Zizzi Bedford

Not terrible... The food has too much sage, making it taste soapy. However, the service is decent and it's a nice location by the river during the summer.

I arrived at the restaurant 25 minutes before my reservation and was informed that it was closed due to a gas or water leak. I ended up going to another local restaurant instead. I did not receive any communication from OpenTable regarding the closure. Very disappointed with the experience.

Despite being a busy Saturday night, the staff provided excellent service with a great attitude, and the food was served promptly.

If it was possible to score no stars I would our food order was very disappointing the food did not arrive all together, of the 4 meals ordered the gluten free pizza arrived 5 mins later than the others. Of the food that arrived first the two calazone pizzas only had filling towards one half (almost as if folded incorrectly) and the other salmon dish was stone cold. The salmon dish was taken away and we waited over 30 mins for a hot replacement as you can guess despite being a ‘priority order’ the staff telling us over and over again “just 5 mins” 30 mins is totally unacceptable. Bedford has a plethora of fantastic Italian restaurants this chain will not get our custom again.

The staff here are fantastic and it's in an amazing location. My only complaint is that any dish with sage in it is saturated and it overpowers the food.... less is more. They also need to ensure they have enough stock of cheese fondue starters as almost every time I've been in there they have run out.