Merchant of Venice - Loseby Lane

Great food, prompt service, amazing place, polite staff, nothing more

I booked on-line for a breakfast at 8am for me and my wife. We arrived on time. I said good morning to the woman who appeared. I was greeted with a frown and silence. We were ushered to a corner table and then completely ignored. After being ignored further by a male who emerged, and after waiting nearly 10 minutes, we left.

Being disabled I was disappointed to be given a table that was up several steps with high stools. I had requested when booking that I did not want any stairs

We asked for a bottle of table water and got glasses of water (reiterated that but no change). The food was average. The drink menu was so old it was stuck together. The environment was very noisy, added to by a live saxophone (not required). The owners seemed very focussed about taking photos with glamorous guests in the foyer. A lot of show but not much substance.

Bellisimo! Food and entertainment was excellent 👌 Thank you so much!

Great food and wine with wonderful service and a great atmosphere

Fabulous! Generous portions. Tasty food. Attentive service! Great live music!

Fantastic service and beautiful food , would highly recommend ❤️

Unfortunately, we didn't really enjoy our first ever visit to Merchant of Venice. We booked a table before we went to a show. We gave ourselves 2 full hours to enjoy a few drinks and meal. Staff were polite and friendly. Our starters came without issue and were very nice. After about 50 mins our starter plates were taken away and we asked if we ready for our mains. To which we said yes and ordered more drinks. Drinks came... after half hour we'd drank them then 10 mins later we ordered more drinks came but still no food. The waitress asked again if we ready we said yes and that we'd been waiting 40 mins already. The meal came 20 minutes later, with apologies, but we were already getting ready to leave, our show was in 40 minutes and it was a 20 min walk. We ended up ramming about yhe food down then having to leave. No idea if it was nice or not !! Seems such a shame. We'll go back but not when need to go somewhere.

The food was really tasty, I had the lasagne. excellent coffee ☕️

Excellent food, service and ambience. Our first visit but certainly not the last!

Great night spent with friends. Lovely food and the magician was brilliant.

Excellent food and excellent service. The lasagne was the best I have tasted for ages

Really good attentive service. Food and drinks were both delicious and reasonably priced. I would definitely recommend, and revisit.

It was great and fantastic night to remember. The ambience and staff were amazing.

Outstanding dinner experience. Great food, excellent wine, friendly service, and great VFM.

Amazing restaurant, best lasagna I have ever had, spinach and ricotta cannelloni was also amazing

Great food, great service, brilliant decor and surroundings. Will be booking again

Very good, great atmosphere and amazing service. There is not better value for money if you're wanting an Italian dining experience

Easy to book and quick response. However we arrived 30 mins early and asked if we could get a drink at a table before our booking space. Turned away, even though there were tables. Food was really nice. Just felt they could have been more welcoming

Lovely meal and great service. Only negative was the veg and chips were a little over salted.

Food and wine very good -staff attentive and friendly- will recommend and definitely be back.

Great food, lovely rustic atmosphere and fabulously friendly staff, especially Ellie and Mahi 👏👏

Great service, food was lovely. Will definitely be back again.

Had a fantastic night for my friends 40th. Food and staff were brilliant

I love this place, it serves the best Italian food in town, I would highly recommend giving it a try 👌

This was my first visit to the resturant and I was amazed. The food was delicious and very resonabke for the price. The drinks were also delicious. my partner had a cocktail and it we were so impressed. the staff are so polite and attentive. I would definitely come again.

Excellent food & service, setting and atmosphere great, will return.

Lovely date night with my gorgeous lady, with good food, a magician and good vibes, will be back

Freezing cold and waiters kept leaving the door open leaving us in a very cold draft. Food was ok and setting very nice.

Great service and lovely food, we ate before the Theatre so it was early 5.15 on a Tuesday but was busy and had a good atmosphere

We had a wonderful evening, service , food x entertainment, amazing. Made to feel very welcome .

Fantastic food, friendly efficient staff. Great atmosphere in restaurant. Extra bonus was the magician visiting our table.

good quality food; pleasant staff reasonable choice on Sunday brunch menu

really good staff were ace food lovely price was even better

Lovely food, good service 👏 x x x x x

Perfect, really good service, great food and friendly! Highly recommended.

Was celebrating my husband’s birthday. The food was amazing, had starters and main. The waiter was very helpful and the owner was very kind and kept asking if we need anything else and if the food was good. Very happy with the experience, will be going there again !!

Amazing brunch at the Merchant of Venice. The special brunch meal was so tasty and service was fantastic. I felt like the servers really cared if we were having a nice time.

very enjoyable food and service high quality will return soon

Very nice place great food and friendly staff. Excellent value for money

Lovely quirky place, fab and wine & food. Will go again

We did arrive 5 minutes late, but then had to wait 30 minutes for empty tables to be cleaned. It looks like a nice place, but the wait was a bit too long. The food was a little dear, in terms of the pricing, but it tasted really good, and arrived relatively quickly, after we'd ordered. If I had to rate it solely on the food, it'd be higher. But due to the long wait, I have to mark it down, a little. I would still recommend the place, overall.

Great food at affordable prices. Service was amazing as always!

Great service great food amazing ambience Lovely friendly staff excellent

Excellent service amazing Food. Unbelievably friendly and helpful Staff 😁

A lovely lunch. 7 in our group. Food all came together, no errors. Servers 1st day. She was brilliant.

The staff we generally friendly and attentive. The interior is a bit of fun. The food mediocre. Our main complaint is that we were sat by an open door to the covered outside area. It was a very cold day and despite asking around 5-6 times if they could shut the door, which they sometimes did, the next member of staff would go through and leave it open. We were very cold and this was very frustrating. When we asked to be moved to another table, which was empty, we had a cold and surly response and we not allowed to move. Which just isn’t good enough in my opinion. I wouldn’t recommend it here.

Took far too long to be seated, chaotic staff and drinks didn’t arrive as requested.

Not particularly impressed with the food. Cuisine was very basis and not really italian.