The Chubby Cherub 11 Chichester Street, Belfast BT1 4JQ

"Not my first and definitely not last visit! Been here before, yet my recent visit was especially pleasant. I didn’t get the name, but the man in the picture was really good. He gave me some vegetarian/vegan recommendations & was very attentive. Probably the busiest member of staff that day, which was quite hard to get the bill but it’s understandable. Definitely will return as I fell in love with your meat free spaghetti ☺️"

"I had such good experience, my wedding day, we had lunch, best beef Lasagna that I ever had, everything fresh, one of my friends had carbonara , just amazing! Staff very helpful and friendly. I ll come back for sure."

"Nice Italian restaurant. Quite busy but the staff were very friendly. Had a very tasty salad and my partner had meatballs. Both came out freshly prepared and were beautiful."

"On the surface I had a good experience in the restaurant as the decor was eccentric and staff were friendly and helpful. However, I wasn't too enamoured by the food which I thought was really bland contrary to other reviews which commented on the authenticity of the Italian food. The tomatoes were bland and the bread was soggy not toasted. Same with the pizza where both the tomato sauce and toppings were bland and from jars I guess. The pizza base I'm quite sure is a frozen pizza base not homemade, which I wouldn't expect for £16. The portions were okay but in terms of the cost:flavour ratio I don't think it was anywhere near worth it. It was so so so expensive for what is actually better from fast food pizza places. I was happy to pay these prices if the food was up to the standard I was paying for, but sadly I did feel ripped off for the food I ordered and paid for. I also massively disagree with their practise to charge a non-refundable deposit for booking a table, even if you just want to change the time of the booking. Firstly, they didn't deduct my deposit from the bill or ask if I paid a deposit. I had to come to a realisation the next day and physically go back to the restaurant for a refund. I would like to give benefit of the doubt but what if they are "forgetting" to refund deposit and bank on people also forgetting. They would pocket thousands extra per quarter. This general non-refundable/forgetting scenario is really quite unusual for the industry and people are easily caught off guard. It's more common for deposits to be automatically refunded to your account. Restaurant management should understand plans change and should be dynamic to some degree if enough notice is given, it's put me off coming back or recommending it to anyone. At the extreme least, they must more clearly inform people booking the terms of their deposit AND train their staff to ask if patrons paid a deposit and the value every single time a bill is requested. Other reviews highlight this issue too."