Tricolos
36-37 Newborough
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
Y011 1NF
01723 367842
www.tricolos.co.uk
Open 7 nights a week
Mondays/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday: 4pm till 9.30pm
Friday/Saturday: 4pm till 10.30pm
Sunday: 4pm till 9.30pm
Scarborough in high season. Seats in restaurants are in short supply and a quality Italian, on this occasion, was a necessity for a party of seven.
We asked around and up popped the name of Tricolos. We took a gamble and it paid off.
Everybody loved it and, so much in fact, that we’ll be back in the North Yorkshire resort next year and where are we most likely to visit? Yes, Tricolos.
Why? Because everybody was more than satisfied with the food and they all loved the atmosphere.
That’s not surprising given that the restaurant has been established since 1977. Then, Mike, Dennis and Ronnie Jaconelli converted their family ice cream parlour into a pizza restaurant.
They wanted to appeal to all ages and the formula is obviously as popular today as it was 34 years ago.
The restaurant is now under the directorship of John and Nicola Senior and Tricoilos serves innovative Italian food in a friendly setting.
Fitting for a seaside resort, and for an Italian restaurant, children are important.
The town centre restaurant boasts a little monkeys menu including, colouring sheets, crayons and a lolly exchange for a clean plate.
There are high chairs and a free baby food heating service to make mum and dad’s visit as hassle free as possible.
We had a mum-to-be in our party and she loved it along with the six other adults. So, what did we have?
A mixture of food. My steamed mussels with garlic, onions, white wine with homemade bread was spot on.
The bruschetta, shared by several, was complemented on. They were chargrilled topped with tomatoes and red onion marinaded in olive oil, garlic and fresh basil.
The garlic bread really was mouth-watering and well above average. In fact, everybody had a taste, it was that good.
And there were no complaints about the tomato and mozzarella salad.
As to mains, the classic calzone was huge. It was stuffed with ham, mushrooms, onions, spinach, mozzarella and topped with olive oil and Napoli sauce. Pete loved it.
My rare sirloin steak was perfect and it came with onion rings, sauté button mushrooms and roast tomatoes. Superb.
Others had lasagne di Bologna and the pene Toscana, chargrilled chicken and bacon, sauté mushrooms and garlic in a creamy tomato sauce topped with mozzarella cheese and finished in the oven, was packed with flavour.
No room for sweets here and we were ready for bed after a walk along the bay to our hotel.
