Vapiano

Cannot understand Time Out's rating here. It's a chain restaurant but an excellent one. Had the Scampi pasta dish (essentially a marinara) and thought it was absolutely outstanding with loads of flavour. A friend had similar but with spinach in a cream sauce. Have visited a huge amount of Italian places around the area and very few match for taste, range and price. Every dish that people passed with looked fantastic. It's noisy, cheap-ish fast food but fresh, very well cooked and authentic. Why two stars?

i love the lobster pasta! its obviously not proper italian, but is a great fusion!! very tasty lobster sauce! im always coming back just for this pasta! the interior is a little bit prison like (or what they called as canteen style), the concept of waiting in the line is stupid (standing in line for your food for 15-25mins?? find a more practical concept please!) The lighting and seats are nicely set though.

Tried Vapiano for 1st time a week last week. Had an amazing feta cheese and sundried tomato pasta dish, cooked quickly and ate upstairs under skylights. Had business meeting and colleague also ate - perfect meal, great price (just under £18 for two) and couldn't ask for more in terms of deliious fast food that's not 'junk' when time is pressing. I'll be back again, this time with my family.

the best non-snobish pasta in town

Canteen-style gourmet dining with a lively atmosphere and fantastic pizza. Definitely try it out if you're looking for somewhere new and interesting!

Really good food/value/environment.....