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Salvo's

115 Otley Road, Headingley, Yorkshire LS6 3PX

£30.00 Italian Yorkshire
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Queues form early outside the Dammone’s family-run trattoria in a parade of suburban shops – as no reservations are taken in the evening. Opened in 1976, and now run by John & Gip Dammone, the place still retains a crackling informality. The dining room looks modern Mediterranean & the menu, while featuring fine pasta such as squid ink pasta with roast garlic, squid and queen scallops & light cooked-to-order pizzas (try the kiev – folded and stuffed with chicken, ham, garlic butter and cheese), has a modern impulse too. Grilled chicken and walnut sauce, say, or sea bass with spiced potatoes, slow-roast tomatoes, rocket and parmesan are typical contemporary choices. Student diners add to the noise & brio. Salvo’s Salumeria (109 Otley Road) also have a half dozen tables & a simple menu of salads, sandwiches & hot dishes created from a select Italian deli counter.

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  1. Richard M.

    ( 20s, Male, United Kingdom )

    Upon initial inspection, Salvos appears to be a friendly, family-owned, slightly classy Italian restaurant at the side of a busy road. This is just a cover. The truth is, Salvos was born to the sounds of thunder in a cobwebbed laboratory by some balding genius who had eaten too much Parmesan cheese before bed. It is a creation, not a business, designed to crush, destroy and laugh-at all the other “italian” restaurants in Headingley and if it had ears, there would be two bloody big bolts behind them.

    It's fancy, it's friendly and it knows it.

    Salvos caters to two groups of Headingley diners; people who like cricket and the parents of middle-class-white-students (or is that just one group?). A warning I wish I'd received before my first visit: this is not an eatery reserved for “sugar-daddies”, those are their daughters. The service was experienced, efficient and convivial in all the right ratios, testament again to the genius of the Salvos “creator”. The food, however, lacked the ‘spark’ that was felt elsewhere. It was as though, on that stormy night, when Dr. Salvo-stein watched the bolt of life-giving electricity pulse through the building, it didn't quite reach the kitchen.

    My aubergine with Ricotta and rocket was nicely smokey, but a little cold and was SCREAMING for a balsamic reduction or a citrus-y dressing to kick it up the bum. My main of traditional pesto spaghetti with pan fried greens was not-so-traditional and, instead, came with pan fried cream. A fellow diner's whitefish chowder tasted good, but looked a little like one of those Sunday morning, Baileys coloured puddles outside “Tequila” or “Tiger Tiger”. I'm exaggerating, but honestly, if I were to go again, I'd just ask for a basket of the amazing complimentary foccacia (from the Salumeria?) and a bucket of oil and vinegar.

    Alas, it seems we have learned nothing from those gothic tales of artificial creation; we should know not to ask too much from a beast which has been built in a lab. Perfection is more easily stumbled upon than manufactured.

    • Overall: 7
    • Food & Drink: 6
    • Service: 9
    • Atmosphere: 9
    • Value: 7
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    Essential Details for Salvo's

    • Address: 115 Otley Road, Headingley, Yorkshire LS6 3PX
    • Telephone: 0113 275 5017
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    • Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 12N-2pm Mon-Thu 6-10.45pm Fri-Sat 5.30-11pm
    • Cuisine: Italian
    • Area: Yorkshire
    • Price: £30.00
    • Wine: £13.50
    • Champagne: £26.50

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    1. Richard M.

      Richard M. ( 20s, Male, United Kingdom )

      February 2009

      Upon initial inspection, Salvos appears to be a friendly, family-owned, slightly classy Italian restaurant at the side of a busy road. This is just a cover. The truth is, Salvos was born to the sounds of thunder in a cobwebbed laboratory by some balding genius who had eaten too much Parmesan cheese before bed. It is a creation, not a business, designed to… More

      • Overall: 7
      • Food & Drink: 6
      • Service: 9
      • Atmosphere: 9
      • Value: 7
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