Botti di Mama in Nottingham

Despite the staff being nice, the owner openly expresses his discriminatory views and behaves unprofessionally, which makes for a very off-putting environment.

Bland food, not worth the money

Lovely valentines day experience

Wonderful food and relaxed atmosphere. The staff were very friendly and there was no pressure to eat and go. They really looked after us and we had a wonderful celebration with our family

Food was fantastic. Small plates and theirs mains are fantastic and wonderfully tasty. Would recommend any of the seasonal items X

Hello there, I ordered mushroom risotto and my friend ordered the tomato spaghetti. The atmosphere and the service was good. But the food could be a lot better than this. I could confidently say that I cooked better than this. The rice and spaghetti is very undercooked. In my opinion they food was very lazily cooked. Thanks.

The best Italian place in town to have a tasty meal no matter what you order from the menu!!!! They have so much variety… 10/10. The staff are incredible too and they’re always looking out for you. Will be coming back again and I’ll bring my friends and family. Thanks so much for an incredibly nourished and flourished experience ❤️❤️

Food delicious. Atmosphere better in the front of the restaurant. Beer selection bad with no draught beer available for our visit.

After reading some of the reviews I was sceptical but instantly felt at ease upon my arrival... Great music and the food is 10/10 but the service was absolutely incredible! Yet to find somewhere that is as committed to showing you a good time as what is now called Sexy Mamma Love Cicchetti (small plates). The rotisserie chicken with kale and potatoes is to die for! highly recommend for a lovely evening with friends.

A lovely little restaurant. The food was delicious and the staff were most accommodating.

Over priced. My friend & I both had the mussels. Minuscule portions. Fairly tasteless. We both ordered bread as doesn’t come with anything - they charged us £3.75 each for bread. Pudding, tasty but tiny. In a nut shell over priced & under seasoned. I thoroughly recommend instead the Mowgli round the corner. We have both come home hungry. :-(

Great atmosphere, amazing food, service perfect xx

Try the Tuna steak with lentils. Amazing!

This place has always been a favourite of mine. However a very recent visit left me feeling empty. Still very reasonably priced but the place and the food felt neglected.Absolutely gutted!

Really nice food at very reasonable price. Nice atmosphere and all seems freshly cooked.

Hi I’ve been dining and entertaining at Botti over the past few years snd have seen changes but always the same excellent quality service and value for money excellent as always.

You could easily walk right past this place. Don’t. The food, service, ambience is outstanding. ABK Bavarian beer on tap and simple excellent very reasonably priced food, magical.

Glad its re open, great deals, lovely atmosphere and Pepe's great pasta. This will be so busy......

Best patas bravas I have ever had amongst other fresh and filling meals I tried. Great friendly conversations with the staff as well! Highly recommend as the best quick, tasty and affordable meals in Nottingham.

Sat outside in the sunshine and had a great lunch and people watching. Service was good. Would recommend for others.

Scran was banging tbf, scallops Devine. Rocket salad flew like a V2. Just went in on the spontaneous chance. Waiter looked like Pierluigi Casiraghi former Italian international. Found the red wine menu expensive.

Went to a quick lunch as always loved Edins, former owners! Food was fine tapas that came to £23 fair enough - asked for a bottle of Sauvignon blanc didn’t ask for wine list which was our mistake as bottle we got was £40 - seriously £40 for a bottle of standard Sauvignon blanc with lunch ?? No advance warning - wonder if it was the basic bottle or top priced suddenly £23 of lunch was £63! Enjoy the profit as won’t be back

Love this place. Amazing food and service.

Really enjoyed the food here, sat outside on a sunny day with the missus & shared a beautiful mushroom gnocchi, prawn & chilli spaghetti & a foccacia. Bueno! If I could have had a bigger portion of gnocchi I'd have been even more delighted

Great restaurant very chilled Beautiful food Great friendly staff

Wish we had left this place before eating. Half of the restaurant is closed down. Dark and dismal. Limited menu and wine list - not the same as the website. Food arrived in different times. Really horrible. Wine was expensive and bland. Both ill afterwards.

Fantastic food . Great atmosphere . Good music . Friendly service from Matt. All in all a great relaxing atmosphere . Nice house wine .

Great food again here yesterday. Lovely different Italian Tapas which were excellent value for money. Friendly staff and nice atmosphere. Will certainly return.

My friends and I were directed here by the Sexy Mamma Loves Pasta, as they were too full to accommodate us. We could not have been be more pleased with the service that we received and the food that we ate. The atmosphere is vibrant and lively and the food seems authentic and rustic. As visitors from Kent, we were very impressed and will definitely return next time we visit Nottingham.

Nice little find . Good food and friendly staff

I visited here today for lunch as we spotted it when walking past however I wouldn’t visit again. I ordered rigatoni Bolognese from the menu and it came with penne and the waiter dismissed it and wasn’t bothered when I pointed it out and just said well rigatoni is just thicker, how can an Italian restaraunt manage to get this wrong?! Surely this is the basics, who serves Bolognese with penne?

The Menu was limited to say the least, and the waiting staff, whilst friendly, were ill-informed on exactly what was available. We were a party of 4, three of whom chose a similar main course of Roast Chicken, the fourth choosing a Rigatoni. The latter was served a full 10 minutes before our Chicken was ready and he had obviously eaten his before we had been served. An appetiser of flat garlic bread had been brought out earlier, but part of it was so poorly cooked in the oven, that it was burnt to a cinder, literally black all over. The Specials Board consisted of "Roast Chicken" - Pizza Margarita and 2 other items. Roast Chicken was all you got, no chips, no side salad, just 1/2 a chicken!! Whenever a Margarita Pizza became a House Special at an Italian restaurant, I cannot begin to imagine. Finally, it must be the only Italian not to serve proper Coffee or any Ice Cream!! Won't be returning.

Not sure what these 2 star ratings are about - the service was impeccable, the food was delicious and the price was very reasonable! We stumbled across the restaurant whilst wondering around the city on a weekend visit and were sold by the menu written on the white board. We ordered bread with olive oil, arancini, tortellini, feta salad and padron peppers. This was a perfect quantity for 2 people for lunch and I can't fault any of it. We particularly like the tortellini!

I had a very poor experience at Edin's (same chap) a few years ago and promised myself I wouldn't visit Botti/Sexy Mama etc. again, but was swayed by a friend to visit for lunch. I think I was right not to want to return. They don't serve cappuccino, only espresso and americano from a Nespresso machine, which is just bizarre. I was one of two tables in for lunch and the bread and olives we ordered never arrived (I was still charged, although my fault perhaps for not checking the bill properly). The food wasn't unpleasant but the drinks were very expensive. The waiting staff were nice; I think the gentleman who was serving us hadn't long been awake because everything seemed like far too much effort for him. Itemised bill for reference: Americano (*Nespresso) £2.95 Americano (*Nespresso) £2.95 Chicken and Chorizo Rigatoni £9.00 Tortellini £8.00 Bread and Olives (absent) £5.00 Birra Moretti (Bottle) £5.00 (!!) Aperol Spritz £7.95 (!!!) A sad place, I won't be visiting again

I had a very poor experience at Edin's (same chap) a few years ago and promised myself I wouldn't visit Botti/Sexy Mama etc. again, but was swayed by a friend to visit for lunch. I think I was right not to want to return. They don't serve cappuccino, only espresso and americano from a Nespresso machine, which is just bizarre. I was one of two tables in for lunch and the bread and olives we ordered never arrived (I was still charged, although my fault perhaps for not checking the bill properly). The food wasn't unpleasant but the drinks were very expensive. The waiting staff were nice; I think the gentleman who was serving us hadn't long been awake because everything seemed like far too much effort for him. Itemised bill for reference: Americano (*Nespresso) £2.95 Americano (*Nespresso) £2.95 Chicken and Chorizo Rigatoni £9.00 Tortellini £8.00 Bread and Olives (absent) £5.00 Birra Moretti (Bottle) £5.00 (!!) Aperol Spritz £7.95 (!!!) A sad place, I won't be visiting again.

We had never visited the restaurant before, we ordered what we perceived to be starters and main courses this then all arrived together. We questioned this and the waiter said “we don’t serve like this” it ultimately meant we had not chosen well if we...

I've been here a couple of times but this evening was my first time since lockdown. Service was brilliant, staff were lovely and everything came so quickly. Food was all delicious and loads of veggie options. Seen some really low reviews on here recently and wonder if they've accidentally reviewed the wrong place!!!

Ambience, friendly staff, good food, good wine - great time

Average food. No drinks menu or prices, only expresso and American coffee available. You have to ask for an itemised bill as there are hidden extras. We also had to ask for the payment card receipt. Won't be visiting again.

After reading the menu and seeing the appealing offerings online, my husband and I were really looking forward to enjoying a romantic evening for two in this quaint little restaurant. Our expectations dropped immensely when we were told that the menu was on the chalk board and, although not advertised on line (surely they've had plenty of time to update it!) they had a very reduced selection of meals. Coupled with this, there were no vegetables to go alongside our main course and so we ate like true carnivores just tucking into a slab of meat. Very disappointing and we won't be going here again. Shame as it's just across the road to the cinema!

Amazing food , staff was all very polite and helpful. Will definitely be returning!!

Very good experience, it is not the first time nor will it be the last. Spectacular Patatas Bravas, beef ragu with rigatoni and delicious risotto. Fantastic . Well done.

Delicious 😋handmade pastas. Ravioli superb

What happen to Edin "King Midas" - the guy who could make expensive dishes out of the cheapest ingredients he could find. Now it's just cheap food. King Midas, yours is passion indeed. About money of course, not great hospitality.

This was my favourite restaurant in Notts pre pandemic, Italian tapas that was super tasty. Post pandemic they've moved away from the tapas style which is a terrible decision for me; the whole point is to have a little of everything. That wouldn't be the...

SO DISAPPOINTED! WORST FOOD EVER!!! I was so excited to go here, the exterior looked lovely and super professional, the reviews were good… BUT I had the worst experience I’ve had in a restaurant EVER! The food was horrid, I was ate a watery ROTTEN...

What a great job Botti are doing to reopen and recover from this global pandemic which hit the hospitality industry so hard. The waiters are friendly, the pasta is fresh and simply delicious. I’ve been twice and each time there is a new offering on...

This was my first time to this particular place and I seriously enjoyed it even though I only stayed for one or two pints. When I sat down I was waited upon by a lovely girl called Chloe, she mentioned to me that it was...

I’ve been many times and everything has been great. I appreciate that it is just outdoors at the moment but the covers must be similar plus menu is reduced. So, to be sat waiting for drinks that didn’t arrive, then try and order food -...

I will start by saying this is visit #3 to Botti di Mamma, and to be completely transparent visit #1 was 5* visit #2 was 4* and it was only our most recent visit that we rated 3*. On our first visit we were hard...

Excellent food and service. The restaurant is quite dark in the evening that we liked but it might bother some people. We felt safe that the staff are following new covid 19 guidelines.

Pork belly was cold ans dry. Pasta was unsalted. Too expensive for tiny portions. Only the atmosphere is cozy.

Absolutely love this restaurant. The ambience, helpful and professional staff and the tapas keep us coming back for more. Can't recommend this place high enough. Keep up the great work 👍😋

Really lovely place. Best described as Italian style tapas, with medium sized dishes perfect for sharing. They change the menu ever day apparently. Highly recommended.

This is such a nice restaurant with a lovely ambiance. The social distancing was good and the servers wore masks. You took a picture of the menu on your phone for ordering which is such a good idea as it cuts down on items you...

Padron peppers, potatoes, cauliflower, spinach cannelloni and baked chicken, all the food is excellent, perfect in its execution. Congratulations guys

Met my friend for lunch on the Tuesday there enjoyed the food wine and ambience that much went back there on Wednesday night with my family

Well £8.50 for three prawns and £9 for a pizza that would barely feed a child. The waiter who was a nice guy and leaving that day, advised me the staff had discussed the tiny portion size with the management but to no avail. I've never been to an Italian restaurant with such a miserly attitude! The other draw was the once served great German larger on tap, but this is no longer available and you will have to have tiny and i mean tiny bottles of poretti 4, not even poretti 6 0r 9 and by tiny i mean 250ml. I would only suggest you go if your a girl on a severe diet.

This place is amazing, the food is fantastic and so is atmosphere

Beautiful Food, the roast chicken, the Camembert and the mushroom gnocchi was to die for !! Will defo return to try the rest of the menu !

Amazing selection of very tasty Tapas dishes. We love eating this way, small portions to share at great prices, the perfect way to enjoy the best of the menu. Our only problem was trying to decide which dishes to have because of the choices we...

Excelente servicio.Tuve la lubina como parte de mi selección, que estaba cocinada a la perfección.El menú cambia a diario con pasta fresca hecha a mano y platos horneados.¡Es un estilo tapeo con raciones perfectas! ¡Me daría unos cuantos porque está todo tan delicioso!

Fui como parte de salir a comer para ayudar. Los platos principales eran muy pequeños y no sabían muy bien. Si estaban destinados a ser tapas, ¡entonces caro a las 8! Se sintió como si estuvieran jugando con el sistema al reducir a la mitad el tamaño de la porción y reducir la calidad. Todavía tenía hambre de camino a casa.También cobraron de más en la factura de las bebidas: ¡un gin tonic seguramente no puede ser 7, 50! Tuve que pedirles que lo revisaran al menos dos veces antes de que lo cambiaran.Los camareros no llevaban máscaras y las mesas no estaban limpias.Es una pena, ya que esta fue nuestra primera comida adecuada y me encantó venir aquí antes del cierre, no estoy seguro de que volveré. En general, no me inspiró confianza sobre la seguridad de covid y me sentí engañado por el tamaño de las porciones y la calidad, así como el precio de las bebidas.

A more limited menu than usual but just as lovely. Its like being in a really chilled italian cafe.

Excellent tasty tapas. Lots of different flavours. I totally recommend this restaurant.

Usamos la oferta de comer fuera para ayudar un martes por la noche al principio, el servicio fue bueno ya que estábamos terminando nuestra comida, luego se fue cuesta abajo, las cosas que pedimos no salieron una vez que terminamos, tuvimos que solicitar nuestra factura tres veces, finalmente pagamos solo para descubrir que nos habían cobrado de más. No volveré.

Great Meal, clever small plates of Italian food

2nd visit tonight and food was just as amazing as last time. Definitely coming back for a 3rd visit. Great food and lovely staff. Great experience

OMG, I can't find the words to describe how much real and full of flavor the food is .. this might be the GREATEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT IN NOTTINGHAM

Lovely meal, bottle of wine all served up by excellent staff. Many thanks.

Pedí algunos platos. El cassoulet de cordero tenía cordero que era literalmente negro y quemado a cenizas. Se quejó y el chef nos dijo que nos quitáramos la parte quemada como si estuviera bien debajo. Canelones quemados hasta la base de la lata. Otros platos están bien. No volveré.

Excellent choice and atmosphere, portions are rather large for a tapas place! I'd recommend 3 dishes and a side per 2 people.

Me and my partner have eaten here 3 times now and every time has been so enjoyable. The food at the atmosphere of this place is so amazing and authentic. Even though this is a small plates style of restaurant, you still get a really good portion for each of the dishes. Every one we’ve had has been so well balanced and fresh, and you can tell quality ingredients are used to create these authentic Italian dishes. The wine is great too and the service is always attentive regardless of how busy it is. Definitely my favourite Italian restaurant in Nottingham.

... great to see the Nottingham independent places opening back up... great fresh homemade pasta (which you can cheat and take away and claim it to be your own), Italian meats and arancini... highly recommend over the more well known, high street establishments.

An amazing choice of food. Had 4 dishes between the 2 of us and it did not disappoint. Service was spot on and helpful. Price was perfectly reasonable, paid £45 of 4 dishes and 2 glasses of wine. Definitely returning.

Lovely wine! Lovely staff! Lovely pizza!!! Had a really nice afternoon drink and pizza! The Quattre Formaggi is a must have. Will deffo be returning. Special thanks to Edin, Becky & Swan. Xxx

Love the atmosphere here. Staff were extremely accommodating. Food was nice and wine a'flowing.

Had heard great things from others, sadly was badly let down by poor communication from staff and woeful customer service. Unlikely to ever come back.

Great staff and food Popular with customers of all generations.

Great place. Food and staff excellent

This Italian restaurant offers "tapas" style food for lunch. They suggest two portions per person, which I agree with. 4 dishes for the 2 of us was perfect. The quality is excellent.

I came to the restaurant after a solo cinema trip the other day for a light dinner. Great value for money, quality food, and competent staff. I will definitely be visiting again. I especially recommend the fresh fish Cooked in the (rather pretty) wood fired oven!

We pre booked this before going to see a show and really enjoyed it. The place is lovely with a nice relaxed atmosphere. The staff were polite and knowledgeable on the menu when we were trying to decide what to have. We loved the small plates options which was a bit of a twist on Italian food. There were also plenty of vegetarian options for my wife. Would certainly recommend and use again

Really good food, the small plates arent that small & really good value Room is lovely Dont everyone go there so I cant get a table

Visited one lunchtime. Slice of pizza was delicious. We wished we had just shared a pizza instead of 3 meatballs in a tomato sauce; shin of beef penne which had lots of penne, an unremarkable ragu and very little beef; half a lemon/chilli chicken which was ok; and a rocket salad which was really fresh and peppery. Background music was good. The guy who served us was really efficient but seemed a little glum. Looking at the other excellent reviews we may just have been unfortunate on the menu that day because nothing (apart from the slice of pizza) was that good.

The food as incredible, never had Italian like this before. Think Italian tapas, absolutely incredible.

Perfect pizza and atmosphere everytime. Feels like Nottinghams high end place.

Don’t waste your time. Low quality food and over price drinks. Staff rude

A great small plates experience in the heart of indie Nottingham. Right now, this place is really on the money with inexpensive and tasty dishes with excellent, friendly service. A lovely mix of hearty meat and fish based dishes, plus excellent fresh salad options. Love it!

Lovely food, staff really friendly and helpful. Thanks.

Our table of four spent a a very nice Saturday evening here.

I've reviewed this place a few times quite favourably. A piece of advice. The chef doesn't work mondays and it shows in the food big style. My suggestion. Close the restaurant if you want to give them the day off.

Very polite and friendly. Just be aware Portion size is not big, I'd order some side's.

Nice tapas. Very busy when we visited. Helpful staff

Yeah, just really good. Not too serious, but food was spot on

Great atmosphere and great food, please open a branch in Bristol

Fantastic little restaurant, delicious small plate/ tapas style Italian food. Lovely atmosphere and good service. Same view after 2 visits, very happily be going again

Had a fantastic meal here last night - atmosphere was very relaxed and the staff were both very friendly and incredibly hard working. You could tell they cared and wanted to make your evening as enjoyable as possible. Our food was absolutely fantastic - we were situated right next to the wood fired oven where everything is cooked so could see our food being prepared! The food was absolutely delicious - incredibly well prepared and paired. Really enjoyed the evening, will definitely return!

Popped in for early dinner and had delicious meal.... highly recommend the slow cooked beef ribs & lentils, aubergine with harissa and the pizza was also lovely! Good range of beers and wines, all in all a lovely dining experience. We will be back soon!!

We had lunch here because of its proximity to the Broadway cinema. The food is lovely and fresh, but on the pricey side. Decor quirky and shabby chic, but the toilet (only one), was not clean and very shabby. Thick dust on sink, toilet and pipes. In great need of updating. Waitress friendly. Owner busy making fresh pasta in the centre of the restaurant. So much to like but sack the cleaner!