Frankie & Benny's New York Italian Restaurant & Bar - Nantgarw
Hoel-yr-Odyn, Parc Nantgarw, Nantgarw, nr Caerphilly, CF15 7QX
Frankie and Benny's combine classic American and Italian in both style and cuisine. They specialise in home style cooking 'just like Mamma used to make it'. This is a great place to take the entire family and represents excellent value for money. The restaurant and bar is suitable for any occasion, whether it's a leisurely lunch, a family meal or a fantastic evening with friends - they make sure you have a wonderful time. Walking into the restaurant is like stepping back into 1950s New York, from the clatter and chatter of the open kitchen to the bottle lined bar. Walls with black and white family photographs showing life in Brooklyn's 'Little Italy' surround cosy booth seating and tables.Frankie and Benny's combine classic American and Italian in both style and cuisine. They specialise in home style cooking 'just like Mamma used to make it'. This is a great place to take the entire family and represents excellent value for money. The restaurant and bar is suitable for any occasion, whether it's a leisurely lunch, a family meal or a fantastic evening with friends - they make sure you have a wonderful time.
Walking into the restaurant is like stepping back into 1950s New York, from the clatter and chatter of the open kitchen to the bottle lined bar. Walls with black and white family photographs showing life in Brooklyn's 'Little Italy' surround cosy booth seating and tables. Combined with the classic music of the fifties, a mix of American swing and beat, they definitely provide a fun and friendly atmosphere for all to enjoy.
Frankie and Benny's offers starters, main courses and delicious desserts, and favourites include char-grilled burgers, pizzas, pastas, steaks and house specialities such as chicken parmigiana, BBQ ribs, lamb shank and much more. The bar serves a wide range of beers, wines, spirits, cocktails and soft drinks.
Start with sticky wings, crispy coated chicken strips, tiger prawn skewer or Frankie's fried calamari and if you are dining in a group choose the giant sampler platter. The pastas, calzone and pizzas are all made freshly on order. An interesting dish on the menu is a the Boston 7 speciality pizza fully loaded with slices of pork meatballs, spicy pepperoni, ham, crispy bacon, chicken, peppers and red onion, served on a BBQ sauce base. They also serve a variety of sandwiches and burgers throughout the day.
A good value lunch menu is available on weekdays from 11am until 5pm offering a range of popular dishes from the main carte with one course at £5.95, two courses at £7.95 and three courses at £8.95.
For children up to the age of eleven, an all-inclusive menu features a selection of main courses, desserts and drinks starting at £3.95. As an added treat, they'll also receive an activity pack to entertain them whilst you eat.
Enjoy an American Italian meal at Frankie and Benny's with freshly prepared food and warm hospitality that makes you feel right at home.
American, Italian
: 10:00 - 23:00
: 10:00 - 22:30
Reservations: 01443 844753
N/A
Hoel-yr-Odyn, Parc Nantgarw, Nantgarw, nr Caerphilly, CF15 7QX [Map]
£12.00 £25.00
£5.95 (1 course), £7.95 (2 courses), £8.95 (3 courses), Mon - Fri, from 11 am
£5.95 (1 course), £7.95 (2 courses), £8.95 (3 courses), Mon - Fri, pre 5 pm
(Avg Price is the average cost per person for two courses, coffee, half a bottle of house wine and tip/service)
REVIEWS OF Frankie & Benny's New York Italian Restaurant & Bar - Nantgarw
Molly Mandy (19 August 2011)
Pizza Party Perfection! By Amanda Thomas. As every parent knows birthday parties can be quite stressful, as each year children expect something different and unique. So with the pressure on, it was time to think of what to do for my daughters 9th birthday, and this is where Frankie and Benny’s in Nantgarw, Cardiff , came to the rescue. For £9.95 per child they will organise a pizza making party, where each child gets to create their own pizza and ice cream dessert. So who are Frankie and Benny’s - they are family restaurants/diners serving Italian and American dishes. There is a huge menu choice from steaks, ribs and burgers to pizzas and pasta and most of the restaurants are located out of town rather than high streets. All the units are styled as 1950's Italian American style diners with loads old black and white photography, 1950's music and booth seating. Parking can be tricky as there are other restaurants and a cinema complex sharing the same site, but there are plenty of disabled parking places and disabled access to the restaurant. But what about the pizza party in question? Each child was kitted out with an apron, hat and plastic gloves and given a plain pizza base. There were bowls of tomato paste for each child to spread over their pizza and bowls of various toppings. The staff allowed the children a free reign decorating their pizza, the only proviso being that each child had to identify their pizza once cooked. This wasn’t a problem and every child ate all their pizza in minutes. Dessert was then a choice of 3 different flavoured ice-creams which came with different sweets and chocolate toppings for the children to decorate too. Once all the puddings had been cleared away, the staff turned down the lights and brought out the birthday cake I provided. A rendition of Cliff Richard’s ‘congratulations’, rang out from the loud speakers and the staff stood at the table and sang happy birthday too. Once the candles were blown out, the staff were more than happy to take the cake away and cut it up for me. Whilst they were doing this we all visited the toilets which were nice and clean. Italian phrases were piped into the toilets continually which the children found fascinating. So overall how would I rate the whole experience? Although we only ate pizza, you would be hard pushed not to find something for everyone on the Frankie & Benny's menu. Service was quick, staff were friendly and it is somewhere for both couples and families to go alike. However I think the last word should go to the birthday girl and she said: ‘I loved my pizza party and want to go again. The staff were nice and we all got a balloon too’.
Frankie & Benny's at Nantgarw & Cardiff (18 August 2008)
I just came back from a very enjoyable meal at Frankie and Benny's. I had the vegetable burger, etc. and my husband had the calzone, which he said was very tasty. The service and the atmosphere of the place are very good.
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Children welcome
Air condition
Reservations
Groups allowed
Outside seating
Cover charge
£12.75
£12.75
Not included, 10% (optional) for 10 or more
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