The Old School Trattoria - St Albans

We arranged a casual salad and pasta meal for a group 30 - 40 walkers of an evening.No staff were required as we were to help ourselves to a salad and pasta.What a dissapointment.The salads for 4 to share were an amount hardly sufficient for one.The Pasta (A food that is cheap and easy to make) was even worse. Not only were there two, and not the three pastas discussed, but these consisted of one flat pan each.We paid the agreed price which left a bad taste in everyone's mouths.$860.00 for two trays of pasta and a bit of salad was NOT in the spirit of the agreement and was miserly, to say the least.We have this type of meal on a weekly basis and this pathetic effort was the very worst that we have had.No one in our group would consider going back and I don't blame them.To make matters worse the pasta, one penne and tomato, and one flat pasta with mince were nothing to write home about.Avoid this place.

Great food, very friendly staff, Franco the chef recommended the fritto misto, it was excellent and the waitress recommended the tiramisu, made by the chef's wife, it was so fresh and great coffee flavours.

Table of six, and we all had steak. I had an eye fillet with mushrooms. Ordered medium rare, but it came more done. The quality of the steak was good, and there were no other complaints from the table. Service was excellent and we were looked after well. Was really good to see the owner and chef walking the floor to see if everything was good.

Authentic Tuscan cuisine, served in a beautiful old school house. The food and the service are impeccable !

Great food! Been here several times over lots of years! Franco is the best, great chef! Pina gives her beautiful friendly service always! They go together so well just like their great food and wine!