Coppi Pastificio in Belfast

Went on a Saturday night with my husband. The food was fantastic and we had a lovely bottle of wine. The staff in the kitchen produced amazing timely food in such a busy environment. The reason I have marked it down was the service. We eat out a lot and it's the poorest service we have had in a long time. You didn't feel welcome. Someone just pointed at a table, set down menus and walked away. It took ages to get our order taken and there was no warmth or interaction. You rarely saw the same waiter twice. No one asked how our meals were or thanked us as we left. It was very busy with large groups of people, and I understand the staff were under pressure but we just felt we were in the way. We said we would maybe go back again at a more quiet time as the food was so good, but it will be a while as we left feeling pretty flat.

Very disappointed with our last visit. This had been my favourite restaurant in Ireland. We have often traveled from Dublin just to have a night in Coppi. However the last visit was a big let down. The vegetarian menu seems to have disappeared and vegetarian options massively reduced. When we asked the waitress about it she looked at us blankly then said said she didn’t think they ever had a vegetarian menu.. I said you did we have ordered from it many times. Same blank stare … “Potentially we might have had one” came the reply. In the end I has a potato topped pizza. And it was as vile as it sounds. No candle on table on valentines weekend and overall atmosphere lacking. Staff weren’t bad. But not the usual welcome or service I’ve had multiple times in the past. Such a shame as this had been such a fine example of how to do casual dining well. Made me think it had changed ownership or management.

Visited on a Saturday afternoon and the place was packed, but the staff were coping superbly and we got fantastic service. The menu confused me a little so I asked the waitress for advice and she was incredibly friendly and helpful.Foot was fantastic. Highlight was probably the feta cheese with truffle honey.We split eight small dishes and a pizzette and had a beer each and it was less than 50 quid. Great value for food of that quality. Will definitely go back.

Had the duck ragu which was pretty nice but there was a (not unpleasant) dominant flavour of what I think was Marsala wine?? Also wasn’t enough relief from the richness of the duck for my taste.Staff were very attentive & interior was really nice. Decent value overall too.

As a person who knows Italian food very well can say that this place does not offer you a proper Italian meal. Pizza, Lasagna, pasta and also desert are not definitely Italian style. However, food is tasty and atmosphere is also nice and cozy.

Excellent food and great service. Cozy restaurant. It was not crowded at all which made our experience much better.

Ordered the blue cheese bruschetta and ruck ragu ravioli. The bruschetta was interesting with the pear topping. The duck ragu was nice, but dare I say it had too much duck in it? It was a nice pasta dish and well cooked, but the balance was off. There was duck meat, crispy duck skin (?) and I should think it was duck ragu in the ravioli as well. Quite a bit of duck!Service was excellent, ambience was great. Definitely a great place for groups!

Went for a vegetarian lunch. Amazing nachos and blistered peppers. The orzotto was quite underwhelming. The service was decent but could be better!

Went for a meal on a Saturday night. The starters were lovely and the main courses that we ordered were amazing. We had prawns and tomato, basil and mozzarella arancini. For mains the wife had smoked chicken tortellini and I went for the seafood agnolotti. Both were beautiful and plenty of packing. The service was pretty quick and all the staff were vey nice and easy to deal with. Can't recommend this place highly enough. With drinks we spent around £65 so very reasonable.

Fantastic food executed perfectly. The restaurant was really busy and the staff were 100%. Really well looked after. Defo try the cookie