Al Pomodoro in Cambridge

Commendable food and ambience! Attila gave us incredible recommendations, must try! :)

Wonderful resturant, attentive staff, best food in Cambridge, thanks Attila for finishing our stay in Cambridge. We will return.

Great service and atmosphere with great food as well. Our waiter, Attila was brilliant throughout the night.

I went to Al Pomodoro with some friends and we had a great time! The food was very good and the service was excellent. A big thank you to Attila who was our server and provided a very good service.

A very large choice of Italian dishes on the menu, and the ones we ate tasted really good, especially the octopus. Service was excellent and the staff very helpful. Late in the evening it was very busy, but we were seated in a quieter area which we enjoyed. Will definitely go again there for a meal.

Wonderful food. Attila our server was lovely with many great food suggestions. Would definitely come back again!

Very bad experience as a delivery driver. Waiting 20,30 mins for 3£ order. And they are not even considering us as humans.

Attila has been absolutely amazing. We will definitely be coming back. What an absolute treat! Food was Devine!

It was my birthday and I feel like my table was totally forgotten about until it was time to serve food or pay the bill barley even then. As a Person of color I hope they was just having an off night and that not how they actually treat us. Service was lackluster barely got any attention when I see other tables got checked on and good service. Felt rushed and I asked for water totally forgotten. I had to flag waiters down and seem like inconvenience to them. Had to Pre order food but it didn’t matter to them I guess took a very long time for food or them to ask if we’re ready for service again had to flag someone down. When it came time to pay the bill I had to remind the server about the reservation fee they charged me before to be added to the bill. The server handled well but still very unorganized and further my statement that we was afterthought the whole night to them. I felt like I didn’t belong with how we were treated.

Dined here last night for the first time with friends.. Will definitely return. The food was delicious and good sized portions. We all had different dishes and each one was super. Very busy vibe, but that just added to the atmosphere. Umberto the owner made us feel very welcome.

Very good food and kind server!

Interesting Menu The menu is very different to other restaurants in Cambridge. A lot of seafood options. The pasta dishes were nice and unique. With generous amount of seafood. Will try other things in the menu next time. Little bit surprised about the old stains on the cup and teapot, as it's a relatively high rated restaurant in Cambridge. Hope that the china will be cleaned well next time. I think this restaurant will be crazily popular if it's located down town!

Just being refurbished now. Service good and food was lovely. Recommend.

Lovely experience and disability friendly staff.

This is the best Italian restaurant in Cambridge! I have been enjoying lovely meals there for years. The staff are lovely, friendly, professional and attentive without being intrusive. The food is great with ample portions for the price. The restaurant has been recently refurbished and is very welcoming with a buzzing atmosphere at dinner time.

I celebrated my 30th birthday here at Al Pomodoro last friday and let me tell you how everything was perfect, the staff was lovely and friendly, the food was really good and the portions really big ,expecially the penne al cartoccio (my favourite). If you are looking for authentic Italian food made with love and passion this is the only place in town where you can find all of the above. Thank you Alessio, Federico and all the staff for making my night special!

Great food. Great service. A bit of confusion and delays in the kitchen but all sorted with aplomb.

Nice to feel home, such a pity the fish was a bit dry. I felt it was overly price for what we had. I think this is a good place for pizza and pasta only.

I am an ordinary customer and with my husband have appreciated this restaurant since the opening! Great food freshly cooked in a warm and friendly atmosphere!

Fabulous restaurant in the charasmatic heart of hills road!! Food absolutely delicious and excellent staff.

Nothing special with high prices. Overall: wouldn’t go again.

Average food, was not impressed. The place needed a good clean. Staff were okay, but did not go above and beyond

My experience was very bad. We were 8 people ordering a bunch of stuff. The we had 3 adult pasta dishes, a couple of pizzas and child menus. One of the pizzas was with pistachio. Unfortunately we couldn't enjoy the pizza because it had pistachio shells as well. Hopefully we didn't break any teeth. The second surprise was with the carbonara. We had one adult and one child. The two dishes were like it was one portion split into two plates. We compared with the other dishes we ordered and they were significantly smaller. Even though we complained for both things we only got some excuses like "spaghetti takes less space than penne" and also offered one ball of ice cream! Very generous for 8 people!

It's difficult to find a real Italian restaurant abroad. Honest bill, super local, excellent ingredients... Amazing Carbonara

Dinner was great, the service was efficient and the pricing for the portion size was fantastic! Will be back

I had the meat Arancini to start and it was absolutely divine, best one I’ve ever had, and I had the carbonara as a main which was incredible but a little too cheesy for me but that’s understandable, it’s a very powerful carbonara and that’s a good thing!! My mum had the seafood linguine which she also loved! 10/10

We are from the US and every time we visit our son, we MUST come here. It is FABULOUS, just as good as being in Sicily and honestly even better than the restaurants we have eaten in Sicily. We have never had an even “average” meal here already amazing! Federico took great care of us too, can’t wait to come back.

The place was neat, professional and Federico was really helpful and friendly, our food was brought quickly, the taste was nothing less than perfect, and the prices are quite reasonable for food and service this good.

Excellent food and wonderful service from Federico. The reservation system could be clearer.

Food and service was amazing, Evas service was Exceptional, highly recommend, will be coming again

First class authentic Italian food.

Waited 50 min my order. I use to come here when I lived Cambridge. So many things have been changed apparently , including place , food quality and service speed .:(( not happy.

Had a meal here with two friends. The restaurant was busy but not loud, the staff were lovely. Every dish carried past us smelled absolutely amazing. We ordered two different pizzas and a lasagne. The portions were good sizes. The wrong pizza was brought out to me. They apologised and very quickly brought me the correct one, fresh from the oven. The pizza base especially was just amazing. Really top notch restaurant.

Fantastic place, I spent 4 weeks eating here constantly. Miss the lasagna, I recommend it Elena

They served is raw octopus and took 8.95 off the bill. Avoid , moody manager too. Plenty of better other places in cambridge

This restaurant is a wonderful place to go for authentic Italian food that tastes incredible. The staff are very friendly and welcoming. The food is so flavourful and the service received here was brilliant. All food is sent in from Italy so you know you are receiving genuinely authentic food, cooked fresh. Definitely recommend the lemon ice tea - thanks to the waiter who suggested this to me. Would definitely come back again.

I went to dinner with a colleague who is Italian. We were both impressed with the food and the attention from staff. The food was delicious. The pasta dish - recce alla Norma - was a little too much for me but staff packaged up the rest for me to take home, so no food waste. Recommend the Arancino. Delicious.

Great company food fantastic service good the place was full of families and groups of people only caveat no draught larger only small bottles at top end prices. We will return.

One of the octopus dishes came so raw you couldn't even cut it. We waited 1hr for the food and didn't want it to go back. My partner ate the cooked bits and left the raw. They offered like £9 off the bill. We couldn't be bothered to argue it . Will not be going back and if they can't cook octopus it shouldn't be on the menu and shouldn't be serving food. Very poor customer service and overall experience . Avoid

Great food and excellent service - nothing not to like about this place. Very comfortable and nice atmosphere. Lovely pizza and pasta dishes well cooked and presented.

Federico and the staff were class, nice pizza and calzone everyone was happy and clean plates all around. Lovely venue and fish

Lived up to the expectations of a good authentic Italian restaurant . Delicious food and great service . Thank you

Food super delicious, if you want to eat a real authentic Italian pizza this is the perfect place!! Super recommended and enjoy the italian taste :) Thank Federico for your service, very funny italian guy

Great pizza, great authentic Italian food and service is top notch! Would strongly recommend! Prices are now competitive again (probably because all similar restaurants raised their prices)

We tried the “Meat Surprise Menu”. Delicious food, generous portions, and the service was excellent. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Amazing! 3rd time coming here and decided to try the ‘surprise menu’, it was amazing! Food tasted great and the team were fantastic, explaining each dish, friendly and attentive throughout. Would 100% recommend anyone to come and try it!

Great experience, food and hospitality 👌

Great place where I’ve been for lunch Food is authentic Italian, with all my allergies they provided great service - including getting me gluten free bread on purpose! I appreciated the attention to client and very curious to be there for breakfast ( the espresso is wow!)

The food is great. The prices are in line with the rest of Cambridge scenery. Lots of choices and a nice familiar atmosphere.

Food was amazing. Service rather lacking, one meal arrived nearly 45 minutes late and many people were missing cutlery. However everyone’s food was delicious.

Incredible food and fantastic service. I would even consider the 1.5 hour travel to dine here again 🩷

Incredible staff and fab food! Accommodated for gluten free too

Amazing gluten free food! Gluten free pizza and gluten free pasta! So good with cross contamination.

Top Top Top!!! Excellent experience. Family holiday. 8 of us were looking for an Italian restaurant already aware that many pass themselves off as such without ever having tasted our cuisine but here I have to say: It's all true! We arrive without a reservation for the first time in Cambridge and Umberto, the owner, welcomes us as if we were the most important guests. They bend over backwards to prepare a table for us. Very nice place, spacious and well kept. Excellent staff. Spectacular pizza and pasta clearly made with Italian products. Delicious tiramisu and nutella pizza! Excellent price. Umberto and all the staff were very friendly and helpful. Truly super recommended!

Excellent staff, food and atmosphere. Best italian restaurant in Cambridgeshire.

Had such a great time at Al Pomodoro, the food was excelent, very delicious, spot on. Service, brilliant, lovely people, smiles all around, very welcoming and warm. Thank you very much to the staff member that allowed me to take the rose!🤗 Grazie mille! 🌹

Love the food, Umberto was amazing such a great host incredible atmosphere the place to go in Cambridge for Italian food !!!!

Best Italian restaurant in Cambridge! This place gives an extraordinary dining experience that truly transports you to the heart of Italy. Food is amazing with an authentic Italian taste and fresh ingredients! Staff is very friendly, from the moment you walk in, you feel the warmth.. looking forward to my next visit 😍😋

Lovely pizza. Not sure if it was busy when I went, but took a while for the waiter to come and check our bill. However, super friendly staff.

Surprised by the delicate and quite perfect traditional Italians. The manner was really nice and lovely and touched by the accommodating and welcomings. Pretty sure that it is the best of the town.

Wonderful food and had an enjoyable time celebrating a birthday. It is a place I would reconmend for decent Italian food

Worst place ever , 1 hour wait for food , worst place to bring kids . No staff

Popped in for the first time this morning to try breakfast after an appointment at coco coture and was not disappointed. Everything is so lovingly prepared, the staff are so welcoming and friendly. We now can’t wait to pop back at some point for lunch.

Beautiful place to eat and and enjoy with friends, the head chef is absolutely fantastic as his job. Well done Antonio ☺️

Good food and pleasant service. The place can get a bit loud but still recommended.

this restaurant was upsetting! the food was tasteless and unseasoned. even with a kilo of salt it was unpleasant… the music was too loud and did not fit the vibe. in addition, they added a 18£ service fee (for 7 people) for a mediocre service. in total it was way too expensive for this kind of performance. all in all, we are more than disappointed.

Very pleasant dinner. Amazing food Special tanks to Carlo for his suggestions

Enjoyed the pizza and the service was good. The only improvement I would suggest is consider implementing sharper knives or a pizza cutter. All 6 of us struggled to cut the pizza with the knife we were provided with.

Very average food, perhaps bit overpriced. Service was very slow yet staffs were just chilling and relaxed. Menu might be bit unique compared to other Italian restaurants but the taste is nothing special. All the appetisers were good even though it was quite expensive but mains were horrible. All the pasta was so blend and bad, sauce itself doesn’t have much flavour, one of the mussels smell so bad thought it was gone off so lost my appetite, prawn looks big but only the shell, nothing much inside, steak was so disappointing, exactly like £4 ribeye from Tesco. I might give another try at some point to try other menus but I can tell if this is the taste I’m expecting id rather go somewhere cheap, Bella Italia is 2 min away and their foods are better

Came here for the first time this week for a work lunch and the whole experience was absolutely fantastic. There were 12 of us and had ordered ahead, the food came promptly, hot and fresh and really delicious. I usually expect the standard to drop slightly when you’re in a large group but not here, everything was perfect. The service was extremely friendly and welcoming and I can’t wait to visit here again soon! Thank you Al Pomodoro for a really lovely lunch.

One of the best spaghetti carbonara in Cambridge. We had the seafood risotto and it was delicious as well. Very polite staff and cosy atmosphere in the restaurant.

When we booked we emailed in stating all my allergens (pistachios, pine nuts, cashews, nuts etc)). When we ordered we asked for no nuts and repeated this to them. They ensured us that there would be no nuts in any of the dishes. I ate some of the antipasti and was immediately hit with an allergic reaction and found that there were pine nuts on my plate. when questioning the staff they said that pine nuts were not a real nut and blamed it on the chefs not understanding. But this could kill someone. Not impressed

Great food and service. Has a piano, but not sure if it's only for decoration or also gets played on sometimes.

I took awhile to get served drinks and the same for the main course. The food was nothing special (I had a lasagna which was almost 2/3 ragu). I didn’t find the quality matching the prices.

Excellent food. Great service. Rav is turned this place around. Well done

Excellent service EXCELLENT food everything ok

Very nice home ! And excellent dishes Thanks to Federico for the fennel digestive!!! A great discovery

Excellent meal, great service from Federico. Will definitely come again

Amazing food, warm people, lovely gluten free pizza.

Amazing string Italian coffee and delicious croissant for breakfast today. Recomnended

Very clean, courteous staff. It was very busy, so you can overlook some of the missing service (topping up wine/water, clearing plates before the espresso is served). The volume takes some getting used to. If you turned the music down a little, the guests might talk more quietly. (It hardly bothered me, though). The food came quickly and was warm. The presentation of the food was nice to look at. Unfortunately, the taste of the food is hardly convincing. Salt and pepper were available upon request. The final espresso was of good coffee quality, unfortunately it ran through the machine too quickly and was rather watery. Let's hope that the chef had a bad day and that the food tastes better on another (possibly) visit.

a real Italian restaurant with food that will make you want to come back .

Great choice for breakfast. Large portions and great price, especially given the quality of ingredients. I had pistachio banana pancakes, highly recommended. Also, one of the few places that sell orzo coffee, in case you want to stay caffeine free. Italian pop music in the background a plus.

The atmosphere at Al pomodoro is really great. Their service is absolutely amazing and all the staff is really friendly. Also the drinks are really nice and the best part is their pizza. The best experience i had at Al pomodoro. Must visit.

Went here recently before a gig and was really disappointed. My wife ordered the steak (£29) and I order a pizza (£15ish). Food came out quick enough. The steak had been ordered medium and was rare at best with some very chewy fatty bits and very pink, definitely not medium. My pizza, the crust was ok but the closer to the centre of the pizza I got the wetter it was. Just not cooked properly. You'd think and Italian place would do pizza easily enough but nope. We told them the issue and they offered to refire it all but we'd been put off and drank up. They didn't make us pay for the food which I respect. It's a shame because reviews were good but we clearly just caught them on an off day. I wouldn't go again.

Had breakfast here last week. Wonderful Alessio greeted us and brought us to table and served. The food was Italian themed with some catering to the British taste and done wonderfully well so the food was not overly salted like some Full English. Eggs poached nicely with a nice rich yolk to dip. The absolute highlight was the fresh made on the day sourdough and the hospitality from Alessio

Child and adult friendly. Willing to make adjustments to meals and let you try a wine if you are not sure

Two of us went and we were sat near the front of the restaurant , close to bar. I found the noise being so close to other restaurant guests very distracting and annoying. Tables are very close together. Every 30 mins they emptied ice into a container in the bar area and was very loud. Next time I would ask to sit further in the restaurant. The menu is big and lots of choice. I ordered lamb chops and they were really nice. All the food looked delicious. Staff were attentive and polite and quick service. I hope to visit again and try their pizza.

A lovely authentic Italian with some great food and a nice atmosphere

I used to order their food for delivery, but the last couple of times, it was a really disappointing experience. The first time we ordered burgers using the Deliveroo application, and what we got was just a chicken breast wrap in pizza bread. Does that sound like a burger to you? That was truly disappointing because I expected to get an actual burger, not just meat in pizza! The next situation, I was craving garlic bread with cheese, and I ordered it. Guess what I got? Cheese pizza, without any garlic inside it, not even the smell of garlic, nothing. What's the point of fooling people? Remove these dishes from your delivery menu if you can't cook them properly. It's really crucial when you order something and pay a decent amount of money for it, and in the end, you don't get what you wanted! If I want pizza, I will order it, but if I'm ordering a burger or garlic bread, I want to get that, not pizza instead! Stop fooling people!

A new amazing place for breakfast in Cambridge I can highly recommend. Al Pomodoro is very popular for lunches and dinner and are now serving breakfast every day from 8am. Great selection of cooked breakfast dishes, artisan bread, croissants and other amazing sweet pastries baked fresh every morning. Delicious eggs benedict and the fluffiest tastiest pancakes (pistacchio and banana is yum). Plus awesome coffee for just £2.80!

Best Italian restaurant in the area!!

The food is proper Italian and super delicious! It's difficult to chose what to get as so many plates look delicious! The staff is very friendly.

The service was amazing. The restaurant was busy yet the staff always made time to be kind and accomodating. Delicious food on top of it all!

Great lunch from an authentic Italian, large portions, nice pizza and the antipasto all'italiana was amazing! Catered for everyone with an extensive menu. We appreciated that kids could order a small portion of any of the adult pasta dishes if they didn't fancy the kids menu - a hit with our eldest! Recommend!

Frederico was an incredible host, and the food as always was fantastic!!

Lovely food and lovely location.

Great food and lovely staff. Do go!

Frederico at the restaurant was an amazing host for us

Authentic Italian restaurant. Very good food. Best value for your money! Pizza is gorgeous, pasta and starters….everything