Frankie & Benny's New York Italian Restaurant & Bar - Watford
Woodside Leisure Park, North Orbital Road, Watford, WD25 7JZ
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: 01923 662690
N/A
Woodside Leisure Park, North Orbital Road, Watford, WD25 7JZ [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 - Watford
Raycee (15 September 2008)
I have eaten at Frankie and Benny’s restaurant in Watford on several occasions and have generally found it to be quite an enjoyable experience. However, this was not the case on Sunday. To begin with I found the service very slow, after being seated we had to wait over 15 minutes to get our drinks. I could not see any reason for this as the restaurant was only half full. When our main courses eventually arrived we were very disappointed. I ordered the NY chicken, which was dry, tough and overcooked. My daughters had the ribs, which did not look like they normally do and lacked in flavour. There was no effort made in the presentation of the meals. My corn which came with the meals was almost cold and there was a side serving of butter for the corn, which could not be used as the corn, was cold. So far dinner was a disaster - surely things could only get better. For dessert my girls ordered the brownies with ice cream and I ordered the chocolate cheesecake. It seemed to take forever to arrive and by the time it arrived we were getting more and more frustrated; once again we felt like we were completely forgotten. Finally desserts arrived and I wasn’t surprised to find that they had got it completely wrong. My girls received one tiny spoon of ice cream each, which was not enough to give a baby and no sign of the brownie. I called a waiter and he rectified this and then they received one tiny piece of brownie each with their spoon of ice cream. My chocolate cheesecake was the highlight of the whole meal. I waited and waited for the waiter to ask me if everything was okay with my meal but he never did. By now I just wanted to get out of there so I asked for the bill. This was my only chance to tell the waiter what I thought of the meal. He apologised but did not make any effort to rectify the situation. As a customer I felt I was not important. In a nutshell the service was poor, the food was terrible and we were there for over 1.5 hours, which I feel was too long just for a main course and dessert. I will not be in a rush to visit this restaurant again.
Phil (5 September 2006)
The food in F&B's as ever is great but the waiting staff need work. The service is not great. The atmosphere is always good and the fact that they are busy is always a good sign.
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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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