Ive eaten at Mezzaluna twice, after moving back to Barnsley from Wakefield, so I thought I'd do my bit and give it a review as I use sugarvine alot to choose where to eat.
First of all, price wise, its not cheap. For two people with two courses and a few drinks (no bottle of wine) it came to £90. They also add in their own gratuity, which I don't like as I like to choose to tip accordingly. Service wise, the staff are attentive and polite, but the atmosphere just lacks something. Food wise, if you dont eat at Italian restaurants too much you will enjoy your food. I had baked mozzarella with a tomato sauce to start, which was pleasant, but slightly cold. My partner had a tuna to start, which was hugely over proportioned ( basically a whole can of tuna with salad leaves around it), it wasn't terrible but wasnt anything special either. Ive had both the veal and parma ham main course and the seafood pasta. The veal was well cooked, but the whole dish was slightly too salty. The seafood pasta was extremely disappointing, the seafood consisted of alot of cockles, a few mussels and some burned and rubbery baby octopus. The sauce also lacked any real flavour.
I also noticed that in the three times we've visited, the specials board has been exactly the same, which is disappointing.
My review may seem harsh, but as someone who loves Italian food, I have had far better, and for far less money.
I would suggest you look for a restaurant on northgate in Wakefield if you really want to have an amazing night, the staff are just lovely. The service is second to none, and with various treats like free bread and dips, complementary limoncello after meals, and sometimes free tomato and garlic pizza breads ( which are delicious!) and a huge range of fresh seafood and a huge specials board, you wont be disappointed. Its also very reasonably priced. I'll definitely be making the journey back here in future.
Le Vrai Gourmand
mediocre Italian restaurant. We dined there last month and after having read such rave reviews, we came away feeling a little disapointed......still searching for that perfect Italian restaurant in the Barnsley area
El
Beautiful Food, Excellent Quality. Nice atmosphere and staff. Fantastic place to dine.
Big Gee
the very best in Italian dinning. fantastic staff, food out of this world.5stars.
Cat
Last time we went they had just hiked their prices up, and although it used to be very good value it's a bit overpriced now. We went on a Thursday and although there was hardly anyone there the service was terrible. It gets very noisy when it's busy at weekends - not a place for a romantic meal out.