Pompeii Italian Restaurant & Café

Prices are great but can't say the same about the food

“ For all Pompeii’s classical references, make no mistake that it’s an Italian restaurant that veers towards the fast-food end of the spectrum. The menu is illustrated with ‘mouth-watering’ images of the dishes, which is why I was rather disappointed by the appearance of my spicy chicken. It certainly didn’t look unappetising, just nowhere near as appetising as the one I’d been promised in the picture. Yes, I could have ordered a more interesting pasta dish, but the fact remained that Pompeii’s purported speciality is pizza. And while the pizza wasn’t bad, it wasn’t special. The crust was slightly, well, crusty, the toppings could have been more generous, and the spice was disappointingly absent. How Pompeii’s dough-based creations will manage when pitted against other established outlets’ speedy and swift delivery service remains to be seen, but otherwise JLT has benefitted from a perfectly reasonable and affordable Italian restaurant – just don’t expect to have a Vesuvian-style reaction to the offerings on the menu. ”

Abbas Khan

Sunday, May 27 2012, 11:27AM