Jamie’s
Italian
Date of Visit: 31st
October 2013
Ambience
The interior of this restaurant
was fairly dark and had a slight pub like feel to it. Along the bar area there were slabs of
Italian ham and meats hung from above which were impressive, albeit a little
freaky. Looking above, there appeared to
be a bar area on the upper level of the restaurant.
Food
I’ve not had very good
experiences on food at Jamie Oliver restaurants in the past so I was apprehensive
before I even ordered.
For starters, I opted for the
Crispy tomato and mozzarella risotto balls so I could compare with the
Aranchino from Caminata the week before.
As I expected, the risotto balls from Caminata were tastier – why?
Because they were more moist and the spiciness of the sauce was more evident. These ones at Jamie’s were dry as it lacked
sauce and the mozzarella were barely melted but the portion were decent sized
for a starter.
For mains, I opted for a rabbit
tortellini in a soup broth – unfortunately this was also a bit of a
disappointment for me – the portion was on the small side, the taste was fairly
bland and the texture of the meat was grainy.
The dessert was better but how
wrong could you go with sorbet? I had a scoop of three flavours: Raspberry,
mango and can’t recall what the 3rd flavour was but all were highly
refreshing.
Summary
I never rated Jamie Oliver
restaurants before and I still don’t rate it after trying the food at this
branch. Whilst the food is affordable and
quite average priced for an Italian, I would have expected much better quality
and taste from Jamie.
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