About 12 months ago, my husband and I visited Piccolinos in Manchester (my home town) for a lovely meal together after having our new baby . It was wonderful and we picked up a membership card from Individual Restaurants and made a pact to visit again soon. We returned to the Birmingham where we now live and fast forward to this weekend whereby my husband and I, together with our 17 month year old daughter visited Piccolinos Restaurant in Birmingham on Saturday17 March 2013, just before midday. As Im sure some will know, going out for a meal with your toddler can be a fairly stressful affair, even with a relatively well behaved child. However, needs must if you live away from your family and have no one to look after her but fancy going out ! I cannot praise the service we received enough !All the staff, especially our waiter and the manager, Danielli were wonderful ! We arrived slightly early for lunch service on Saturday but Danielli accommodated us graciously. He chatted and entertained our daughter and arranged for crayons and a colouring book to be brought to the table to keep her amused and to maximise our chances of having a good time ! As you are probably aware, 17month year old's are not the tidiest of eaters but this did not phase our waiter at all who discreetly and deftly picked up any debris that had escaped from the table top with good humour( well before i could clean up after her). Of course the food was delicious also, and out little girl really enjoyed a little of what we were having, especially the garlic bread with tomato and basil and the chicken stuffed with fontina cheese and parma ham with rosemary roasted potatoes, plus the chocolate fondant and salted caramel ice cream. We really hope to return soon.
