On a recent hungover trip to the Trafford Centre, my friends and I decided to stop for a meal. We craved a lot and we craved it now.
Seated in the lovely 'outside terrace' of Est Est Est we quickly ordered drinks - the fruit punch is divine and perfect for combating extreme wine intake. As a starter I had the breadcrumbed mushrooms and mozarella with tomato salsa which was delicious and the sauce was just the right amount of tangy to balance the richness of the cheese.
For my main, I ordered the Pollo Al Forno which was chicken on top of a pasta base with grana padano and spinach. It was lovely but the wait for the food was really long and we did have to ask what the reason for this was. The fact that it wasn't terribly busy, being a weekday, didn't help their case.
The food is good but quite expensive and is probably replicated elsewhere just as well. All the Est chains are now changing to Gusto now anyway so in the near future it will probably change over.