Ristorante Italiano Valentinos in Wakefield

Exceptional restaurant! I had one of the best steaks I have EVER had. Very attentive and friendly staff and amazing food. You get what you pay for! Lovely atmosphere.

Went for my Son's 30th never been before, won't rush back. Made no effort for my Son's birthday didn't do any dessert or anything. Also when asked staff a question was quiet rude not good service.

Called to make a booking for a big birthday event. Was told no booking by phone, only online. Really? Whilst this is no problem for me, some cannot book online. Negative number 1. So booked online for a party of 15 on a Saturday night and paid a deposit. A few days later an email appears requesting pre-ordering with a minimum spend of £35pp or a party menu at the same price. There is NO mention of this on the website. There is NO mention of this on the third-party booking site. Had they allowed a phone booking this might have been made plain. Negative number 2. Oh, and where is the set menu? It is not on the website, nor was it emailed to us. Are we supposed to use our imagination? Rang restaurant a few days later and spoke with someone who assured me that we could simply come along and order as we wanted with no minimum spend and no pre-order. A positive, or so we thought. Today another email requesting pre-orders and minimum spend etc. What? Rang the restaurant and was told by the manager this is the policy for a Saturday night. Why? Yes, it will be busy, but we understand there will be a wait for a larger party, no issues for us. If everyone ordered steak and seafood, there may be shortages, but we generally order simple dishes of pizzas and pastas. Whoever I had spoken to before had apparently told me wrong! Negative number 3. So, with 4 days to go it is expected to get pre-orders off 15 people, some of whom have no access to a menu. Again, told it is all online, but again what about those who do not use the internet? Negative number 4. My deposit is somewhere so how will that be returned especially as the booking site says it is non-refundable. How can that be the case when the terms of the booking were NOT explained at any stage of the booking process? Most sane restaurants and third-party booking sites allow advance cancellation and return of any deposits paid, but seemingly not here. My email asking about reimbursement has so far gone unanswered, not really a surprise I suppose. A total con. Negative number 5. All in all, a thoroughly shocking, farcical, and absurd state of affairs never experienced at ANY restaurant I have ever been to, and I have been to many. Maybe they are already always full on a Saturday night, but it amazes me how they can turn custom away like this both now and into the future. Will not darken these doors ever again.

Takeaway night…. easy app and great selection. Received piping hot and sustainably packaged. Upon opening the food was boxed up and well presented.

What a gem this place is! We ate here on a Saturday evening and couldn't fault a thing - Antonino and his team of excellent staff couldn't have treated us better. Service was spot on and the food was sublime. I had the caprese salad which was excellent and the pasta with pepperoni and bacon which was absolutely lush and just the right amount so it was a daunting mountain of pasta. We both had the raspberry pavlova for dessert, ignore the review that complains about it being frozen in the middle, that's how it's supposed to be and it was to die for! We're only sorry we don't live locally and were only visiting the area, although our waistlines would suffer no end. If you're in the area and get chance, go here, you won't regret it.

Lovely meal this evening to celebrate my husbands birthday. Very attentive staff. Food was excellent had the pâté off the specials menu and the king prawns to start which were plentiful. Lovely chicken and spinach penne pasta and a chicken main with veg and roast potatoes Reasonably priced, great atmosphere, we will be back.

Ate here today as a family of three adults. Came for lunch. Two alcoholic drinks, one soft drink, three starters, three pizzas and three sides. Bill came to £100. Food was excellent, service was friendly, quick and efficient. Would recommend and would visit again

Not just fabulous Italian food… we had the Sunday Roast today…£19.95 for a plate full of freshly cooked QUALITY seasonal veg, Yorkshire pudding, x3 meats + the most gorgeous jus … consider myself a decent cook and outside of our home this is SIMPLY THE BEST…

Great place place to eat anytime.the staff are friendly and efficient. Not a long waiting time. We had a table for 3, my son is Autistic and cant handle too much noise. The staff were great in giving us a table to the side without us having to ask. I found that very respectfull. The food I'd absolutely delicious and I would highly recommend to anyone to try.

I want to start by saying I am not the type of person to complain unless I have genuinely experienced bad service. I recognise with the best of intentions that things can go wrong. That said, the experience I had this evening was so dire and the gesture I was given was, in my opinion, was so inadequate, I feel a strong complaint is warranted. I booked a table for this evening for my birthday, and brought with me 9 close members of my family. We ordered drinks and when a waitress brought them to the table, she split a pint of lager over my back and on my 8 year old child. My new grey coat was covered and I'll have to pay for dry cleaning as it is not machine washable. My brand new black jacket (a gift for my birthday) was also covered, as was the back of my jeans. This was embarrassing as I didn't want to get out of my seat to speak with family members or to go to the toilet. The waitress was embarrassed and I don't think for a minute it was intentional, but I would have thought/expected a manager to come over to apologise. To top it all off we waited over 40 mins for our main courses. With 2 young children who were getting tired, this was far from ideal and we had to chase the meals up multiple times. It is a Wednesday evening and not even that busy so why it took so long, I have no idea. My guests were getting fed up so this didn't exactly make my feel great on my birthday. The food was actually nice, but service terrible. I asked the waiter if anything could be done taking into account how bad things had been and he said he would speak to the manager. I'm assuming the same manager who couldn't be bothered to apologise for the earlier incident. I was given 10% off the bill. We had spent over £200 so this worked out at only £26. Really poor and slightly insulting as this prob won't even cover my dry cleaning bill. I'm not one to write on review sites but in this case I think I will as I dont think Valentinos cares about customers.

A COUPLES VISIT BUT THE PARTIES GAVE A GREAT FAMILY ATMOSPHERE. Food, Service excellent too. We went for the Valentines treat night, on until 13/02. Antipasti sharing platter, choice of pasta dish each + mini dessert sharing selection + a bottle of house wine £55! Will be trying the monthly tribute nights too. Call me old fashioned…. or just old!….. but much prefer local than town in winter.

We used to come here an awful lot,at least once a week, but its fair to say we won't be coming back for at least a Decade. Service and drinks no problem, but £80 (2 adult 2 kids) for what we ate is not accaptable, calzone was so thick it was like eating a full loaf, spinaci pasta dish was full of raw onion.our kids had a burger(kids menu) and chicken burger(adult menu) both of the buns were soggy and falling apart and the meats were just too thick for a "burger". Sorry to say but, its been best part of a year since we were last here and won't be going back. That's it valencrapos....goodbye

My 2 friends & I visited in December 2023. When I arrived there was no-one to greet me at the door & more than one waiter/waitress walked past me on a couple of occasions. I stopped one of them as they walked past & explained I had a table booked at which point he showed me to my table. After my 2 friends arrived, we sat waiting for our drinks order to be taken for quite some time. Drinks arrived efficiently after ordering but throughout our 2 hours we spent there, we were never offered another drink even though we had nearly finished our drinks after our starters. Food was delicious - I had the salmon pasta. My friends enjoyed their meals too. Just s a shame the service was lacking. The staff weren't rude or unfriendly just lacking in attentiveness. Could be so much better. We will return again in the hope the service improves as the food was great but if we receive the same service again, I'd likely look to go elsewhere in future. ps, although it was December, there were only 4 other tables occupied so it wasn't busy enough to explain the shortfall in service.

From the moment we walked in I would fate this as excellent. The staff were very polite and attentive. The food from starter to desert was out of this world. This was one of the best meals in a restaurant I have had in years. We were a party of 8 adults and 4 children, everyone was catered for on the menu with a good variety on the children’s menu. Great night great food will definitely be paying another visit to here. Well done.

There isn’t another restaurant in the area that comes close. As regards quality, atmosphere & service. The tribute nights are such great fun with a party atmosphere. We and many of our friends choose Valentinos over more expensive and inconvenient big city venues. Christmas Day was testament to the staff & lovely families eating there. Stress free, happy vibes and a fabulous festive feel. Santa visited too. Perfect. Thank you, Valentinos!

Gave this restaurant a second chance as family said it used to be good a few years ago when it was under different management…but after a poor affair last year I wasn’t exactly excited to be returning. Staffing: all children with no personalities or clue about service, no idea about the menu, overly attentive/too swift to rush to the next course - was asked if everyone had finished when putting a forkful of food into my mouth then brought our main courses out within a minute of finishing my starter. Server asked if we wanted any condiments but had walked away from the table whilst we were responding. There is attentive and then there’s being pushy. Orders were being taken but can’t help feeling like the headpieces are just a massive barrier and distraction to the servers and the formation of any relationship with customers. Why do they have these in a restaurant environment?!? Felt like more the type of service you get in a fast food establishment. Ambiance: there is none. Claims to be an Italian restaurant yet not one member of staff is Italian. No music and no life about the place. Decor: outdated and lacking imagination with a mismatch of styles. Drinks: took an age to come despite the restaurant not being busy. Server forgot water for the table. Asked for a liquor coffee with minimal cream due to being lactose intolerant….mine came with more cream than my partners and when I scooped it out the cream had split. Food - speedy delivery, almost too speedy which speaks volumes to freshness/quality. Bruschetta has clearly been made in advance and left to sit somewhere - bread soggy and chewy tomatoes very cold so guessing these are made in advance and then left in the fridge? Ordered a risotto - sorry but they have no idea about how risotto is meant to be cooked. Veg inside the risotto was undercooked and crunchy. Then they threw green peppers into a tomato dish which weren’t even diced just in long strips. “Pancetta” was chewy, fatty and just tasted a bit off so left on the side of my plate. Clearly the cook has no idea about balancing flavours or how to cook a risotto. Suffice to say I didn’t finish it. Mediocre pasta dishes and calzone for the rest of the people in my party but nowhere near restaurant quality and no one was overly impressed. In laws ordered macaroons for dessert - fyi these are macarons (or macarooms as the menu labels them)….came out cold and chewy so had clearly been left in a fridge which is not where they ought to be stored and looked distinctly like the ones you can buy in bulk from Costco… Granted we didn’t complain as we felt with all the shortcomings and lack of understanding of quality there was little hope of any improvements. However both my partner and I felt nauseous and had stomach cramps over night so now wish we had said something whilst there.. :( Would definitely NOT recommend wasting your money here…. most people could make better quality and fresher food at home. We certainly won’t be returning.

What has happened to Valentino's? I have eaten here in the past and although it has never been perfect, it's still been a nice place to eat, not anymore! I decided to book a table for two, for my girlfriend and myself to celebrate our first year anniversary knowing it can be quite a romantic setting, how I was wrong. To start we were seated by a member of staff who dumped our menu's on the table before walking away without taking a drinks order or even handing the menu to us. When coming to take the order, my girlfriend asked if the cheese in the Antipasti was goats cheese, the waiter said he would check and continued to take the order. Ten minutes later our food turned up, the waiter had gone ahead and ordered my girlfriends food and just decided to take the cheese out! I called a waitress to explain the situation and she apologised, we asked if she could bring some mozzarella, a moment later she turned up with Blue cheese, again we asked for mozzarella, the waitress apologised again and returned with four large lumps of parmesan! Again we asked for mozzarella, which finally arrived once half the starters had been eaten. Then our mains arrived, steak Diane, asked for medium, this came well done with an extremely salty Diane sauce. We also ordered some truffle parmesan chips, these tasted like they had been fried 100 times before we got them. I asked for another drink twice, 15 minutes later the same waiter came and asked if I would like another drink even though he hadn't brought the others I'd asked for. Throughout the meal, the waiters kept knocking the drinks menus off the table as they walked past and just dumped them back on the table as we were eating, a new year's eve menu was pushed on to the table mid-meal with no regard that my girlfriend's arm was there. Overall the food was semi edible but not worth the price we paid as we only got one decent starter and one decent main between us, and the service was terrible. Unfortunately, it would seem that the experience of the waiting staff is very minimal and it shows. The one saving grace was our waiter deducted the price of the truffle chips after noticing we didn't eat them. To top it all off, this was supposed to be a romantic Italian meal for two, with the choice of music, I felt like we were sitting in the middle of a 2010's night club.

A very nice family meal with attentive servers and good food. The one moan I have is with the bacon on my burger! This was the smallest, thinnest rasher I have ever seen (leave alone paid £1 extra for) in my life. I've seen thicker parma ham. I don't do photos so you'll have to go and see for yourself.

Great service. Food was nice. Not expensive. We went early evening so not busy.. can’t fault the visit.

Food terrible, overpriced and no atmosphere. As a table of 12 we spent over £650, we made an ingredient mistake with a pizza order and asked to replace, ‘Manager’ said sure, we’ll charge you for both and throw the first one away (fair enough our error when pointed out on the menu by the Manager but it would have been a nice gesture to offer to replace without charge). Food was disappointing. The burger was poor quality and came served on a tiny oval plate, the rest of our party thought I’d ordered a child’s meal it looked like a happy meal. Plus points: young waiting staff tried their hardest and were polite and pleasant, as were the bar staff

My partner and I popped in for a light Sunday snack this afternoon. I must say, it’s a beautiful restaurant, unlike most Italian restaurants it’s spacious. The tables are not crammed together so you can have a decent conversation with out shouting over the table next to you. The menu is extensive and caters for all tastes. We wanted a light snack so I had the garlic mushrooms and the caprese salad starters, my partner had the burger. Both were delicious, well presented and plentiful. Complements to chef! The staff were attentive with out being overwhelming, charming and respectful. Obviously very well trained in service and delivery. A really wonderful experience and for value for money it’s exceptional. We really enjoyed our lunch and will be back. Highly recommend, staff and food were exceptional it’s 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️from us Thank you so much. Danielle and Daniel x

First time to this restaurant. Very busy when we arrived 30 minutes early. Greeted as we entered by very polite girl who said our table was ready. That was nice seeing as we were early. Showed to a nice table for two by a window. A waitress asked if we would like drinks and also offered table water. Our food order was taken in good time by another staff member. After maybe 10 minutes our garlic bread arrived. Very tasty with plenty of tomatoes onboard. Staff approached us when the garlic bread was finished and asked if we were ready for our mains to be delivered. These arrived in under 5 minutes Both dishes were hot and delicious. Photos attached. After reading some negative reviews, I have to say our experience was first class. All staff were polite and very efficient. Great visit and would recommend to anyone.

Exceptional service and food. Booked for dad’s 80th birthday lunch. Gina was a fabulous host and nothing was too much trouble. Food delicious. Having visited Italy this year I would say the food was even better here. A wonderful first experience and will definitely be my first choice. Thank you for a beautiful experience. Xx

I would just like to start by saying how much myself and 3 of my friends where looking forward to visiting this restaurant but we was behond dissapointed. Firstly on arrival it took 15 mins for our waiter to come to take our drinks order,...

Disappointed bone in my daughters fillet chicken burger. We told the waitress but she was complicit and blamed their supplier if they would have knocked the ice cream off our bill I wouldn't be writing this review. Poor really and would be reluctant to go...

Moved into area trying our local places - it was ok …. But that’s about it . Can’t say it was bad but it wasn’t one of those places that you want to return to. Food portions good size Kids meals good value Drinks -...

It was ok. But, sadly, that’s all. An over cooked steak with smallest pot of peppercorn sauce you could imagine. Granted, I didn’t ask for any more as I wasn’t paying £3.00 for the same amount. For what used to be, before lockdown, a lovely...

Thank you Valentino’s for a lovely evening celebrating two birthdays, granddaughter 11 and grandad 77, we had a lovely evening, nothing was too much trouble, amazing staff and lovely food, we will definitely be back x

Visited on Tuesday evening, very quiet only about 6 others in. Young man serving was very pleasant and efficient, food nice although would say overpriced for the portion size. Ordered a bottle of wine and jug of soda water, was shocked to have been charged...

3 people on a saturday night and expected it to be busy and strangely wasn't. First choice was Capri but they only had tables at 5pm and 9pm so assumed everywhere was going to be busy - it wasn't. A comment about ambience - there...

Lovely food and good service. Clean toikets. Had lamb as my main course and asked, as many people would, for mint sauce. When the bill came I'd been charged £1.10 for mint sauce which I think is outrageous. Would they charge for ketchup with chips...

Young waiter took our order, 2 people ordered Sirloin Diane and chips ,1 x person ordered Ribeye ,all asked to be cooked medium well. The meal came and we were served Fillet steaks with veg cooked rare . 1 x person ordered a calzone pizza...

This is our local restaurant, and we eat here regularly. They have a good menu with plenty of choice, the pizzas are what you would expect, in that they are wood fired and pretty much bang on everytime. My only issue is over the past...

My partner & I got a takeaway, he ordered a calzone which was lovely and I thought I’d treat myself to a fillet steak. In hindsight I probably should have thought that wasn’t the best meal to travel but still ordered my steak to be...

We are regulars at Valentino’s since discovering it 6 months ago. The food is great and reasonably priced, with lots of choice. We booked for my partner’s 50th and we well and truly looked after. The staff was super attentive, the head waiter in particular...

Had a really lovely experience here for a Sunday afternoon teatime, the food was lovely, and the staff were brilliant, couldn’t do enough for us and made a huge fuss of my little boy. Very much a relaxed family friendly environment, We will be returning...

I used to visit this restaurant quite a lot up to around 20 years ago and it was always amazing back back in the day… Went it to try it again.. Wow how things have changed.. for the worse. Staff are all kids, no atmosphere,...

I can honestly say this place is very good for family dining Amazing choices on the menu The food was absolutely delicious But the highlight for us was our waiter Jason Attentive ✅ Personality ✅ His Service ✅ ✅ ✅ Every restaurant needs a Jason...

We had a pizza takeaway last time which was amazing so we came back for table service and a dine-in meal. The staff was really pushed, the one gentleman was serving all of the tables which meant service was slow. The food was okay this time, not like we remembered. The ambiance in the restaurant feels a bit like a canteen and it's not as clean as it appears. All in all, it was an okay experience, not really worth the price they charge as the food wasn't anything great just mediocre. The staff on the other hand are super friendly and really nice so that's a real plus.

We enjoyed a birthday meal whilst in the area, visiting our son. We ordered pizza, pastas, fish and a roast, and all were delicious. The deserts and drinks were lovely too. The service was excellent. We look forward to visiting again very soon.

Our first visit here and we were very pleasantly surprised. A warm and friendly welcome, seated promptly and drinks order taken. Great pizza and a nice selection of Italian reds. Waiting staff were cheerful and responsive.

Had a take a way from Valentino’s which was very disappointing. Tomato garlic bread which needed more topping on, pepperoni calzone was good but the penne arrabaita was a very small serving. This cost £36 for a take a way. Definitely wont be having another one from Valentino’s. Poor value for money

We had a great experience with a takeaway pizza, it was really lovely and very tasty, would highly recommend it.

Ordered on Ubereats. Very over priced for quality. Pineapple hard on pizza and barbecue sauce was £1.80 for a 50p sized pot. Brownie expensive and no sauce on and not enough garlic sauce on mushrooms.

My family visited the restaurant this evening for the first time. There was only one other small group when we arrived and there seemed to be quite a few staff around, including a young waiter and waitress. They were both very polite and friendly, and I wouldn't say a bad word about their character. However, the overall service was incredibly slow.We ordered 3 pizzas and a portion of fries and it took 45 minutes. A long time considering we were second in there. The restaurant did then get quite a bit busier, and no-one had checked on us for a while even though we'd stopped eating. So I took our remaining pizza and asked for a box to take it home. At the same time, I asked for our son's ice cream that was part of his deal. I made a point to please be quick as our 1 year old was getting ready for bed and we'd already been there a while. I watched both the waiter and waitress doing other things like prepping tables even though no customers were waiting. I again chased the ice cream, but after waiting another 5 minutes we gave up and decided to leave.The leftover pizza was never brought back out despite it being given to the staff 15-20 minutes earlier. We were only taking the pizza home because they were pretty pricy, not because they were very good. The kindest way I can describe the pizzas was that they reminded me of the takeaway pizzas I used to get at 3am in the morning as a student. Not what you'd expect from a restaurant for 3 times the price.I spoke to the manager on the way out and he knocked a bit off the bill to be fair. Acknowledged the service wasn't fast but blamed Brexit, young staff etc and mentioned things like teenagers these days being on mobile phones all the time, which I wasn't sure of the relevance. He also said 'we've been around 15 years so we must be doing something right' - indeed, but that doesn't mean you can't try and do a bit better! The reviews on here clearly show they're very slow a lot of the time.It's a real shame as it was nice to be able to walk to a local restaurant rather than driving somewhere, but we definitely won't be back. I've had cheaper meals in authentic Italian restaurants in Leeds.

We visited the restaurant twice during a recent stay in Wakefield. Food was delicious, decent size portions and the staff were very friendly and helpful. Would definitely return if we were in the vicinity.

We ate on a Friday night, fairly early as we have a 1 year old. They couldn't do enough for us, making a fuss over our son and making sure we where well looked after. There where a lot of tables with young children which proves this is a great environment for families. The food was excellent, I had the ribs for starters and they where excellent and the portion was very large. Everyone on our table had a great meal and couldn't fault the service or staff. They even brought a small portion of ice cream for our son to keep him busy while we ate our main course, this was a lovely touch. Couldn't fault the food or service. We will be back!

Absolutely appalling. £95 order. When order confirmed was told it would be 2 hours to deliver (on a Sunday night).Called to cancel and was promised it would not be this long.2.5 hours later food not arrived.When it did arrive… missing items… chewy fillet steak. 1 roast potato for seasonal veg. Blamed for our delivery address being too far away.If you can’t handle the order.. don’t accept it. Never again!

Food is nice but the delivery service is a joke We’ve given them many chances, too many chances, but no more! 40 minutes and still waiting, happens time and time again!

Slowest delivery ever and definitely not worth the wait . Ordered at 6.45 . Said would be delivered in an hour . Phoned at 8pm and was promised would be delivered in 15 mins . Finally turned up at 9pm after having to phone and complain again . Pizzas were luke warm and nothing special with under cooked dough definitely not worth the money . First time have bought from Valentino’s and it will certainly be the last very disappointed

Can’t complain about the food as it was beautiful… the service however was the slowest I’ve ever experienced, table booked fir 7.30 and main course wasn’t served until 9.40… the restaurant was firing out the take away orders left right & center, but seem to have forgotten about the dine in customers, I wouldn’t go crack just purely because of the ridiculously long wait..

We waited 2 hours for the worst pizza we’ve ever had. They even included Stilton, which wasn’t something we didn’t ask for. The pizza was cold and appeared to have been cooked well before the other dishes (see photos). Writing negative reviews isn’t something we normally do, but hopefully this helps to raise the standards.

Well, what can I say? THE best service around. I stupidly forgot 2 add two meals to my order (TOTALLY my fault!), called the restaurant and they rushed the other 2 through for me. It meant we could all eat hot food together. It literally came within 15 minutes. Food was restaurant quality as per usual. I could have actually kissed the girl on the phone for rushing it for me as she saved me from 2 Hangry males

Although a regular visitor to the retaurant I've been reluctant to try the takeaways. I have to be honest and say i just didn't see how it could work. Anyway following a reccommendation from my lad we decided to give it a try. Both dishes (spicy vegetarian lasagne and king prawn and shrimp spaghetti were plentifu and delicious, definitely still restaurant standard. Although we live about 15 mins drive from the restaurant the food was still acceptably warm but 30 sec in the microwave didn't detract from the flavour and overall positive experience..

This is the second time I have ordered take away food from Valentino’s. In January it was passable enough for me to not be too bothered to review it or complain but yesterday, Mother’s Day was appalling.It was pretty cold in arrival so that’s the first complaint. The meatball starter I enjoyed but never had it before so had nothing to compare it to, mums mozzarella carozza was over cooked and rubbery as well as cold.The mains, mum ordered pollo Valdostana which came like a thin, long overcooked burnt dry sausage. I got the fillet steak medium which came cold, well done, ruined and chewy. The peppercorn sauce was 50% oil so couldn’t bring myself to eat it. A fillet steak should fall apart.All in all super disappointing meal. I understand that they’re busy especially on a Mother’s Day but charging dine in prices they should either not accept the orders if they can’t offer good quality or reduce the price of the meals. I won’t be rushing back after this meal at over £50 for 2 people.

Order of starter and main course was delivered in just over an hour for a family of four. Fantastic selection, presentation and taste. Would highly recommend.

We ordered from here for home delivery for the first time today. We used the app which was easy to use and told to expect our food at 7:10pm. It arrived at 18:40. The food was hot, the delivery driver also demonstrated Covid Safe Practise. The food was lovely. Would definitely use these guys again!.

What a pathetic meal we received tonight. It wouldn’t have fed a small child, let alone two adults. I paid £4.50 for 8 chips. When I rang up the person on the phone told me to send your complaint in by email as he was too busy . I have eaten in Valentino’s for the past 5 years since moving into the area. But I won’t be giving it another go. I think the chef was out of his depth tonight, but that’s not my problem. I sincerely hope they sort the problems out soon otherwise they will go down the pan like many others.

During lockdown we’ve been treating ourselves to take-aways. They are superb. The Italian dishes are as good as they ever were in the restaurant. The Sunday roasts are exceptional. Portions as always are generous. Highly recommended.

Food took two and a half hours to arrive (40 minutes after it was supposed to), arrived cold and was horrible. Do not eat here!!

Their meals have really gone downhill. The pizzas were thick and doughy and tasteless. The garlic bread was just a doughy mess. Late delivery too. They used to be good but not today.

We used Valentino’s for a Take away delivery, I ordered a Ham and Pineapple pizza. It was delivered with only Pineapple on! As the restaurant had closed I emailed the next day to ask if they could do anything in way of a refund etc. The restaurant emailed me back asking for more details which I sent including photos. After that I heard nothing!!! I emailed again and still heard nothing! Rude service from a restaurant who can not own up to there mistakes and try to make themselves invisible, but quick enough to take my money!With the current Covid situation I would have thought they would be falling over themselves to apologies or admit to there mistakes! Beware if ordering and they get it wrong don’t expect an apology or even to acknowledge the error they simply stick there heads under the carpet!! Could say somewhere else but wouldn’t lower myself! Use Dominos instead!

Amazing service, amazing food and an amazing atmosphere. The best food I've had in a long time, the only problem now is I have to wait a month to go back because of lockdown! Can't wait to return

Food came right on time, still hot and was absolutely beautiful! Generous sized portions would definitely recommend!! Thankyou x

Had a really fantastic meal last night,the Seabass was excellent as was the chicken dish.Would highly recommend.

Ordered the fillet steak with vegatables and all I can say is wow, the food arrived hot and the steak was very well cooked (I couldnt believe after being delivered it was still medium rare inside). We have ordered a few times over lockdown and the food has always been of very good quality and delivered on time.

Ordered a few starters and two pizzas for a lockdown treat on Friday. They were busy so the food took a little time to arrive but when it did it was lovely. Really good quality and freshly prepared.

Just wow. In lockdown this place has really raised our spirits. Ordered takeaways three times and the quality is outstanding. Consistently amazing food; restaurant food at home-thank you!

Excellent food, delivered so quickly. Fine dining in your home. Fabulous service, high quality wholesome hot food delivered by really lovely person. Now our weekly take out. We look forward to it in lockdown.

Welcomed by a friendly waiter who actually opened the door for us and prompted us to our table of 6. We were given our menu and our drink order was taken. Wasn’t long wait for our drink to arrive. We placed our orders and starters arrived no longer than 10 minutes. Antipasti delicious, gamberoni picante perfect and fresh bread tapenade and chilli garlic and cheese! It was perfect starter portions and very appetising. We then was ready for our mains and again the wait wasn’t too long. Everything was spot on and we all loved it ! Best Italian restaurant in Wakefield! Staff are extremely friendly and attentive. Definitely recommend

Fed up of cooking since the start of lockdown decided to have a treat. Valentino's was the only Italian restaurant doing home delivery - what a very pleasant surprise. The food arrived earlier than the stated time and it was so tasty and filling. Recommend it to anyone else stuck in lockdown.

We've ordered pizzas that were delivered by Valentinos today. All the pizzas were absolutely delicious with tasty toppings and lovely bases. It was delivered in the estimated time. A dairy free pizza was sorted without a fuss and my son really enjoyed it. Thank you for the great service !!

Ordered from the home dining menu, the food arrived quickly, packaged in foil cartons. We all enjoyed the food, delicious! Definitely recommend this service from Valentinos and we will be ordering again.

First time we had a takeaway tonight from valentinos, omg it was gorgeous, thankyou so much 5 stars from me will definitely be ordering again⁹

It is quite some time since we were last here and it is highly debatable that we will ever go again. On arrival I initially thought the place had had a makeover. However it was the lack of clients that made it appear clean although certain tables may have been repositioned!The venue was cold and that became more apparent when we were sat at table.We had booked for 7.30pm and were promptly seated - plenty of available tables!Handed menus and drinks orders taken we then waited 15 minutes for the order to be taken.Starters arrived 15 minutes layer . A prawn cocktail was tasty but diminutive, minestrone soup was more like a stew and the only really decent starter was Thai fishcakes enjoyed by one of us.We waited another age for mains. A lasagne seemed acceptable but two different chicken dishes were poor to say the least. A beer stroganoff , the most expensive of these, was poor. Some of the meat was inedible and the whole dish was sloppily presented.Sweet menus were offered but again, no-one returned to take an order for a ridiculous amount of time and eventually we had no alternative but to ask for the bill.Whereas complaints had been made, no apology was received and no discount applied.Lack of staff was not an issue. There were plenty of bodies waking around doing not very much.Overall a very sad state of affairs.

Went to this resurant at 6.30 and it was freezing, we never took our coats off, the food was just OK in my opinion but the staff were very attentive,

been here many times in the past , but on Saturday was the worst by a long way. we haven't visited Valentino's for over a year we always found the food and service outstanding.on Saturday we found the drinks choice was excellent and the service was good, but the food was garbage I had a calzone, which was ok to be fair, though I have had nicer. my wife had the pasta dish which was bland as hell, and worst of all my daughter had a kids burger, she only had one bite and left it. I said I'll try it, it was dreadful,rock hard burger patty obviously frozen or left out of the fridge for about a week. what a great shame,for a once great Italian restaurant.

Slow ordering, starter and kids main came, however full hour later no adult mains, kids desert arrived no mains, complain, finally a full hour and half later they brought out but kids age 2 and 6 finished, can't sit and enjoy meal so left hungry and exceptionally disappointed.

We were a party of 6 adults- friends and family and had arranged to get together in January as we’d not been able to see each other over Christmas and New Year. We thought we’d eat early then spend the rest of the evening at my house catching up. We arrived at 7pm. We didn’t leave until 10.30 as the meals after starters took forever to arrive and it did spoil the evening for us. I have to say they did give us two free bottles of wine with the meals when they finally arrived and the food was really good but we’d had enough to drink by the time the free wine arrived due to the ridiculously long wait. It is really noisy too and not easy to chat and that’s why we wanted to eat early then go somewhere quieter. It would have been better to go midweek but I think some of the party won’t go back there again!

Another lovely evening at Valentinos and pleased to say that their high standards are being maintained.

What can I say...food is outstanding and the staff can’t do enough to accommodate you!! We had meals on the specials but so much choice on the main menu also. Great for the kids too. And great atmosphere. Special shout out to Carlos for looking after us.

After winning a competition on Facebook me & my husband booked a table for two. When upon arrival I could see it was busy, the waiter apologised ( no need really as it it Xmas season) he explained the menu to us and chose us an excellent bottle of wine. The meal was served really quick, as we were expecting a wait due to the parties already in. Our wine was topped up several times and the food was amazing ( brisket) all in all the starter, main and service was excellent! We will be back in the new year! Keep it up Valentino’s! Merry Xmas to you and all your staff and thank you once again.

Thanks Karena for being such a lovely host to our group of friends. The carbonara was so delicious, great wine and brandy snaps for dessert. We rolled out the door full and happy. You were so lovely to talk to and made us feel really welcome. Thanks

As far as I am aware this restaurant won the Italian of the year 2018 beating some very stiff competition including the recently developed million pound ‘Capri at the Vine’. After only a short period of time I can see why. We were greeted by a charming host called Carloos (apologies if I have misspelled) who was extremely attentive to our needs and made us feel very welcome. The Italian house red merlot at under £13 is quite incredible for the price and would have happily paid more but glad I didn’t!

6 of us visited here for a girly meal to see the lady Gaga tribute act.

We visited on a Sunday afternoon at 4pm for a 21st birthday party.

Family meal, staff and service good, but food was a let down. Prawn cocktail was slapped on a plate and just defrosted the garlic mushrooms were good. Steaks were ok but Rissoto looked more like porridge. Pizza was undercooked and topped with processed chicken, will not be going back.

Went to the buffet this week. Food cold, dry and piled up. Waited 25 mins for a fresh pizza avoid!!

I decided on a spontaneous trip out for tea tonight. It didn’t disappoint. The food was the usual high standard, beautiful & filling. We couldn’t even manage desert!

Great food presented very well and cared for the service was top notch and will come here again fantastic first time visit.would recommended

Great service and the food was lovely. I know this place has had its ups and downs over the years but I reckon it’s back to its former glory! The pate was beautiful and the steaks were perfectly cooked. Definitely will be visiting again soon.

Saturday booking for a re-visit to our local Italian.

Jersey Boys tribute night which was 1 Jersey boy, 3 course meal cost 29.95 definitely wasnt worth that.. Food bland and small portions, service good but wouldn't go again.

I can honestly say we will not visit here again. The service was poor even though it was quiet. The food was poor not one of us enjoyed our meals. Very disappointed. Manager not interested in our complaint or what we was complaining about. Terrible experience!

We have been going to valentines since 2005. I can honestly say the food we had tonight was the very best eversteaks were perfect pasta was delicious, if you've not tried it then you must. Staff are brilliant helpful no long waiting times just brilliant

Visited today for the Pizza, pasta and salad buffet and must say we we very impressed! Lots of choice from garlic mushrooms, garlic bread and garlic bread with tomato. Salad, caprise salad, variety of pizzas, chips, wedges, fish cakes, chicken nuggets, 2 different pastas, one veg and other meat I think. We will definitely be back. Top marks from me!

We booked a table for 40 people on a Sunday afternoon to celebrate my sons 16th birthday. Given the size of the table I expected some hiccups, mistakes etc. But the day couldn’t have been smoother. It was very well organised and the staff were great, all the food came out hot and everyone had their food together. We didn’t even pre order food and they still managed to be organised. A great day was had by all and we enjoyed our food. Will definitely be back!

Having been to this restaurant many of times over the years , there has been a variety of owners and a mixture of excellent and good experiences. However last 3 times we have come to find the food to be very poor and has a “takeaway” food feel to what should be exquisite Italian food. The food tastes like takeaway grease. Pizzas swimming in grease. The crab ravioli was frozen already made and was extremely dry and tasteless. Prices are still high but nobody minds that if the food is worthy of the cost. I would of paid £ 15 with a bottle from of vino from co-op Outwood. Instead I’ve paid around £60 for a starter to share, a couple of drinks, 2 mains and a kids mini pizza. I feel robbed, full of grease and wish we had opted to stay home and make our food which would be tasty and fresh no frozen fodder.

Came for my daughters 30th birthday we had a lovely day thoughly enjoyed every moment felt so welcome my daughter had a fab time so did her friends Lindsey Robinson adi Anderson Zoe stalker Stephen stalker dawn Robinson Paul Robinson tassi Anderson Ashley Anderson Jamie-lea Robinson Jonny Bradley

Fab food fantastic resturant with family and friends for my daughters 30th will come again.....fab night awesome great night boom w