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Danilo's, Hale

Yesterday I went to Danilo's Italian restaurant in Hale with the girls, to celebrate Abi's birthday. It was very busy when we arrived so we sat upstairs for a while and had a bottle of the house white until a table was ready. We were a group of five, so not huge, and after forty minutes we still hadn't been seated, so we went downstairs to be told it was indeed ready for us then, so we took our seats. As Abi has been visiting for years with her family, they gave us a free bottle of prosecco, though I think it was partly to compensate the wait as well!

For starter we all shared a garlic bread with cheese which was lovely, and then for main Emily and I got a dish each and shared so we got to taste two off the menu! We got the Penne Primavera with chicken, and another pasta that was creamy tomato with salmon flakes and parmesan. I have had the first meal before, and was sad to see that the presentation (and possibly recipe?) had been changed; it was still delicious, but not quite as good as its former self. The salmon dish was gorgeous though, I would definitely have it again.

We didn't get any desserts, although Abi got some pistachio and vanilla ice cream on the house which we all dug into, and we had another bottle of prosecco. We were then lucky enough to be some of the last diners in, so managed to get free sambuca and tequila shots and Jaeger bombs courtesy of another guest who was feeling generous! We each paid £24 including a tip, not bad for all the booze and food we consumed, and then we went on to continue the night in Suburbia!