Donnelli's Pizzeria

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  Ryan

  ·2 months ago

  “Excellent service, pizza and value for money. Given everything is cooked fresh and in a stone oven, it’s exactly what you expect and more. Service was attentive and friendly. Cost is in line with what you expect for the city. Would recommend booking so you don’t miss out.”

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  António Carvalho

  ·4 months ago

  “Very good Italian/Napoli style pizza. The names of the pizzas are a bit weird compared to what people are normally used to but there is a great variety to choose from. The atmosphere and music are nice. You get the odd kid making a bit of noise but they shut up once the food arrives. The dessert options are limited but the tiramisu is good. If you are a hungry fellow the individual pizza is going to be too small but for a light lunch it's perfectly adequate. Price is reasonable for a place in the city centre with a wood fired pizza oven.”

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  Frequent Food reviews

  ·4 months ago

  “Thin, delicious Italian style pizza. This is the third time I come here. The staff are friendly and happy to help with anything. Free tap water and chilli oil which was nice. Multiple seating indoors and outdoors. Found in central town. They also have a meal deal going on starting from as little as £9.99 for pizza and a drink bundle. They have a small pizza and a large pizza option I wish I went for the larger size as I was hungry still as it was delicious. Not too claustrophobic. Although unfortunately no student discount. 10/10 experience definitely would come back again.”

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  Alison Cooke

  ·5 months ago

  “We called about 5 mins ahead to check they had tables available. By the time we got there the lovely maitre-d had already got two high chairs out ready for our twins, and was just great with us the whole time we were there, washing up bottles and putting us at ease. It’s quite difficult dining out with two little ones and she made it so much easier. The pizzas are really delicious and really cheap. Been coming here for years, love this place.”

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  Georgia Spong

  ·6 months ago

  “Incredible food! Brilliant service and a nice atmosphere to relax in while enjoying amazing food. Honestly one of the best pizzas I've ever had. We had a small pizza each with dough balls covered in garlic butter and it was all beautifully fresh piping hot and delicious. We found 1 small pizza each with balls was just the right amount of food. We will definitely be back.”

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  Lea Clark

  ·7 months ago

  “I’ve always rated Donnellis really highly and rated it to other people but I visited the restaurant on a Saturday recently and the experience was really poor compared to my last visit a couple of years ago. The restaurant was busy but a table was available that was not reserved and we were invited to take it. There was no mention of any delays or waits for food so we took the table. The waitress brought menus but very quickly returned for our order and as anyone who has been knows there are a lot of choices of pizza so I asked for just a couple minutes more to choose food but gave drinks orders. On the return we only ordered a pizza each but the waitress asked several times our choices and then had to return again to ask what we were having despite advising this before. The atmosphere was severely lacking as the chef had Skrillex and loud dance music blasting from the open kitchen which isn’t part of the normal relaxed atmosphere I remember from previous visits. Also the restaurant wasn’t very clean I noticed a lot of very tired paintwork and not the cleanest looking floor which was off putting so near the kitchen. After 20 minutes we realised no one had been served any food and several people who were there before us started asking where their meals were. There was only one chef available who I believe was just prepping all the orders but not yet cooking them in the wood fire. The restaurant at this point had been open about 40 minutes. Eventually some patrons were served but I could hear one table complaining they only received one pizza and if I heard correctly in the kitchen the chef had forgotten to exclude an ingredient but no one informed the table and so they complained they had received only one pizza which the guest had now finished before receiving the others. A table also arrived for a web booking however the servers had no record of this and so had to find them a table in the already full restaurant. After 45 minutes we asked if the pizza had been prepared as we were willing to cancel the order but they said it had been prepared but would be another 15 minutes or so for service. We then asked if we could take them away as we were going to start getting tight on car parking time, in total two pizzas took over an hour. On previous visits I’ve always remembered quick service for the food. Between the service, the atmosphere and the cleanliness of the restaurant I unfortunately wouldn’t return to Donnellis again which is such a shame as I’ve had great experiences here before. This time it very much felt like what was once a relaxing romantic authentic restaurant has now been left in the hands of three young staff and while the parents are away the kids will play forgetting that the kitchen it open and guests can hear everything they say and see what they do.”

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  Eniko Fejer

  ·1 year ago

  “We went for a Sunday lunch. Friendly, cosy place with attentive service. Plenty of types of pizzas on the menu and they have two size options: small or large. This is handy with kids, a small pizza was enough for our 9y old. They were flexible with bespoke toppings. Pizzas were decent.”

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  Lily Bawden-bouche

  ·2 years ago

  “Had a delicious meal of freshly baked on site pizzas. Lovely staff (Jules and dancing Stanner) who were all very friendly and accommodating; gave us extra garlic dip for free. Nice atmosphere even on a Monday night with most tables full.”

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  Lisa pirastovic

  ·2 years ago

  “A friend who lives in Norwich recommended this restaurant to us and we gave it a try. The place is nice and simple, pizzas were really good! We'll be back for the lunch menu offer soon!”

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  Marius

  ·3 years ago

  “We had a great evening at Donelli's. We had pizzas and and Tiramisu and both were fantastic. There were many choices of pizzas and the base was particularly good. Our waitress did a very good job with dealing with the flow of customers and was efficient and friendly.”