all these thick Italian accents (coming out of cute looking European men no less) waft through the restaurant. The restaurant itself is rather small and they try to make good use of it by fitting in many tables (a bit too crowded in my opinion) and using mirror on the walls to make the place look bigger than it is. I do like the daily specials written on the mirror though- I think it adds a certain level of ambiance to this Italian restaurant.
RECOMMENDED FOR: casual Italian dinner. Nothing fancy and don't expect too much.
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