Carluccio's - Reading

Booked at 1745, went to order at 1755, they said they couldn't do the set menu which finished at 1800

Bread was stale.
Ragu was watery!
Drinks the didn't do the discount deal, had to raise this with them.
Veey rude staff, made to feel ver unwelcome
Dessert tiny portions and all good very overpriced.

Would not recommend.

A relaxed and enjoyable lunch.

Brilliant and very tasty breakfast! Lovely to speak to the chef on how some of the food was cooked as the spinach and courgettes were divine. Great value for money!

Good place. Will go back. Nice food and a good price for what we ordered.

The Waitress who served us was lovely! Very happy and friendly. Along with the delicious food, it made for a good experience.

Overall we had a nice time. Not too pleased about the price as it does not reflect the quality of the drinks. Bottle of wine was ridiculously overpriced and it put a downer on the whole experience. Cocktails were too small for the price. Excellent food and service though. Decent atmosphere. Would come again without ordering any wine or cocktails.

I highly recommend this place, staff very nice and food very delicious.

Carluccios is always reliable; although the new owners have taken things like the platters off the menu which is a big mistake

Exactly what we needed - dining al fresco with fabulous food and cocktails! Excited to return!

My daughter and I both had the Veganese and really enjoyed it. My son had the Salad Nicoise and also enjoyed it but felt the tuna steak was a bit small. The service was prompt and friendly. I’ve been to this Carluccios before and not enjoyed the food, but on this occasion it was very good, so I’d go again.

Always good food and good value , very attentive staff

Great service, delicious food, lovely setting in a quieter and prettier part of the town centre. One of my favourites.

Really lovely vegetarian breakfast, friendly non-intrusive staff and - on a weekend morning - a pleasant, open location (nice outdoor seating area) and relaxed atmosphere.

Good food and very nice service would go again and again kids loved it

Fresh tasty pasta, could tell it was made fresh

Overall the staff were helpful and the atmosphere was positive. To eat we had a starter, main and a side each. The starter tasted fresh and well flavoured but the main course let down the meal unfortunately. Both mains didn't taste fresh and had questionably be frozen. The side of which was a salad was really the best bit. Having visited other Carluccio's this one disappointed.

Ordered two mains. Both were missing a key ingredient (lamb rump - no potatoes, chicken bacon & avocado salad - no avocado). Waitress insisted the lamb rump dish didn’t have potatoes - I had to pull up the menu on the website to prove it was missing before I was provided them separately. Then got a grunt when I didn’t add a tip!

Missing items from the desert menu was disappointing

Go to Carluccios, Lovely setting, perfect service and great food.

Prompt COVID safe service

Good food at a reasonable price and great service as always

Food was very overwhelming! The mussels were not fresh and the overall quality left a lot to be desired. Nothing like how we knew Carluccio's to be.

Helpful staff, reasonably quick service, a pleasant location and tasty food in reasonable quantities. It gave us the chance to see our grandchildren for the first time since last October, also at Carluccio's!

Lovely Saturday morning for fun breakfast outdoors. Great service

Can’t fault the place good was lovley portions where massive so well worth the money really emjoyed our time

Food wasn’t what I was expecting I had the lasagna and it kind of look microwaved if I’m honest

Could not specify outside table or inside. Had to phone to specify in addition to online booking

The food is passable but nothing fantastic. The service was okay until we wanted the bill - our server had disappeared and nobody else came forward. Eventually I approached another server and we got the bill but why should we have to wait when we were ready to leave? My family actually left to not waste the afternoon and I eventually joined them. It was not busy and so I do not understand this type of delay.

Booked table for 20:45 (quite a short term booking); arrived on time to be told that kitchen is already closed… really?

Delighted to be back in Carluccio’s Reading after such a long time! Staff were very friendly and helpful and we got to enjoy our favourite dishes - we will be back very soon!

Really great staff, food and location. Cannot recommend highly enough

Carluccios's is consistently very good - I am never disappointed

Always a wonderful treat coming here - such friendly staff, food is delicious, service excellent. We keep coming back for more,

Five of us met for lunch. Lovely meal. Good value. Not rushed. Very enjoyable

We had a lovely meal here and can't fault in anyway, the food was amazing and the service was great too.
tip top service from Luigi and a very pleasant evening will be going back again.
Keep up the great work.

We had some difficulties to find a place to park the car and we were more than 30min late from our booking however the staff were really friendly and helpful.

Staff were so lovely! Did their best despite the awful
Weather!

Fantastic restaurant with lovely food. No complaints at all

We were outside due to CV restrictions, and despite the bad weather (intermittent rainfall) it was a relaxed, great food, great value dining experience for the family.

Was very good thanks