Ponti’s

I chose the small pasta and salad for £5.50. The amount of pasta was perfect, and the salad was AMAZING! As a veggie I struggle to find interesting meals out that are quick. The salad was well thought out and really tasty. It contained roasted vegetables (peppers, aubergine, onions) fresh goddess olives and avocado, topped off with a beautiful balsamic glaze. Perfect. Lovely décor and a thousand staff to answer all questions. I definitely recommend.

Really nice idea for lunch — soup or pasta and salad for £5.50 or £6.50. Very reasonable, extremely good food and absolutely perfect for a lunchtime break in shopping!
Staff were friendly and when I banged my thumb (totally my fault) were really concerned and helpful.
I hadn’t expected much walking in, but some of the food I saw go past me has made me want to come back for more — the burgers look absolutely amazing!
We sat by the wood fired pizza oven and watched the chefs flinging bits of pizza dough about. It was really good fun and there was a lovely atmosphere.

«It’s A Bit Parky In Here !»
I never thought a pair of doors could dominate a food review, but having endured the freezing climes of Ponti’s at Great Castle Street, due its inability to furnish the establishment with doors, that actually close, I am left with no alternative but to complain loudly about them.
The idea that anyone goes out to dinner to eat and do so in their coats because, what should be a cosy dining space is perennially punctuated by blasts of cold air let in by a pair of doors that don’t shut is nuts!
Add to this a cheeky mix of indifferent serving staff, who took forever to take our order and couldn’t give a monkey’s about bothering to close those troublesome doors and you have a recipe for annoyance — Mine !!
So how was the food? Fortunately, we only stopped by for dessert. I had the ice cream (2 scoops of strawberries & cream and 1 scoop of pistacchio) good. While my rather unlucky nephew had to make do with a throughly disappointing crème brûlée — a yellow custard like mess, topped by a blackened hard glaze of sugar.
Not good !
What’s sad is that the ‘cosy’ dining room which is well lit, thoughtfully designed — has an impressive deli counter at one end, a lovely curving staircase with a feature table just behind it (a cosy place to catch up), is ultimately ruined by those doors !
My advice to Ponti’s? Think about your customers and sort those bloody doors out !