Ask Lichfield - Carta

Excellent value food, tasted authentic; staff not intrusive but ready to help. Premises clean and tidy. Meal type: Dinner Price per person: £20–30

Really puzzled at some of these poor reviews we have always experienced the exact opposite. Lovely restaurant, amazing food really friendly efficient staff advised on arrival it was now card only yes prices have increased but that is standard everywhere these days will be returning

Amazed that Joe remembered our son's dog's name from our last visit. This restaurant has a warm relaxed vibe and the food is fabulous particularly the calamari and butterfly prawns. Service simply superb from all the team but maybe helped by Joe leading by such a good example of great interaction with its customers. Can't fault it and highly recommend Ver carta

We had a spot of lunch which just consisted of Bruschetta garlic bread. After a nice walk around Lichfield we just wanted to relax and sat on the patio area and had a couple of drinks before heading off. Staff here were very efficient and friendly but I would say prices are a little steep. We saw others arrive and sit down with a menu and then just basically get up and walk off so be aware.

Having been previously and enjoyed the food my how awful was our food ,an hour to wait for spaghetti bolognaise flavourless,like a bland pot noodle ,chicken with penne creamy mushroom sauce neither cream few mushrooms same chicken in watery pasta left it as did my daughter . Photographed the calzone with salad garnish just chucked drab on a plate . All in all waste of good money my dear daughter was treating us for her twins birthday . So utterly disappointing unlikely to ever come again also ward off our many local friends who used to come

Pre booked as a party of 3 with 1 coeliac,no attempt was made to ring us to advise us before we arrived they had no gluten free pasta as the previous days delivery didn't have any and the only starter I could eat had run out..bearing in mind they are located right in the town centre and could have shopped for emergency pasta and had plenty of time to notify us! We could have gone elsewhere and I would have happily gone back in future but instead I'm put off going back. It's hard enough as a coeliac eating out as meal choice is so limited and gf pasta is a staple. Not impressed with lack of effort , this was poor customer service. Ver carta

For those unaware, ASK Italian operates at the lower spectrum of the casual dining sector. Owned by a large corporation run by bean counters there are numerous branches up and down the UK with the food shipped from a central factory to be heated up at each branch. We wanted to check it out so visited with friends one evening. It occupies a lovely old building but that’s where the good aspects stop. Staff young and eager to help but it’s the to be expected blandness and high cost of the food that let it down. The pizzas have no depth of flavour and pasta sauces glutinous and claggy. ASK Italian is as far removed from anything remotely Italian. It’s bland and overpriced chain food heated up fo...

Very disappointing meal for our Christmas Eve celebration. Good service and friendly staff but food was awful. Very small portion of something that slightly resembled calamari. Sea bass was ok but the accompyments etc that came with it were hard and uncooked. Sent it back and came back the same!! I had finished my meal too by the time my husband got his and mine was very poor too. I had chicken cacciatore with little tiny bits of chicken and chewy meat of some kind. Served without pasta too. It should be chicken thighs but there must be a shortage of chicken as had two tiny little bits. It was more like a butter bean stew. £75 would have been a crazy price to pay forwhat we had but at least...

Better visit this time, compared with our previous one. Staff were friendly and service was good throughout. They were able to make reasonable amendments to our food choices, whereas other places often make you feel like an inconvenience if you request something done in a slightly different way. Garlic bread, cheese fondue and chips were very good. I am unhappy that the spinach ricotta girasole seems to have been taken off the Ask menu that was my favourite dish. It was my second time trying the mushroom ragu pappardelle main, and I am still not convinced unfortunately. The first time I tried this at Ask Italian in Birmingham, there were loads of rock hard bits of herb (thyme) littered all t... Ver carta