La Tabella - Sefton

Visited here with friends at lunchtime and was met by a surly staff member! He took our orders and the food was really good. I paid the bill and left a decent tip but once home, after scrutinising the bill discovered that we’d been overcharged! When I rang to query it, the guy who had served us answered the phone. He asked if we were upstairs or downstairs which made me laugh as we were the only people in there! He’d added a couple of items to the bill that we definitely hadn’t had! So beware…..check your bill before you pay. We haven’t been back!

We always enjoy visiting La Tabella, the food and service are excellent. I’d highly recommend their pizzas and pasta. They happily split these for you in the kitchen so there’s no messing around at the table. Never a bad experience, can’t wait to go back.

For food and service I would give this restaurant 5*. Our family all enjoyed their meal at the restaurant last weekend. So why 3 stars. The price of the meal advertised IS NOT what you pay. Basically they add 20% VAT to you bill. This is not illegal but underhand. Nowhere on the menu does it state that VAT is to be added. Service charge yes but not VAT. When I told my friends who dine at restaurants regularly they were amazed and agree with me that this is not an acceptable practice. To add insult the waitress forgot to charge us for 3 items but being honest I pointed out the mistake and she apologised and thanked me. Only later I realised I had been charged the full adult price for a child's meal. So I have been overcharged despite my honesty. So I suggest you boycott this restaurant until they change their menu to show the true price of a meal or they note clearly that VAT will be added.

We visited restaurant on 11/03 for friends birthday meal. We were shown to table not given menus. Someone came to take order about 20 minutes later and realised we didn't have menus. We were forgotten about again for a while before order was taken. Put...

Ate here recently for the first time since before lockdown. The restaurant was pleasantly busy so the atmosphere was good. Service was slow but that was fine as we were in no rush. Choices were limited for dietary restrictions although most dishes could be made...