Not at all impressed. My wife and I went several times many years ago and really enjoyed it at the time. However, we recently went back for a family meal and the whole night was quite a disaster for a restaurant with such an apparent reputation. Both food and service was way below the standard expected from such an establishment. My Son's burger wasn't cooked properly and was extremely pink inside which wasn't good for a Kids meal. He just ate the chips and beans and when we told the waitress at the end of the meal the reason for him not eating the burger, she didn't seem at all interested. I wasn't looking for any money off at all, but a low cost gesture would have surely helped. Even an apology would have been something! As for the service, we had to ask several times for drinks that never seemed to arrive and we asked three times for my son's dessert before it eventually arrived. The dessert was just a simple ice cream cone which must have taken all of 30 seconds to make, so why we had to wait so long I'll never know. The place was about half full and there seemed to be plenty of staff working so there was absolutely no excuse for such poor service. We couldn't wait to get out of there at the end and even then we had to ask for the bill 2 or 3 times before that eventually arrived as well. As a customer, we felt completely ignored and under-valued. It wasn't the relaxed evening we were expecting and although the adult meals were OK, it didn't make up for the complete lack of service and undercooked kids meal. We felt it was a complete waste of money and we will not be returning again. It's a real shame, I have fond memories of going there when I was younger but it's clearly not as well managed now.
Maranto’s Restaurant – Aigburth