Puccinis 325 Shirley Road, Shirley, Southampton SO15 3HW

"Take away service is a scam… You search looking for a nice Italian restaurant to order, find it and are looking forward to your food but when it arrives leaves you crosschecking your order … I ordered a mains not a starter. Is such a shame, I paid the full price for two main pasta dishes and a side dish. The side dish was as big as the main dish (I am not joking) and not it wasn’t a big side dish, the pasta portion was the size of a starter. I was truly shocked. I decided to put pictures of their container next to a regular container from other restaurants (note that both containers are classed as meal size but Puccinis took it to the next level. I paid 2x £11.95 for two pasta main dishes? (Received a bit of discount because I collected) However the meal received was a joke. I found this very dishonest, we were left hungry and really annoyed. My only thought is that looking at their feedback which is good, they might have run out of containers and used their starter containers as a way to get around instead of informing the customer or ensure a normal meal size is delivered. My search for a nice local Italian restaurant continues. I can cope and understand errors but dishonesty is a total different league. Be warned, if you order a take away you may need to order double portions. Can’t comment as to what it is when you sit in the restaurant but I am certain their portions must be normal otherwise they wouldn’t be still going. Maybe they don’t appreciate the take away system and want to discourage people of using it… who knows … in the photo the size of my measuring tape is almost as big as their container and this was pasta not a steak … Anyway be warned…"

"The calamari were oily and straight from a packet, rather than fresh... The penne salamone was very bland with overcooked pasta and "tinned" tasting salmon.. Margherita pizza was good.."

"Great stuff - 17 of us arrived unannounced in the middle of the day. We were seated without a fuss, orders taken and service was courteous and friendly. We had 7 children with us and all were welcome and happy. Great job and thank you!"

"Had a lovely meal with the family. Food was decent but nothing special. However the service was super friendly and attentive. Portion sizes are definitely on the large side so go easy on the starters! Overall recommended!"

"Wide selection of different Italian food. Not the best Italian I have had. I had the insalata carpresse (tomato and mozzarella) and the tomatoes were clearly not fresh or anything special, tasted like the average 90p pack of tomatoes from Tesco, and they cost me 8 quid for the salad. I had the seafood linguine which was nice, nice portion, but again cost me 16 quid. So overall spenny. The service was good and nice atmosphere. Wouldn’t really go back as it wasn’t anything special."