Ask Italian in Scarborough - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

A nice Italian meal with a good view over the harbour. The staff were friendly and helpful.

Our first time at Ask Italian, Scarborough, and it was excellent in every way! The food was delicious, and the service couldn't be faulted. A lovely all-round experience. We would definitely recommend.

0 for customer service, turned away because they said they don’t seat 8 people, which is a lie they had loads of space

Very friendly great for the kids

Blue light card no accepted - why?

Good Freshly Made Food With Good Service A Good Atmosphere

I arrived at 8:50 pm on a Sunday... restaurant was maybe a quarter full... nobody seemed to know what was going on, left standing at the host stand for ages, staff just walking by saying another person would get me... finally told they had no room. Weird... I never post negative posts... but very poor. Before I left, asked if I could use their bathroom... it made wetherspoons toilets look luxurious. Shame, normally like this chain.

Not seated where we asked at time of reservation. Order was mixed up waiter was not sure which pizza was which, to be fair he did ask the manager. One pizza was cold due to this mix up. Mixed up coffees and mocha and had to be changed due to sweetening drinks. A glass of wine was forgotten. The bill was adjusted to reflect the mix up and we will go back. We have always enjoyed eating at Ask.

The service was great the staff are very attentive and polite always polite and smiling. The only thing that I can honestly say is the price that you pay for the food you get isn't great. You don't get alot of pizza topping, the portion and the way the pizza baked.. personally didn't understand how it was £16.50 for one pizza to share.. the chips alone 4.00 you also don't get a great deal of them. I do like the chunkness and they was well seasoned. The kids pizza was okay but not much to look at especially when there wasn't a great deal of cheese for a plain cheese pizza.. mostly sause and dough. I also noticed the expensive drinks menu aswell which was slightly off putting aswell. I wouldn't want to come back as it's personally over priced for what you actually get. The staff however honestly are really lovely I just don't think the prices are great. We wasn't on a budget or anything just was surprised how expensive it was for the pizza alone and for some of the drinks also.

Made very welcome, food was lovely and the service was great 👍

Perfect location harbour site Food was fantastic and tasty. Service was quick and friendly. Price was as expected given the location. Downside; no discounts for blue light card or company vouchers...apparently the only ASK not to di so. Food always tastes batter with a discount

Really nice food and friendly staff. Restaurant itself is lovely, and in a good location right on the harbour,

We liked the look of this restaurant, the position is great and the views over the harbour from the first floor are nice. That was where the positives ended. Initial service was slow, food wasn't good, my supposedly baked pasta dish was not baked in any meaningful way, sauce was gloopy and there was hardly any chicken. The side salad was limp and boring. We were hoping to find an alternative to fish and chips by the harbour....but this was disappointing overall.

Not really sure how they can pretend these places are Italian restaurants. Unfortunately it was the only place we could find a seat. Over priced and definitely not Italian

Slightly expensive but very delicious Italian food in the centre of Scarborough. ASK Italian has indoor, outdoor and upstairs seating. We chose to sit outside as it was a sunny day and the parasols protected us from getting sunburned as we ate. The menu has a good selection of Italian food, including pizza and pasta in a variety of kinds. I had the Pollo Della Casa, which was a chicken and mushroom pasta and the people I was dining with chose the lasagne and the calzone. All of us were impressed by the taste and quality of the food. The service was also wonderful, with the servers being attentive and happy to help. Please note: this branch of ASK Italian do not take Blue Light cards. I only mark them down on atmosphere as the outside area is right beside a main road, meaning a lot of cars going back and forth as well as people walking by. It might get better later in the day, we ate at 14.00, but it’s not very romantic when children cry, dogs bark and cars honk whilst you’re trying to eat.

Great evening in Ask. Only downside for me is that we were seated right in the middle of the restaurant so could not benefit from the views. Food was great and decent prices and potions sizes. Would recommend and will visit again.

Fantastic food and fantastic service

The food was nice a bit pricey but that part of being on holiday

Loved the food, so did my parents, very polite and is in the best place In Scarborough.

Food was very quick and was good. Especially the tiramisu. From past experience I have learned to book the day before otherwise will be turned away. Nice atmosphere and some awesome views when you are sat upstairs.

Outstanding food in a great location with excellent views across the harbour from the "upper deck".

Busy evening at the height of the season but swift, impeccable service and delicious food. Many thanks.

Fantastic food. Fantastic wine selection. Little bit pricey, but it's well worth it.

Great food Lovely staff and drink highly recommended 👌

Once you’ve exhausted your capacity for fish and chips, you’ll find Scarborough has precious few decent dining options. One option is to visit ASK right on the harbour - so we did! It’s quite a large restaurant with two floors, many tables with great views and outside seating too. We arrived without reservation at lunchtime. It took a while before we were seated but we took a table for two inside as it was very busy outside. The menu is exactly as you’d expect in any ASK. It’s well priced, decent pizza/pasta and a few other dishes. Our meal was well presented, tasty and a good price. Servers were pleasant and efficient. The only thing we found odd was that we could hear the maitre d’ turning customers away - when there were obviously vacant tables that didn’t appear to be reserved. One couple just wanted drinks - also turned away. Nothing to do with us, of course, but seemed awkward. I’d still recommend this place though . Great location and at least it’s not fish and chips. Maybe worth booking if busy though.

ordered from here a couple weeks ago and unfortunately took over an hour and half to arrive due to deliveroo and their drivers etc. But when the food did arrive it was still hot and very tasty, we love ask italian when in scarborough

Really disappointed after our visit here. The food was lukewarm, average and very overpriced. Our server, I think she was called Nina, was also very rude and abrupt. We come here wherever we visit Scarborough on holiday, but after this visit we won’t be back. We found a local pub a couple of miles away with amazing homemade food- this will be our go-to next time.

Gave 4 stars for food just on this occasion, as the butterfly prawns starter weren't as good as usual, otherwise would if been a 5star. The cornish elderflower and raspberry cider is gorgeous.

excellent customer service, beautiful food and lovely atmosphere.

Great location right on Scarborough Harbour! Good food, good views, in the height of summer with Prosecco and pizza, what more could I of ASK (ed) for. Plenty of choice on that menu including fresh sea food by the sea. Perfect

Great venue but expensive for what we had - the food was very average.

Lovely sea views and beautiful food

Sat outside and had a raspberry and pecan tart. Gorgeous!

Absolutely lovely place, from moment of stepping in to leaving, friendly, clean, food was delicious, room between tables, waitress was lovely

The staff is kind and welcoming. The food is fine and rich.

sat down 15 minutes prior to our booking, orders taken and had been served by 1pm (when our original booking was for), delicious!

Hubby & I booked to eat here before a concert. The resteraunt was buzzing, the atmosphere was great. All the staff that served us were great and knowledgeable on each dish. The food was fantastic and great value for money.

Delicious food and very friendly staff.

Lovely sunny day we spotted this restaurant with outdoor seating, picked a table with a brolly and warm breeze. Served a welcome drink which was delicious. Great menu, great food , great attentive service with a smile, nothing too much trouble. Will definitely re visit and would recommend. we did not want a full meal so chose Olives, Bruschetta, lasagne bites, side salad and chips. all were hot and delicious. washed down with a couple of pints.

Had a lovely meal. Great service. Delicious food. Fabulous views.

The food is bland (particularly for Italian) and expensive, I shouldn't have to add chilli oil simply to get flavour. Service is fine but just standard chain level, nothing exceptional and the view is nice.

Lovely place to pop for a casual date night 😁

Very friendly, good atmosphere, very clean. Food was ok, slightly bland for Italian dishes we have eaten before, elsewhere. Including Italy, maybe they cater more for the English palette. Could not taste any rosemary in the potato dish.

The food was great, a bit small for the money. Great service.

Food was nice but nothing special. Service okay. Views would be lovely on a sunny day. Would definitely go back to sit outside and have a few gins £5.25 for a Whitby gin and mixer.

Great food and good service. Will be back.

Wandered in on the off chance as our first choice (Marisco Lounge across the road) failed to serve us either at the bar or on the QR app. We were very glad we tried Ask Italian instead; we were seated quickly and given complementary "shots" of raspberry lemonade to enjoy until our delightful waitress arrived, a nice touch. I chose the sea bass and himself had a caesar salad, both absolutely delicious and we enjoyed every morsel. Followed this with raspberry and pistachio tart with a scoop of cherry sorbet for me and a salted caramel creation which included tiny meringues and curls of white chocolate for him. Outstanding, we considered licking our plates but there were people looking. Lovely place in every respect, highly recommend

We booked as it gets very busy. Excellent service and food. My favourite the cheese fondue as a starter.

The waitress was welcoming and helpful. We found the food a little ordinary considering the relatively high prices. One of our party had the seafood pasta, and the giant prawn on top had not been cleaned with the nasty black stuff still in the back. The manageress told us that it was roe, which of course it wasn't, after an unexpected pleasant discussion it was taken off the bill. I'm afraid that it rather spoiled our evening, I doubt if any of us will be using ASK again

Great location and decent food. Cater well for dietary requirements and lovely staff.

We booked for 17:30 so we would be home in time for the football at 20:00 We ordered our drinks and mains the service was prompt to start with. Once the mains arrived that was it, no checking if everything was okay, I wanted another drink mid way through the meal but couldn't get one after trying to wave at the waiters a couple of times I gave up. By about 18:10 we'd finished our mains, and it got to about 18:40 when I went up and got someone to clear our table and I asked for dessert menus, slightly frustrating when the table behind got their meals after us and their table had been cleared, paid the bill and they'd left, while we still had our empty dishes and no dessert menus. We constantly kept seeing others being served and us being ignored, not sure if it's to do with us being young that we get worse service ( mid twenties). However we've been coming here for years with our family as we're local and spent good money here. So the dessert menus arrived, and I waved down a waitress again to order, 15 minutes after menus arrived. Wouldn't serve my partner a cocktail despite us ordering alcohol with another waitress no problem before, As she didn't have her ID, which we didn't think was necessary as were 7 years above the legal drinking age, and this same waitress has served us before no problem, but anyway it wasn't a problem I had my ID. So by half last 7 the desserts, apologised for the delay. l asked for the bill at the same time the desserts come as expected we'd have to wait along time for that too. So just before 8pm we finally left, for what we wanted to be a fairly quick 2 course meal, with huge gaps between clearing our table and getting other menus. Table next to us came in about an hour after us table of 2 at 18:30, had two course and left at the exact same time as us. Annoying part was for the first hour and a half it wasn't busy and there was plenty of staff, At one point 3 waitress were round one table wiping it and having a laugh and joke while we're still sat there with empty plates and waiting for a dessert menu, they couldn't care less about the customers, or maybe it's just because we're young they don't think we matter but in fact we're more likely to leave a review, drink and eat more, but everyone but everyone around us that we're older for served, we noticed this the last couple of times we came in but have just left it as we enjoy the food so much. No complaints to the chefs the food was fantastic as always. But please sort your front of house out, bring back Sylvia and the others they were great. Heads up to other diners they no longer accept taste card. Extremely enjoyed the food but extremely let down by the service, complete disregard for their customers No longer take tastecard Served by Josephene, who never came back to the table after our initial order.

Vegan pizza was poor tasting and the frutti di mare disappointing. Great staff though.

Food is great and the staff are lovely

The staff are very polite and attentive, and the meals are quite filling. The vegan menu is extensive. I definitely recommend it.

Lovely view out over the harbour so plenty to see. We went one evening and they were fully booked, so I would recommend calling ahead as it does get busy. But nice food and a good atmosphere

Service was poor, food very average and restaurant dirty, would never return

Lovely restaurant with a great view over the harbour. Ate there with a party of friends. The food was fresh and hot when served. Would definitely recommend.

Nice ambience, well situated on harbour front. Food very tasty and good value.

Very welcoming staff ,quick service and excellent food

Great little restaurant. The food was really good, great atmosphere and great views overlooking the coast. Special shout to little Isaac. He's an asset to the restaurant.

On a wonderful warm Friday in Scarborough we had a lovely crispy Stromboli (pepperoni) pizza very tasty and one of the best I’ve had for a long time. The lemon tart was lovely and tangy with rich crumbly pastry with sweet creamy gelato. Service was great food arrived quickly and we were never left waiting or wanting.

Decided on a take out delivery our 14th wedding anniversary. Very pleased food was delicious and plenty off it. Nicely packaged would use the service again

Food nice although found the alcohol drinks expensive, otherwise nice experience near the harbour , would go again thankyou .

Most of the Ask restraints near us have shut. So when we saw this place in Scarborough, we had to go. My daughter's favourite restaurant. The service was brilliant. Food was good. But obviously portions are smaller these days. But still a great restaurant and our waitress was brilliant.

The food was really nice and its in a good location I’ve given 5 stars overall and 5 stars for food and atmosphere but only 4 for service as at times it was a bit slow but it was very busy the staff were nice though

Lovely place. Attentive staff and delicious food. Spectacular harbour and coast views from upstairs tables and sun terrace. The only minor niggle is that our drinks order arrived at the same time as the food. It would have been nice for them to arrive a few minutes ahead. Other than that, Lovely!

The food was excellent the staff polite very quick service

Great food, brilliant service and in a wonderful spot overlooking the harbour. I would definitely go again. Made a great alternative to fish and chips

Recently walked in with my wife and two children to find a half empty restaurant and expected nothing more than "table for four?". It was 5.15pm and we were approached by a slim white chap in his 40's who took one look at us and said "have you booked, it's reservation only and we're full until 8.15pm". Me and my Asian wife looked at each other, I replied "really!", as I looked around at all the empty tables. He shrugged his shoulders with a grin and we walked out. He's either a racist or doesn't like kids but this sort of pathetic nonsense isn't acceptable.

THIS LOCATION DOES NOT ACCEPT CLUBCARD VOUCHERS OR BLUE LIGHT CARD. Nice food and good service. Seems strangely noisy. A few stars upstairs gave nice views but if you are downstairs looking at the street with everyone stairing it's not so good.

Although food was tasty, the portions were too small, definitely not value for money. The location is brilliant though, I might visit again just for drinks as I was a bit dissapointed with food.

Lovely place, really friendly staff

The food was ok, service average. They brought out the main meals at the same time as the kids starters which I thought unusual. It makes a change and the kids love the pizza.

Overall great dining experience. Food was delicious and well prepared quickly.

Loved our visit this time. Food was lovely and service fab!

Absolutely beautiful. We visited for my 50th birthday and it was everything and more than I could have asked for. The service was incredible, the staff were knowledgeable, friendly and on the ball and the food was absolutely spot on. Would definitely recommend

Had lasagne not as good as last year's visit

Absolutley beautiful pizza friendly staff nice and clean place based in scarborough

The food was great. There were 9 of us and everyone of us really enjoyed the food. It had a lovely buzzing atmosphere too

too little food for the asking price and the food tasteless

The food and atmosphere were excellent. If you're in Scarborough, pop in for a change to the run of the chip shops it's a different world. With the lobster pots just outside the window, you could be anywhere in the world enjoy xx

Della pola cassa chicken dish supposed to have creamy white wine sauce, no it didnt, came with a watery gravy like sauce definitely no cream!! Service very slow and it wasnt even busy

Good place to call on the seafront and nice food. Can be a little noisy but then again most Italian restaurants are

Over priced and tasteless in my opinion £90 for 4 pizzas and 4 drinks.

Lovely meal. Had a bottle of merlot wine to share. It was delicious. Lasagne was perfect, as was the tiramisu for sweet. Will definitely be going back

We've been coming here for 18 yrs now every April. Would be 20 but for covid. We have never been disappointed. Miguel was attentive, friendly, ensured my allergies were not compromised. He was very welcoming and wished my husband happy 60th birthday. The food was excellent and the food was freshly prepared and cooked. See you next April guys 😀

4 visits over a ten year period- there’s no let up in standards at this restaurant. Food,staff, atmosphere and prompt service all EXCELLENT!!

Still a great place for a great meal out.

Good food for a 60th birthday party, lovely view, good service.

Cant give more than five stars even though it deserves it. Fabulous food great service. Highly recommend to all. Great place to eat and always make a point of eating here.

It was absolutely brilliant food once again. I've been many times and never had an issue. Stunning service great vibe and views of the harbour.

Great food! I had the seafood linguine which was cooked perfectly and tasted so fresh. Everyone loved their mains. Best ask we've been to

Great service but below average food. Very friendly staff. The pizza and pasta were both poor

Gluten free options have been cut down unfortunately but the pizza still great

Some members of our party had finished desert before others had been served theirs.

Had a great meal. Little expensive but worth it. Can't fault the staff, they went above and beyond. All in all, a great experience will definitely eat here again.

I visit ask 3 or 4 times a year. What food you get for main course but the portion of sea bass was tiny, Prices have gone up again which rubs salt in .Il think twice before returning

Had Pollo Milanese it was burnt on the outsides. The breaded outside was really greesy made me sick 😫 after. The potatoes was very nice and Chicken LECCA LECCA. We had to ask 3 times for water twice for a knife and fork.

Most of this chain of restaurants have closed down. So whilst on holiday spotted this eaterie. Loved the pizza, calzone, drinks, atmosphere etc. Brough back memories of the pizza I used to eat. I wish they would bring back the green pizza, made with peas etc.

Starters were very nice 4-5 star easily. However the mains came out barely warm my pasta I had was stone cold in parts as if it had been sat there for a long time. For how pricey the food is here this should not be happening leaving rather disappointed.