Prego, Westbury Park

Prego
7 North View, Westbury Park, Bristol, BS6 7PT
http://www.pregobar.co.uk/

When we went to London earlier in the year, we walked past the Wyndham theatre when Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy are starring in David Hare's Skylight. When we returned I found out that NT:Live were doing a live screening on the 17th July. All cinemas in Bristol were sold out, but Scott cinema in Henleaze held an Encore screening on 5th August. I booked tickets and then immediately booked a table at Prego via email.

Prego is a Italian restaurant in Westbury Park right on the edge of the downs. The restaurant is clean and tidy and obviously thriving in its location. We booked for the early opening of 5:30pm and were pleasantly surprised to find 5 other tables booked at the same time; two of which also came to watch Skylight (great minds and all that!!). Prego runs an early dining deal (Tuesday - Thursday) where all pizzas are £6.95 and seeing two of the tables booked last night also had children it seems a cheap way out eating out with the family.

We decided to skip starters in favour of dessert later and we decided to share a couple of dishes; a pizza with parma ham, rocket, parmesan and Tuscan extra virgin olive oil and a carbonara dish with guanciale, free range egg, parmesan and cream.  We also sampled a glass each of the 2013 Inzolia/Catarratto (a brave choice considering we are normally red wine connoisseurs).

The food arrived quickly, each generously portioned. The pizza was fresh, non-greasy and tasty. The pasta was wonderful and I would say it was even better than the carbonara we ate in Venice which has always been our standard to compare too. High praise indeed.

We finished off our meal with an espresso and a couple of the desserts; chocolate mousse on a florentine base and limoncello and forest fruit semi-freddo. The puddings were both pleasant but a little disappointing for the price of £5.95 each especially following that amazing pasta. But never the less, we enjoyed every morsel.

Service was quick, polite and prompt and the bill was a welcome sight at under £40, a lovely change from being pleased to see change from £80 which seems to be the going rate in Bristol!

It was lovely to be able to walk down to the cinema; overall a perfect date and one I can see becoming a regular thing especially as we can cycle so easily from our house.

If you get a chance to catch Skylight either in the West End or at a cinema then I can highly recommend it.