Pizza & Pasta in Staffordshire Moorlands

If being White British was a food, it would be that sad excuse for creamy pasta, void of any flavour - it was as if someone just decided to cough flem up and mix some pasta in with it. The pizza was ok and for £21 the staff could atleast fake a smile.

This is poor. Expected a lot more from Alton Towers. Very over-priced. Food quality worse than a supermarket basics range. No desserts, limited drinks options. It is all you can eat but even then it’s simply not worth the £21 per head because I didn’t even want to go back for seconds. Disappointed.

Quite reasonably priced with it being in a theme park, drinks are included. The pizzas are quite well made and tasty the pasta is alright but good in the sense it is a buffet. There are the usual soft drinks available as well as some hydrating fruit juices! Overall a great place to get some energy back to get back out to the rides!

Can here on Saturday about half 12, not many people inside which was surprising. All the staff were lovely and helpful unfortunately the food was just okay. Not worth the money tho

The pizza was quite good for a theme park restaurant. The pasta was not. Saladbar was perfectly fine. Unlimited softdrinks and food included.

The food was okay, but the way the manager (short pink hair) treated me was nothing short if rude and disrespectful. After highlighting to the lovely staff member on till that I have coeliac and a dairy intolerance, they went to get the manager to "talk me through" things. Fab. That's where the good experience ended. The manager walked over, chucked a folder filled with spreadsheets on the counter , and said, "Information is in there." Then, litterly turned their back on me and lent on the reception desk. When I looked through it, it was extremely confusing, and there was no mention of gluten-free pizza alternatives. By this time, there was a big queue. I feel uncomfortable enough because of the stigma that people have about people with allergies, coeliacs, and intolerances. When asked if there was a gf pizza available, the manager huffed, turned around, and said very abruptly, "There's pepperoni, ham and pineapple, or margarita. Which one do you want?" Wow. Just wooooooow. By this time, there was a big queue of huffing, sighing, eye rolling customers waiting. I've never been made to feel so awkward, uncomfortable, and embarrassed. We spent roughly £150 for 7 of us. I could only eat the made to order pizza (tasted okay thankfully) and didn't dare touch the salad bar because of cross contamination. We were stopping in the tree houses for 2 nights. Luckily, I had bought ready meals I could have because Alton Tower is absolutely appalling for dietary requirements. When will they realise that having coeliacs or any allergies/intolerance ISN'T A CHOICE! For the prices they charge, do better, merlin! You seriously need to retrain your pink haired manager or sack them. The other serving staff member was lovely, but when they're apologising because their manager is acting appallingly, you know there is a BIG issue.

They’ve brought back gluten free options which is amazing! The food is fresh and the salad is nice!

Possibly the worst pizza I've ever eaten. Absolutely the worst pasta I've ever eaten. A child on an adjacent table vomited. If the vomit didn't contain any pizza or pasta, it would have been a better meal than the pizza and pasta.

£21 per head, unremarkable service but my god, the food… £21 each!? Same experience to a lot of reviews on here - completely undid my memories of this place from a few years back. Dead, Iceland looking pizza followed by pasta substandard to that in meal-deals. Totally unappetising salad bar, no seasonings/salt pepper/condiments in sight. Something like an ‘ice cream factory’ style area is required here to come even half close to justifying this price. Don’t know who’s to blame for this but I doubt it’s the service staff - hope some management see this.

If I could rate less than one star I would. The food was absolutely dreadful, the pizzas all looked the same with hardly any toppings and no sauce. The pasta was dry and had hardly any sauce. No condiments, the pop was flat and tasteless. For the proces charged I would expect a lot more. As a family of 4 who had this day as a treat we feel so disappointed

Wouldn't know if any good as was closed at 5pm even tho stated 6pm..

£21 per adult and children between £12-£15. Absolutely unacceptable pricing!

Good choice of pizza, pasta and salad. Drinks were included too although there wasn't any water on offer for those that don't drink squash or carbonated soft drinks.

I wish could rate this lower than 1 star, the lady with red hair and the guy with the blue hair at the front desk were mocking my friend’s height and being unprofessional with a blue haired staff member, the pizza was dry and expensive (£21 for that RIDICULOUS). The lady at the front desk also had an attitude to all the people of colour walking into the restaurant including us, if she wasn’t so rude about payment, i would have walked out. Vegetarian option quite bad.

The worst pizza I ever had in my life

Stopped off for a bit of all you can eat pizza, pasta and juice. Place was nice and relaxed not overly busy which was good. Food was plenty full and on tap along with juice free refills. At £21 a head I thought this was quite expensive for what you get and what my belly could manage to eat. So gets slightly marked down for that, however I did manage to slip 5 slices of pizza in my bag to have cold for tea later. £10-£15 a head would be a more reasonable price tag and see more folk eating!

We came to pizza and pasta for lunch. There was 7 of us but we couldn’t believe the cost…….. £21 each! There was no dessert on offer. Unlimited pizza and pasta and soft drinks. The pizzas weren’t that great. The staff were ok but I would advise people to avoid this place- way too expensive for what you get.

Avoid it at any cost Worst experience! 21£s of No taste pizza and pasta! Could have got 2 dominos pizzas with almost same. Not much options and totally not worth it with the money paid! Never go here.

Worst food I ever had …. Not even worth €5

Awful. The price has risen from £13 to £17 to £22 in less than two years, with a commensurate collapse in quality. Horrible food with no taste, slow service and food replenishment, zero allergy precautions, unclean environment. Vote with your feet - bring a packed lunch!

AVOID! AVOID! AVOID! Stay away from this place! Cost £84 for four of us which would be fine if the food was actually edible! The pizzas taste like Iceland’s own and the pasta is very overcooked and completely tasteless! Trust me a hotdog would serve you better! Also there was a serious lack of toilet facilities and the ones they had were smelly and disgusting!

Because it's in Alton towers theme park don't expect too much. Only pizza and salad with drinks is sold, £22.00 each you pay before you sit down. Then you select buffet style, get you pizza and go to your table. Quality of pizza was OK just but don't expect too much. Soft drink you top up when you want. It was clean and staff all OK.

Absolutely awful. The price to have a few greasy slices of pizza, salad that looks like it’s seen the depths of hell and sweaty pasta should not be this extortionate. As a student I cannot afford to spend £21 for food that lacks quality and leaves me starving afterwards. The staff are oblivious to anything happening around them, just constant chatter at the front desk and didn’t seem very accommodating when we first walked in. A customer had spilled a drink and the front desk workers didn’t even bother to clean this, meaning me and my party had to dodge the wet floor. This was cleaned around 10 minutes after when one of the waiters realised, however no wet floor sign was placed. Improvements to this restaurant are highly required. Do better.

Not worth the money paid. They only have 2 kind of pasta and it’s tasteless. Pizza is okay but they only have 3 type of pizza. It’s design more for kids.

Abysmal - we came a couple of years ago and found it really good value, good food quality and helpful staff. We visited on Friday and found the price per head had almost doubled but the standard of food has declined drastically. My daughter wouldn’t eat anything. The choice was poor and availability of pizza was scarce. The pizza toppings hardly covered the base. The pasta was barely room temperature and they may as well have served dry pasta…. The bolognaise sauce was….. barely visible.£84 for 2 adults and 2 teenagers who all came out hungry. Pack up next time! Alton Towers please address these issues. It’s not fair to charge so much and get so little.

At the time of posting, a day ticket to Phantasialand costs £2.27 more than the pizza on offer in this photo. (€27)

It just isn't worth £21 (yes, you read that right). The food here used to be nicer, and I'd not feel so stung by that price if it was still as nice as it used to be. But like all food at Alton Towers, it's gone totally downhill. All you can eat only matters if the food is something you'd want to eat. The pizza was rank with stingy toppings, and brought out incredibly slowly. The pasta was mush with barely any sauce. The soft drinks were the minimum amount of syrup they could possibly use.

Decent quality Pizza, Unlimited food and soft drinks and probably the best value restaurant at Alton Towers if you have an appetite

Pricey but decent food for an all you can eat place.

Some of the worst pizza I have had for the price, understand some people may like it which is of course ok but if you are looking at spending this amount of money and expecting good quality pizza in return then you will be left disappointed. The quality of the food has certainly gone down over the years, we had a single slice and left, really poor. Only gets a 2 * as the drink wasn't flat.

Can't go wrong really. Cheap pizza, but it does the job. Plenty of choice.

The food here is nice, after reading the reviews we were unsure what to expect but after experiencing how bad the rollercoaster restaurant now is we decided to try here this time. The pizza was good, fresh, hot and constantly replenished. The salad bar is basic, and parts were empty the whole time we were there but what we had was nice. There was only 2 types of pasta and then weren't the best but the pizza and garlic bread alone make it worth going to. And the unlimited drink refills are great. Overall I'd recommend going and well definitely be back.

If yourbfeeling hungry on your day out to Alton Towers then Pizza and Pasta is ok to fill up. It's not the best pizza in the world but it's fresh, hot and edible. We went on a busy day and pizza was flying out of the kitchen. The salad etc was ok too. The refillable soft drink was also good. Good enough that we went and had lunch here the next time we went a few weeks later. They also do a good job catering for gluten free. They have an edible base which is a good start. Make sure you ask them for normal cheese as you may end up with vegan cheese if you don't specify.

We picked a good day we were never queuing for more then 10 mins which allowed us to go on many rides multiple times. We ate at the pizza and pasta place which was all you can eat and easier for kids as there was limited waiting times as all pizzas were made and ready to take with free refill Drinks.

Reasonable food offered. Bit too expensive at £17

Handy when ordering from Tamarind

Staff did really well to look after customers, especially as it was very busy. Range was adequate and plentiful, salad bar was fresh and worked well.

The pizza tasted like a Tescos own frozen pizza. Definitely not worth £17, it wasn't even worth £1. If you like cold, cheap, tasteless oven pizza, this is the place for you.

Grim place with average food. Over priced buffet. No vegan salad dressing....not even oil and vinegar.

More choice would have been nice! And for the price I would expect more options for gluten free!!!

Bang average theme park grub, in the style of a Pizza Hut buffet... £17 per person age 12+ 4 pizza flavours - all fairly plain about as exciting as nemesis sub terra Unlimited drinks - all sugar free. Pasta - that's drier than a ride around the Congo River Rapids! Salad bar - about as fresh as salad can be after 3 days out of a bag. Dry, flavourless and no better place to select cross contaminated vegetables from plastic boxes. Best thing about this was the gluten free pizzas - the bases are actually better than some of the big high street pizza places and you get a good hot fresh portion. Worth getting a gf garlic bread.. Much better than the flavourless slices on the counter. We'll be back no doubt, there's virtually no other option in the park that is worth doing. Food seems like an afterthought throughout the park

Good place to stop for food. They made a vegan pizza on request. It's a buffet all you can eat they hand you a cup and you eat. The pizza is very pizza hut esk. It was 51 pounds for 3 people.

As much pizza and pasta as you can eat venue. due to large numbers, the pizzas were continually being refreshed, however there is not a great variety of flavours, understandable reflecting on the customer numbers. The pasta was ok, nothing amazing and felt like it was there just to compliment the pizza, almost a tick box exercise. However, the supposed salad bar. It looked as though someone had swept the floor of salad and dropped it into the trays. The various salad types were all mixed and the accompanying dressings had been drizzled, poured everywhere. The area looked very oily, giving the appearance of not being cleaned properly. Overall the state of the salad bar was far from inviting and certainly looked dirty. As for the taste, I honestly couldn't tell you, there was no way I was going to eat anything from it.

Nice food but ridiculously priced.

6 of us visited on Tue 12 Sept £17 per person for unlimited pizza, pasta, salad and drinks Price in line with expectations Decent pizza and garlic bread, plenty of it Pasta was OK, little bit dry Salad bar was nice, good choice Good variety of drinks

Absolutely loved this place.. you pay before entry.. per adult/ child and then it's as much as you can eat or drink (alcohol is extra) for as long as you want... the food was hot and delicious with a wide variety of choice. A very welcome rest at alton towers..i will be looking out for these places from now on.

AVOID! If you’re starving at Alton Towers, make this the last place to visit. Confusion on the front desk from the beginning should’ve been the warning bells to get out of there. Pizza just piled up on the counter, fresh but warm and tasteless. Pasta was slop, an insult to the food group. How this has 3.8 rating is a wonder, can only be Alton Towers management filling in reviews as no one who has eaten here would give it nothing more than 1 star. Do yourself a favour and eat anywhere in the UK than here, you’ll thank me!

Good selection of pizza and salads. All you can eat and unlimited drinks is the best option with kids. They do gluten free pizza as well, just let the staffs know.

Great and helpful service, very quick and efficient for a busy environment

Fantastic, what a hidden gem at AT! Reasonable price for all you can eat and drink, even without a Merlin Gold discount.

Choose of pizzas, pastas ans salad as well as a refill drink. A friend was GF they made her, her own pizza of choice and a garlic bread also. Thank you

Great pizza didn't run out of any whilst we wad there constantly topped up. Refill your own drinks. Tastes good and price the same as eating in one of the outdoor places but is inside in a restaurant setting so better for families or if weather is bad. Everything is selve serve for quick convince

A good place to stop and eat during a busy day out

Took 19 of us in with no issues, service was great food was very good but it is very expensive.

Forget the pasta, go for the pizza and the salad. The pizza was surprisingly good and the salad was fresh and plenty with different types of dressings. Not cheap, but you're in an amusement park, what do you expect? :-)

We thought that this place would be a good variety of pastas and pizzas to call itself that. Well how disappointed we were! 17.99 each...4 people, 2 of which are 15..not adults so why charge for an adult?? The so called pasta..tasted of nothing, total bland. The pizza choice was...3 different pizzas. Mmm.. avoid at all costs or will be as disappointed as me! Not a good experience for the price your paying. Please take this on board pizza and pasta...give people what there paying for! A decent feed for the family. What you offer is very poor for the price.

Surprisingly good and cheap enough!

Compared to all the other options this is the best value for money

£17 per head for all you can eat pizza, pasta and salad buffet. Pretty standard fare really pizza quite good. Quite packed on our visit due to it raining all day. Service was dismal, bordering on rude, but it's kids with summer jobs not wanting to be there I SUPPOSE, which was the only thing letting it down.

Pizza was great and it all you can eat but pasta was really plan next time I will avoid the pasta

Very expensive and not a lot of pasta to choose from

Its a terrible place. Arrived before 5 but there was nobody around to seat us so it pushed it after 5 so its takeaway only. First member of staff ignored us and went to second in the queue. The next did not understand anymore being said. The third finally had an understanding of what was going on but was not particularly helpful with a menu as there isnt one. Notbher fault but a takeaway without a menu is not great. I am sure if you come at other times its fine but honestly i would not come back.

Wasn't too busy food was good. Was good value for money considering it was an in park restaurant It's nothing special, it theme park food. But I would choose this over dominoes or pizza hut.

Not the best VFM but offers a slection of pizza and pasta all you can eat. Variety on pizza and pasta could be more, but I understand that when trying to serve a large number of people who all have different needs and food taste, best to limit to a few choices that appeals to all

Pizza pasta has gone down hill since the last time I went

Worst restaurant service I have ever experienced. Well overpriced but good food but the service is absolutely awful, Anthony was disgustingly rude and slamming chairs and speeding around and giving dirty looks.

Caters to any allergy amazingly staff couldn't do enough for us thank you

Quite a mixed bag but expensive for what you get, the pizza itself is relatively good, I personally really enjoy it, the pasta on the other hand is completely flavourless and should be avoided at all costs. Ultimately it isn't great value for money but in terms of food I'd say it's one of the best spots in Alton towers unfortunately.

Food was not upto the mark and staff was very rude and not interested to serve the customer at all and cleanses was also not maintained.

Bot as good as it used to be. We went at 11.30 so it was nice and quiet.

At £17.95 for adults and £8.95 for kids I'd suggest you get your moneys worth and let gluttony take over. Your paying for typical fast food here, little flavour or presentation laid out like it's feeding time at the zoo. Either eat till your too full to go on any other rides or just get 2 for one large pizzas from dominoes for the price of one adult

Surprisingly good food. Pizza Hut style dining but pizza not a greasy. Lots of fresh pizza riling out. Pasta not great and salad bar topping empty but overall good.

Plates were dirty, food was like a school canteen, toilets and bathrooms werent maintained. I’ll never go here again

Disappointingly expensive. £34 for 2 on arrival before seating, with Iceland pizzas and a germ hotspot salad bar. Rough.

As expected for a theme park, the pizza was subpar, pasta was a joke and the garlic bread was surprisingly nice. The salad bar was the best part of the restaurant. 1000% not worth £15

Only good thing about this place was the cashier at the entrance, Bethany. Otherwise we got sat at a table where someone spilt a drink a drink and dropped pasta on the floor and when we asked a member of staff to come clean it she literally just looked at me and didn’t say anything. Another member of staff had to intervene. Apparently basic human interaction is too much of a high expectation at this restaurant.

Great place to eat. Staff were friendly and the food was lovely.

Decent place to eat but queues for food we're busy but not stupid.

Very overpriced for what it is, a small selection of undercooked pizza's, only 2 options of over cooked pasta which had barely any sauce. The salad bar was arguably the best part which was basic at best. We were not expecting a gourmet selection, but the quality of food was very poor, plates/ cutlery were wet and not entirely clean for guest to use. The staff were able to serve us relatively quickly and were friendly but dirty plates remained on our table the whole time we were there. Overall the standards across the restaurant were really low and unacceptable for the amount you charge people to eat here.

good value for a theme park, some undercooked pizza and not loads of options

Shame and disappointed A worker watched a c Girl out all the doritos on her plate and put them back with her hands. And did nothing about it. Rammed, cluseterd. Couldn't move. Que was awful as only on one side of the room when the other half wasn't being used.

Always a good value for money place. Food is perfectly serviceable and is pretty much as you might expect. Reasonably clean and well staffed. Toilets could be cleaner but it's a busy place. Avoid going around lunch time as it's mega busy then. Not a lot of vegetarian choice though. Vegan and gluten free are by request only

Price was as expected for a theme park. Being seated was quick. The issue was the food was of awful quality, pretty much the worst pizza I have ever eaten. Also only 3 toilets for the whole large restaurant so massive queue for those. One to avoid.

Did the job if you're having a hectic day out round Alton towers. Decent price and buffet so quick and easy

Whist not the cheapest way to eat whilst out probably the cheapest and best value for money at Alton towers, family of 4 for £47 including an the food and drinks. Even with my dairy allergy I had two pizzas made just for me.

We generally eat at the pizza pasta buffet in Alton towers when we visit. Having older kids who get value from the buffet price and with the Merlin pass discount, I find this to be a good deal.

Eating as much pizza and pasta as you can manage is what life is about :) the staff here was amazing and I think her name was Beth that served us was such an amazing person, awesome personality and so was the other staff. Food was amazing

First visit Amazing place Does exactly what it says on the tin All you can eat pizza and pasta Certainly felt full after 25 slices of hot, doughy 'za

Best place to have food in Alton Towers.

It's was extremely busy but seemingly well organised FOH. Polite staff. All the food ran out at one point, so the line came to a stand still for a while. Kitchen staff had no urgency whatsoever, nor did they apologise or acknowledge the delay. Overall, it is a decent concept, but staff need to be quicker to make it work

Wouldn’t really call it a pizza/pasta buffet when there’s only 2 choices of pasta: Tomato and herb and a tremendously under seasoned creamy sauce. Some of the pizzas were lovely but unfortunately a few were undercooked and all I could taste was uncooked flour. The salad bar had a great variety and selection. Draft soda selection was limited with only Coke Zero, Fanta and Sprite. Shame they couldn’t shell out for some Coke, as you are paying £30 each for entry. Overall, improvements need to be made to the food/drinks for the cost of entry but by far one of the cheaper options of dining.

This is surprisingly good value considering it is in Alton Towers. You get a good choice of pizzas, a few pastas and salad. Each at much a you like. Also you get unlimited fizzy drinks, water and squash.

Honestly so dead for £30 id rather get a McDonald’s. nothing like it use to be 3 pasta options and lucky to find a piece of pizza with a topping it. Most of the drinks machines don’t work and just offer you a nice murky water to wash down the pepperoni on cardboard. And no one seems to care when mentioning something, No wonder payment is done upon entry would’ve shut down years ago.

Try to get in no later than 11.45 as that's when it starts to get busy. And don't eat too much, remember you need to go on rides after lunch. Food is good and works well for our family when visiting the park.

Plenty of pizza selections, only 2 pasta selections, worth a visit as kids were fully fueled afterwards.

I was worried there wouldn't be a great vegan selection but you can order a vegan pizza & they'll bring it to you

Allergen folder at reception and they are great with any questions. Food was delicious and will definitely dine there again.

From the best place to.... The worst! Food is simply disgusting and I'm not gona go there anymore!

Gourgeous just needs more pasta dishes but itd amazing

Our experience for 2 days ago was disgusting.The pasta was dry,no taste and didn’t even have any colour,and the worst thing is that it was ONLY pasta and no meat,sauce or anything.We wanted the vegetable pizza and we had to wait for about 15 minutes for them to do two full pizzas which everyone else already took slices of as they were also waiting so we had to wait another 10 minutes.The baby changing room the cleaning is probably every second day there as it lacks cleanliness and hygiene,we were so disgusted that baby had to be changed outside.Also,the two girls by the till were making faces like they were gulag workers being forced to work there with no freedom.In addition it looks like they ran out of fruit in the salad section.Unlike the pizza pasta in chessington overall our service was very poor.