The best restaurants serving Italian food in Three Fields Braintree East of England

Restaurant was cold, service slow, food tepid, disappointing and not as described on the menu. Restaurant was freezing and I sat with my jacket on huddled under my partner’s shawl. I requested no ice in my drink and guess what, it arrived with ice in it. Food was tepid but the plates were hot so kept the food from being stone cold. Chips ( more accurate description would be matchsticks) came with basil / pesto drizzled over them which I was not keen on and not to everyone’s taste. Mushroom ravioli with chicken, bacon and mushroom sauce was not possible to be served with the sauce separate so agreed to have it with the meal but was more like a pepper sauce than mushroom, lots of whole peppercorns which were quite unpleasant when bitten. Most disappointing was deserts. White chocolate and strawberry cheesecake should have said previously frozen plain cheesecake with forest fruits and not a strawberry in sight. It appeared to us that the staff either didn’t care or had no hospitality experience as they didn’t notice one of the party shivering and when we asked for some vinegar a plastic 500ml bottle of bramwells brown vinegar was plonked on the table. We rarely eat out as a family and this was so disappointing and we will definitely not return.