Church House in Cheshire East

Had the Tagliatelle Divalo absoulty divine, great food, great service, excellent atmosphere, cocktails where good too, although I kept to the moretti,.

Absolutely miserable experience. Food is ridiculously overpriced for the quality/taste. We ordered a garlic bread, clearly indicating it was to share yet the server didn’t mention it was smaller than the size of your hand for £7! The chicken parmigiana was, I’m fairly convinced, turkey not chicken. It was slimy, rubbery and did not taste like chicken. It was either turkey or I’m going to have a very poor time tonight. My mum’s dish arrived boiling hot at the edges but stone cold in the middle, they had it remade and it came out just as cold in the middle. Not sure what the ‘chef’ is doing, the pasta dishes are very clearly microwaved- is it so hard to use a thermometer to check it’s cooked to the right temperature? £40 for two dishes and a starter, £8 on drinks, just miserable. I don’t mind paying that price if the food actually tastes good but both dishes were watery and tasteless. *Edit to add that the server did not charge us for one of the pasta dishes which was much appreciated.*

Food was good as always, service was shocking, waited over an hour for main course, despite asking on several occasions, also had to go find staff to order our drinks, glasses had been empty for some time..eventually when I got a Manager, the food arrived within minutes. After the meal ended, the 'Manager' stated the reason for the delay is that they were busy, and these things happen.. zero ownership, zero empathy. But he would, on this occasion, remove the service charge.. I pointed out that there is never a world where I would be paying any service charge, for that shocking level of service. They then reduced the bill by 20%.. We arrived 15min before starters landed, and left 10min after deserts landed.. in all, we were there just under 3hrs. We were regulars, but won't be returning.

Very Disappointing, the fungi starter not that pleasant - toast went soggy with the over garlic mushrooms. Mains:- Saffron risotto with ossobuco- the risotto was overpowered by the saffron and the ossobuco accompanied with it was quite a bland sauce. There early bird menu is now NOT available and has been replaced by there 'Christmas Special Menu' at £25 for 2 courses & a £10 charge for 175mil house wine . If you had booked a table when the early bird menu was advertised, I'm sorry but they make no exceptions, you will have to have the more expensive Christmas menu .

Lovely food and service, nice restaurant but toilets desperately need updating to reflect the overall quality experience. The ladies toilet is particularly bad