Alloro in North Hertfordshire

Lovely service, excellent food.

The service was absolutely dreadful, and the food was equally disappointing. The starters were awful, and the pasta served for the child was overcooked and burnt. After placing our order, we ended up waiting over an hour for the pizza, which never arrived. Frustrated and fed up with the delay, we decided to leave the restaurant without eating. I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone and certainly won’t be returning.

Couldn’t be bothered to open on time despite seeing customers waiting in grim weather. So we went down the road instead.

The restaurant’s interiors have charm and character, creating a pleasant atmosphere. However, the pizza I ordered was disappointing and far from enjoyable. On the other hand, my friend’s prawn pasta was flavourful and delicious, standing out as the only highlight of the meal.

We ordered two beers along with our mains, and the food arrived within ten minutes, suggesting it had likely been pre-cooked and reheated. Unfortunately, neither dish tasted fresh. The tomato sauce lacked authenticity and seemed straight out of a jar. The pasta was of poor quality, and the veal was disappointingly thin, tough, and completely flavourless. A thoroughly underwhelming dining experience.

We're in Letchworth on business and Alloro met our criteria for a traditional Italian restaurant. The food was excellent, washed down with a lovely bottle of Primitivo, and a great atmosphere for a Monday night. We're going back tomorrow!

Really nice local Italian spot. Lovely food and nice staff

Italian restaurant, where I would say that the only Italian thing is the pizza, the pizza chef and a waiter. Unfortunately they are Italian restaurants up to a certain point, too much towards local taste. Good pizza, pasta worth reviewing because it's loaded with chilli and garlic So-so service, high prices for us Italians

I ordered the salmon tagliatelle with a side of mozzarella and caramelised onion pizza bread. Unfortunately, the pizza bread was brought as a starter, though I hadn’t requested it that way, so it cooled down while I waited for the pasta. Both could have been served warmer. The drink was shockingly overpriced at £5.85 for an orange and soda water, which felt excessive.

Another lovely meal well worth going to

Been there many times never disappointed. Food is v v good

Amazing food and staff, wish I lived local to it!

Delicious meal with good portion sizes. The prices were reasonable and the staff were friendly.

I LOVE this restaurant, I eat here often. The food is delicious. The atmosphere is friendly with fantastic service. Best Tuna Nicoise Salad! I highly recommend!

Visited Alloro for the first time and it was amazing. Food portions were a lot bigger than I had anticipated and the ataff were very friendly. Can’t wait for my next visit.

Myself and two friends and I met here for a dinner on a Tuesday night in August. It was very busy which was really nice as it help create a great atmosphere. We each picked a different meal and they did not disappoint. The Calzone Piccante Pizza was perfect and very filling with all the tastes of pepperoni, spicy beef, chicken, mozzarella & tomato, topped with arrabiata sauce. The Tagliatelle Alla Chianina which was recommended by a friend was beef fillet strips, black garlic, courgettes, spinach, & butter in white wine sauce, topped with truffle oil. The flavours were lovely and it made a change from having spaghetti and meatballs, which was also available. Perhaps to be tried on another occasion. Finally the Penne Con Pollo Piccante with roasted peppers, chillies, & mushroom in a garlic tomato sauce was equally delicious. The staff were friendly and attentive but left us to chat on and did not hassle us with the bill. In all it was a very pleasant evening and we will go back to try some of the other pasta dishes and there were a couple of specials available too.

Great food, great service, sensible pricing. Definitely a place to recommend and go to again.

The welcome and atmosphere was great. We were a large party of 10 so we had pre ordered our main courses. The grilled prawn starter was underwhelming. As was the Halloumi. My main course of Sea Bass was absolutely fabulous but the presentation and quality of the pesce spada alla griglia with a side of fries was awful. Literally a slab of underseaseasoned swordfish with masses of fried potatoes on a plate. No dressing or garnish, just a slice of lemon…. 2 of our party who had pre ordered pizza were left waiting 20 minutes while we were served our main courses together. All in all a very mixed experience. The Chef clearly had no passion for the job. We had travelled from West Yorkshire so we are not local, therefore will not be visiting again to ascertain if this was just a one off.

Our experience was made absolutely lovely by the fact that the staff were happy and enthusiastic about serving. The food was delicious. We had conchigliano, lasagna and a pizza and all of it was perfect and very tasty. We also had dessert, which was heaven! Even the manager was friendly and very approachable. Well done! Before we attended, we looked at the menu online using an android phone. The menu I could see there was minimal compared to what was actually on offer. For example, when I chose desserts, nothing came up. All in all, an exquisite experience!

Definitely have had better calzone in every other place. Not once were we asked about water. The waitress was RUDE AF rolling her eyes when people were ordering. She really has no manners or customer service skills. The Mongolian Chinese girl is lovely and I wish she had served us instead. The guy running the place seemed out of it. Not sure what’s happening with this place. Why are they even charging service charge??? I just don’t get it. Better places nearby so won’t recommend. WORST CRÈME BRÛLÉE OF MY LIFE! Why are raspberries inside it? The temperature of it just wasn’t right.

Delightful experience, service was fantastic, food was perfectly cooked and the owner was a great host. I was celebrating my birthday there, food arrived very quickly and I cannot fault anything about the evening. Will definitely return in the future.

A very friendly, independent, Italian restaurant. Well worth a visit. The food is definitely better than the numerous Italian chains.

Lovely selection of food and good portion size. All tasted very authentic with good service and a nice wine.

It was a comfortable place.they made us some off the menu vegetarian dishes which tasted delicious.

Food was fantastic, and the lady who served us was lovely, however, the owner, from the minute we came in was rather rude and abrupt, when we said that we didn't book in advance he rolled his eyes and made it seem like we were an inconvenience. Something he did throughout the night as various groups arrived. He also jumped in to give us our desert menus saying that the lady serving is "far to slow, you'll be waiting all night!" Which seemed a bit harsh and I did feel for her if this is her normal working environment. Like I said the food I cannot fault but he left us with a bitter taste by the end of our night.

We were just down for the weekend visiting friends. It was a lovely meal and general atmosphere.

Best Italian in Letchworth ( yes I have been to the other one) 🤣great everything 👍🏻

Nice variety of options, good quality and they do cater dietry requirements/adjustments when asked.

Really nice restaurant in Letchworth. The food was superb and the restaurant was spotlessly clean and well managed. The service was excellent and there was a nice atmosphere.

Very impressed with this place!!! If you're ever in Letchworth Garden City I'd highly recommend this place for a meal out. Finally a place that seems to pride itself on being clean. The food is so tasty, particularly if you have any dietary requirements. I had a vegetarian risotto, really very tasty. We also had someone who was gluten intolerant and the waitress was very helpful and knew exactly which dishes would be suitable from the menu and served us very well (gluten free pasta too if you're into that). If all the staff are like her you'll receive good service and those we briefly spoke to seemed very friendly too. And the food arrives hot which in my experience of Italian restaurants by the time your food gets to the table it's luke-warm to cold. Seemed quite authentically Italian atmosphere.

Disappointing meal. Ordered spaghetti marinara which promised mixed seafoods in sauce on spaghetti. Little mix was evident, just 6 mediocre mussels a few pieces of squid in a heavy tomatoe sauce consisting of onions and tomatoes. there was NO prawns to be seen let alone any more delicate seafoods. Needed garlic bread as the portion was just on the mean side. It was an expensive lunch with water for £25.20 for such poor quality. I have eaten this dish in other restaurants which surpass this offering by 5 stars and less cost.

First time here and we had an amazing dinner. Definitely recommend the visit! Tagliatelle a Chianina is absolutely delicious, never had anything like that! The ravioli was really good as well. Next time we will come back to try their tiramisù 😋

Good menu. Nice atmosphere but quite noisy though probably because it was early Sunday evening so quite a few children eating which is nice to see. Friendly service.

I've been to this restaurant 3 times this year with friends and family. The Food and service was great each time. Happy to recommend this italian.

Excellent food and service. Cater for children too

Booked and confirmed a table 1 month in advance, they didn't honour it because we couldn't take a call an hour before so had to find somewhere else.

I often have steaks at restaurants and this was up there.25.50 for a filet is value aswell. Top host aswell. Friendly.

One of the best pizzas in the UK. Trust me, I know what I'm saying. The crust was so good as the rest of the Pizza 😁. I will definitely come back there.

Sorry but this is no way an Italian restaurant… Italians do not put garlic everywhere … And why would you serve spaghetti with cotoletta and salads? Rmmm sorry love been to real Italian restaurants and this is not a true Italian restaurant

Great Italian restaurant… lovely food

Nice little Italian restaurant with a nice chilled out atmosphere, food was very tasty, I had the salmon tagliatelle with a side of mozzarella and caramelised onion pizza bread, could have been a bit warmer and the pizza bread was brought to me as a starter which I didn't ask for, so was going cold whilst I was waiting for my tagliatelle, drink was unbelievably expensive tho at £5.85 for an orange and soda water, way over priced, and didn't like the automatic service charge added on

Really nice food and lots of it 😊

Really great little local Italian restaurant near us. Been a few times. Food is always excellent and some great specials. Always good to see specials on a menu as means fresh and thoughtful, inspirational chef. Staff are fun and kind. We like that.

The management should consider not to add service charges when a single person dines in.

Another fine evening at Alloro. We dined with our neighbours who had never been here before and once again, all of us had a great time. All our food was superbly cooked and presented with service that was attentive but not overbearing. Starters, mains and drinks for 4 @ £25 per head is, I believe, very good value for money and Letchworth is very lucky to have such a restaurant!

Went on a Wednesday night and service was awful as no check backs were done even though the restaurant was quiet. The girl who served us was rude and felt like we were being spoken down to throughout. We also had to wait quiet a while for our drinks considering it was so quiet.The food was pretty good however pretty pricey. when we asked to pay with no service due to how awful it was they still tried to put it on. wouldn’t recommend going due to poor service

Amazing Italian luch ever ! very tasty so delicious and dessert is so yummy we had a wonderful time thank you.

We were a little trepidatious as it wasn't very busy at all but we shouldn't have been. The pork belly was exquisite and the reason for the high review. The rest of the dishes were good also but not at the high bar set by the pork. Portions were generous.

Drove past lookkg for somewhere to eat on a Saturday night and thought I'd pop in and much to my delight it was an amazing experience! The team where friendly & polite with good recommendations. The food came fast (on time) and tasted fresh which is usually difficult to achieve when restaurants are busy. The manager (Raffa I think his name is) took time to say hello and have a little chat which is always a nice addition to the experience. Thank you for a lovely evening Alloro Ristorante I'll be back soon.

I regularly recommend this restaurant to friends and then realised I have never given a review. I have dined there many times over the years and have never received anything less than excellent service and wonderful food.

Risotto amazing, waiters friendly, especially Raffaele! Will definitely return. Early booking advised.

Fantastic afternoon on Sunday 1st October first time there will definitely won’t be my last, now top of my eating places, such friendly guys and food spectacular all five of us loved their meals

Service was faultless and friendly as usual here. Perfectly cooked Calamari to start, indulgent Rum Baba for dessert (specials board), and the absolute best Pizza in town inbetween washed down with a bottle of Italian Rose 🍕🍷 Who cares if it's not Italian weather outside when you can transport yourself to Napoli for lunch in Alloro 🙂 ❤️

I visited the restaurant with my friends on Thursday evening. Though it was a bit busy, the service was quick and the stuff was mindful. I had swordfish as my main, which was absolutely delicious. Never tried this before and couldn't imagine it would be so good. My friends had a couple of ice-creams which were beautifully decorated and looked just excellent. I really enjoyed my meal. Would definitely come again! The restaurant atmosphere is quiet, letting you relax and enjoy your time spending. It's definitely worth visiting! 10000/100

Had an amazing experience today for my dads birthday. Very patient and friendly waiters and attentive to find out for themselves it was my dads birthday and surprised all of us bringing out a candle and birthday cheesecake and started to sing happy birthday. Brilliant food; I'd enjoyed via Deliveroo in the past but in the restaurant was even better. Nonnas tart special dessert was excellent, my husband who usually doesn't like desserts loved it, and so did all of us. Well deserved tip given!

I ordered a calzone off the menu it could have fed 2 atleast. I will be going back here

We were a party of 7 . Basically we all ordered different meals They arrived quickly, hot and all tasty. Certainly no complaints from us

Went here just before 3pm and asked for a table. There were plenty of people eating in there, but for whatever reason he told me they are closed. I checked their opening times and it said they’re open for another 1 hour and 15 minutes. Bit disappointed as I drove here just because I’ve heard good things

Wonderful food, we were a group of 17 and nobody had a bad word to say about the food. Great value wines as well

Very quiet but it was a sunday evening, couldnt fault the service pleasant,helpful and polite. The lasagne was a bit dry for me but the mushroom starter was yum

Amazing meal steak cooked to perfection. Staff was friendly and service was quick and efficient. Definitely will be going back

Visited Alloro today & the food was absolutely delicious. Will definitely go back Thank you

Very nice Italian. Good food, decent service. Would definitely recommend

Very nice food. Service was a little slow considering there were only 3 tables and ours

We had a really nice evening out with excellent food at very reasonable prices. We’ll definitely be back!

Nice restaurant, we sat outside in the early evening sunshine. We were one of the first tables but was almost full when we left. Service and food good overall. Nice selection of antipasti on the Affetato Misto and lovely garlic bread with cheese and caramelised onions. Tagliatelle Gorgonzola was good but a bit light on chicken. Pollo Piccata was very nice, had with 'roast potatoes' (more like sauteed pots) rather than the fries it normally comes with. Side of green beans. Food all well cooked and lots of garlic! Service let it down a bit at the end. Mains were cleared but no offer of desserts and had to go inside to ask for the bill. Perhaps just a bit busy and forgot about us. Would return though.

Staff happy to make little adjustments so we could have what we wanted.

Delicious food and lovely atmosphere, will definitely return.

Update. Having previously said I wouldn't come back here (2-3 years ago), I ate here with my son last week and it was very nice. So much so, I came back last night with my family. I can't fault the food, thoroughly enjoyed mine and pretty much clean plates across all of us . They also gave me a complimentary birthday drink which was a nice touch. I've marked down a little because my bottle of wine was brought to the table but no wine glasses brought with it. I ended up taking a couple of glasses from a nearby table as there were no staff around. Desserts arrived but no spoons in sight, and again, no staff around for a good few minutes. All in all it's a nice restaurant and I enjoyed my dinner. The owner is really sweet, just a couple of nit picky issues with service which could be easily solved. Called to make a reservation for my son's birthday dinner. I know that rules around numbers are difficult due to Covid but the person I spoke with was extremely rude and literally didn't even listen to what I'd asked. "No, I won't make the booking" Well, Alloro, you just lost 3x4 tables, and best part of £350 tonight, as we had a very nice dinner just down the road from you. Will not step foot in your restaurant ever again and certainly won't recommend you. Not that you care but your arrogance, your loss and L'Artista's gain.

Visited 2023, during weekdays evenings. Excellent food, always flavoursome and well cooked. The pizzas are divine.

Excellent authentic Italian with big portion sizes! The restaurant was nice and quiet when we went, it's spacious and the atmosphere is calm.

The food and the customer service is nice. Will definitely recommend to visit this place.

Ristorante spettacolare ! Il servizio eccellente la pizza italiana al 100% complimenti 🍾

My partner and I enjoyed a lovely meal at Alloro. The restaurant was cosy and welcoming, the service was great and the food was absolutely delicious - would recommend either pizza or pasta. Will definitely be back!

Came here after a recommendation from a friend and it was worth the visit. Excellent food, good value, generous portions, quick service and a nice atmosphere for a Thursday evening. They have a good selection of wine/drinks and all fairly priced. I'd definitely come back here without thinking about it. Would 100% choose this place over another well known Italian restaurant in town!

Posto carino e cibo e prezzi giusti !!! Raffaele davvero gentile e cortese

I’m a big pizza person and I can honestly say this is the best pizza I’ve had all year, great service too!

Great lunch of meatballs with a good sauce and the scallops were excellent too. Good Italian wine to accompany our food and great service from Raffell. A great venue for anyone visiting Letchworth.

Pizza was made from a pizza chef Antonio DELICIOUS the real tasty of Italy in uk. I’m Italian and Antonio make feel home. I wish I could give 10 stars. Super recommend, thank you Antonio

Lovely food and would definitely recommend. The only improvement would be quicker service.

The food in here is very authentically Italian and really good. They honestly make the best pizza in the area. There is a child running around and screaming, generally making a lot of noise, which I have encountered on several occasions. I think the owner's child maybe, which really ruins it for me.

Lovely meal. Great choice of Menu. Service was prompt and polite and a great atmosphere. Would definitely recommend.

Excellent meal 👌 Raff the manager is a credit to this place! Was always making sure we were having a good time and can't thank him enough! Will definitely be back there soon!

I was recently in the vicinity from Manhattan New York on a business trip and I came across this magnificent Italian restaurant where I ordered a pizza Margherita. The taste and the quality made me feel like I was back home in Italy because the pizza chef was Antonio from Italy. Excellent service and amicable environment. Anyone in this area must stop here and try it and also have a great conversation with Antonio.

Lovely, quiet restaurant serving excellent food.

I visited Alloro several times with my husband. Last time we were in this place on Sunday evening. The service was just amazing! Ukrainian waitress serving us was very attentive and hospitable. We were astonished she remembered us as we visited not so often, just a couple of times. I had 2 pints of Italian Peroni beer. It was prepared diligently and tasted really nicely. I bet Pizza chef is the best in whole Hertfordshire! Every time we had pizza, it was superb. This time I had pizza with egg and basil and my husband had goat's cheese pizza. We would like to eat it again and again! Fantastic! Very pleasant atmosphere. We'll definitely come back!

It's the best restaurant in Letchworth for me! All the food is delicious, each dish I tried is just splendid! The drinks are prepared with good quality and the staff is very friendly and always helpful. It's an ideal place to spend time with family, friends, loved ones or have a party, it is definitely worth coming to this place and enjoy nice music and miraculous atmosphere!

If you want a decent affordable Italian meal, Alloro is the way to go. Seafood, meats, pasta, pizza, nonnas tart, coffee.!!!

Delicious food fantastic atmosphere! The pizza chef is the best around Hertfordshire ! The manager Raffaele is very friendly and explain very well the food ! Thanks a lot I will visit you again

Excellent food and service. Really enjoyed this relaxing rrstaurant.

Fantastic food and for the price.

Fantastic restaurant and excellent service and the most delicious pizzas. Will be going back. And they do take away. Shame we live too far away.

First and foremost is good customer service very nice an polite then coming to food its very delicious and yummy. Everything is made in house like dough and sauces. I like the ambience its very nice. If u r a foodie and wants to try different varieties of food and wants to spend time with u r partner or friends in the weekend try visiting alloro

I've had many great evenings at the alloro with my wife and friends for many years even nowadays with everything that's happened and still happening the staff are always happy to see everyone and try to make your visit as great ad they can The pizzas are the best around the other meals and desserts are always enjoyable and the wine is very good quality and a large choice here's to many mare enjoyable evenings thanks 🥂

Must admit not overally impressed. I had been previously and just wasn't the same. Menu is very limited for vegetarian food. We ordered garlic bread with the balsamic onions and mozzarella but got the plain garlic bread instead - didn't bother complaining. The food was nice and freshly cooked but some ingredients were not quite cooked and others were very scarce unfortunately. Dessert was lovely and staff were attentive.

Amazing food. Service was excellent. Nice environment.

Not much positive to say. Starter was ok.

Nice cosy & clean restaurant. Good choice of food on menu, very well presented and tastes delicious. Only downside is due to restaurant location, finding a parking space is a challenge. There is a short stay car park, a 2 min walk to restaurant but usually full during busy periods.

Really friendly staff and great food!

Very delicious food and friendly staff. I had the best grilled tuna.