I dined at Pranzo last night with my friend - it was my first visit though I had been meaning to come for ages as I'd heard excellent things. We sat in the window so we had a nice view and ordered After Eight espresso...martini and Limoncello spritz. Both the cocktails were excellently made and tasted great.
We decided to get starters so my friend had the mussels and I had the burrata with beetroot and walnut. Both dishes were incredible - the burrata was so fresh and light, perfect as a starter, and the candied beetroot added a really nice sweetness that complemented the other ingredients well.
For mains, we had the seafood bigoli and lobster ravioli. The waitress explained to us earlier that the kitchen only had enough mussels for one of the dishes but they would add extra seafood to my main - absolutely fine! The seafood came with extra prawns (thank you) and they even brought out a small bowl of the mussels they had left, which was so kind!
The meal was perfect. The seasoning was on point, the seafood beautifully cooked. Honestly, it was incredible and Pranzo has easily become my new favourite Italian in Ilkley.
The service was perfect. The waitresses were attentive and super fun to chat to. My friend and I both commented how impressed we were at how efficiently they ran front of house, it was such a pleasant atmosphere and the service was seamless. I didn't catch the ladies' names but one was wearing green nail polish and the other wore little hoop earrings. Please, Pranzo, let them know how wonderful they were, and the kitchen team for such a lovely evening.
The loos were spotless and had nice soap. The decor in general was modern and I like the plants in the window. We had dessert too, even though we were stuffed, because we wanted to try everything. My friend asked to have hers boxed up, which the staff did, no problem. I think due to a totally unnecessary review on here, the wait staff now make it very clear that there is an optional service charge, but we were more than happy to pay it and in fact having the service charge already added on to the bill was easier for us.
Thank you, Pranzo! We will be back! (And I won't be weird next time I promise 😂)More