Crust in Woolton Village last summer changed to Il Ristorante by Crust. It's a combination of Il Forno and Crust. Il Forno - is an Italian restaurant in town which I haven't actually tried and then Crust which is still open on Bold Street. Not been to Crust for years after the last time as the pizza wasn't great. It was sloppy and wet so that put me off from going again then it changed to this so hopefully this would be an improvement.
The menu has a lot more mains and pasta where as previously when it was Crust it was predominantly pizza and did have quite a few pasta dishes with like 2 salads. But now it has salads, fish, meat. A bigger variety menu.
I went with Danielle today for lunch. It was dead when we got there, there was only a dad with his daughter in there but not sure if he was staff or knew the people. It was 1:45pm on a Saturday afternoon. 2 families did come while we were finishing and seen people coming in to make a booking.
Ravioli Bufala E Melazane - Fresh homeade ravioli with buffalo mozzarella D.O.P. and aubergine - £15.50
Calabrese - Tomato San Marzano D.O.P. mozzarella, Italian sausage, n'duja topped with burrata and virgin olive oil - £13
(You got a choice of base, Original Crust, Five Grain, Black Dough, Organic and Gluten Free. We went for Five Grain)
Wasn't sure if the ravioli was going to be a white or a tomato sauce but the pasta was very al dente. Definitely could have done with a couple more minutes. The filling was nice though but Very small portion. There was only 5 pieces! They were big but still very small and wouldn't have filled me if I got that for myself. We also got a pizza and thought this sounded a bit different. It was sloppy and wet bec because the base was too thin which was what put me off from going there since. So the pizza hasn't improved or changed then. It was also really salty and I was really thirsty when I got back.
I'm not sure why they changed it and did a complete refurb as it only opened in June 2018 as me and Holly went on the opening day. I think it was fine being Crust but needed to improve on the pizza but clearly the refurb was just the interior and not with the food and chefs. They need new pizza chefs as the pizza was nice just too wet and sloppy! Probably wouldn't go back for pizza unless they do improve and change
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