Umberto

Ubertos IS the hottest Italian in Town as far as we are concerned!
ALWAYS great service, greeted with a smile, food is excellent & menu has something for everyone
We dine here 2 or 3 times a year & given a choice its the place I choose to go on any occasion
Just about to ring for a table tonight..... :0

I am surprised to read the previous review. Italian is my favourite cuisine, I have eaten in lots of other Italian restuarants and also high class restaurants like the Ivy, Langham etc...I have also dined at Umbertos many times and have always had a lovely evening. The food is excellent, freshly cooked and of a high quality. The staff are always extremely warm and welcoming and very polite and helpful. The decor is somewhat dated but that adds to the atmosphere in my view. The setting is cosy and intimate. If you are after a trendy restaurant maybe this is not for you, but if you want great food, large portions, friendly and helpful staff in an intimate setting and cosy setting then I would recommed Umbertos whole-heartedly.

Awfull

I took my Wife and Children to Umbertos yesterday for the first time and I am still quite depressed by the whole experience. I have never felt compelled to write a review before this.

Apperance and atmosphere. Hideous
I should have gone with my gut reaction and turned around and walked straight back out again. The restaurant is tatty with holes in the plasterbaord, ( presumably where some one has punched it). The decor resembles one of those '' Traditional English pubs'' that you might find in the back streets of Magaluf. Maybe if the restauarnt wasn't so glaringly bright we may not have noticed how grubby it is. I struggled to find anything remotley Italian about it. There was no atmosphere or even music and we could clearly hear everyones conversation in the room.
The Washroom! Is like a step back in time to the seventies with the salmon pink sanitary wares and tiles hanging off the wall.
There was no sign of the warm welcome advertised on the web site. We were greeted by grumpy head matre d who couldnt even manage a smile.
The restaurant was about a third full and clientele generally aged and I assume made up people who have been going there for years or first timers like us.

Food -Below Average
For Main couse I ordered the Red Mullet, I was served three fish the size of sardines that were over cooked and covered in some kind of Italian Gruel. You could see all the ingredients were there in the sauce, Olives, onions, garlic, Capers and tomatos but somehow the chef had managed to make it taste of nothing. This was served with a selection of cold vegetables served on some kind of prison tray. The children shared a main cource of chicken which they both left.
My wife had lasagne which was inferior to a supermarket bought ready meal and was proportionaly about 90% pasta and 10% other stuff.
We ordered a bottle of the pinot Grigio which was like none I've ever tasted and was more like a cheap Chardonay.
Give it a miss!