Biancos in Torbay

Go before it closes for ever......

A really nice Italian restaurant, very traditional looking interior, good food (The ragu was excellent). Felt like being in Italy and not a standard restaurant.

Ambiente little old Service super Food nice

Went last night to celebrate Mrs G,s work promotion. Can’t fault it, the atmosphere, food, service and prices were really great. We will definitely return soon. Thank you. Ps steak night for 2 on Wednesday,s can see a return visit very soon 😋👍

Simple and delicious Italian cooking that hits the spot. Whenever we are in Torquay we make it a point to go and have always enjoyed our meals. The staff are friendly and accommodating. The dining room is clean and relaxed. See you next time.

We travelled 3 hours to get to Torquay for our valentines weekend away and diner at Bianco’s was my first choice. We booked a table at 9.15pm. Being valentines night the restaurant was extremely busy-we were shown to our table upstairs which was placed just at the top of the stairs which meant everyone walked directly up and passed the table. I wasn’t happy and mentioned to the maitre de and he stated it was the only table left. We were deciding what to do when a lovely member of staff (lady in a red T-shirt) very kindly moved us to another table. This turned our evening around. All the staff that served us upstairs were fantastic. I had king prawns for starter and my husband has the soup and said it was the best minestrone soup he had ever had. I had the special fillet steak which came with the most delicious sauce and hubby had Sirloin steak both of which were cooked to perfection. Even though our booking was late we didn’t feel rushed we all. The whole meal couldn’t have been any better in any way. Thank you to the for making it such a memorable evening despite the slightly shaky start.

We all had such a fantastic night last night…..great food & great service!!

Perfectly cooked steak and delicious flavours

The food was excellent. My other half had the risotto and was very impressed. I had a chicken dish with vegetables. The variety of vegetables was very good. The house red was very drinkable.

Very nice restaurant highly recommended

The food and wine were fantastic, service was friendly, and all in a lovely setting. Good for dairy free options and the waiter even double checked a dish with the kitchen for me. We both had the pappardelle ragu. Very affordable for an authentic Italian restaurant.

We had dinner at Bianco's two nights ago , Wonderful attentive staff , my fillet steak perfection & my wife's schnitzel superb . This is a proper Italian restaurant & the standard never drops . Aston Parker

Nettes kleines italienisches Restaurant mit einer guten Auswahl an Speisen. Die Mitarbeiter sind freundlich und zuvorkommend. Das Essen ist gut, nach 10 Minuten bereits am Tisch, was bei frischer Zubereitung schwierig ist. Ein echter Kritikpunkt sind die völlig abgegriffenen Speisekarten. Die sollten dringend erneuert werden!

Did not make a booking and arrived just after 7.00pm. Ground floor was full but we were offered a table on the first floor which we accepted. There were a few empty tables but within minutes all of them we taken. The staff were very welcoming, efficient and friendly. We ordered drinks which were served fairly quickly. We decided on the Seafood Risotto and Seafood Linguini and despite the restaurant being full, the food did not take too long to be served. It was piping hot and full of various seafood which was delicious. Dessert was crepe suzettes which again were delicious served with fresh orange segments, ice cream and flamed Cointreau. Finished with two nice coffees. Will definitely eat here again on our next visit to Torquay.

Visited Bianco’s on 14th September. Food absolutely perfect and hot. Ambience and service could not be better. Definitely recommend if looking for good Italian restaurant.

I called into Bianco's fairly late as I had been at an organised event and I was starving! The staff were very welcoming and I had a lovely meal - very well-cooked and a nice atmosphere. The steaks are awesome and so is the tiramisu. I would not normally go to a restaurant by myself but I had been here last year with my partner so I felt a bit more confident to visit without him. On both occasions, the whole experience was really positive and I hope we will be able to return next time we are in Torquay. Another bonus is they do half bottles of wine which is pretty rare these days. Thank you Biancos.

We always make a point of dining at Biancos when we visit Torquay. The atmosphere is great, with excellent food and the service was great.

Memorable family meal out. Perfect steaks. Something for all the family.

Wow! Rarely have we had such a poor meal - and never at an Italian. Starters: garlic mushrooms that had never seen any garlic in their life - super bland. Fried squid with chili. The chili was one thin slice of the mildest raw chili. Tbf the squid was ok - but with only a pile of salad to fill the plate this too was not up to scratch - zero imagination. Mains: Lemon chicken. This chicken had definitely never seen any lemon. It just swam in a pool of bland cream. Funnily enough, my wife's seafood risotto tasted of lemon although it shouldn't have. Maybe the chef doesn't know his right hand from his left. Veg was simply bland boiled or microwaved veg. The sautéed potatoes simply thinly sliced and fried bland potatoes. The rose wine was cheap and tacky. Understandably we skipped desert and headed back to our hotel for a decent wine. We're guessing the chef wasn't Italian - and presumably had a night off from cooking at Macdonalds. If I didn't mind ruining our evening further I should have refused to pay for everything. I can never understand why any restaurant - whose livelihood is selling food - can let food like this be served. To add Insult to injury the music was appalling - almost like choir music but the choir were being strangled! We will needless to say never return. We have had good food across the road at Amici on more than one occasion - and will head there when next in Torquay. Presumably they have a trained Italian chef! A wasted night and we were totally fleeced.

The food is delicious, piping hot, lovely waiter/waitress. Lively ambience. Dined there twice during our short stay in Torquay. I only wish this gem was nearer home, we would be regulars. 5*

this is an Italian restaurant and it doesn’t have any pizza in my eyes also an Italian if it doesn’t have pizza it is not an Italian restaurant. hoping to have pizza but this is the first ever restaurant not to have pizza. disgusted and disappointing. i was given oily salty chicken on a plate with a side of chips and unknown vegetables on separate plates. however, pastas we’re good, only thing you should buy at a restaurant.

Visited Biancos during a busy bank holiday service. The service was excellent from the start, good wine choices too. Had the calamari and the veal, plenty of food, tasty and well presented. Recommended!

We just ate at Bianco's Italian it did not disappoint. The food was piping hot and delicious. The staff went out of their way to make you feel welcome even though it was very busy.

A hidden gem Definitely recommend to book the amount of disappointed people turned away tonight as it was full Service 5 star Food 5 star It was clean and comfortable The atmosphere was great Prices good too Recommend gamberi all a diavola ( garlic prawns with chilli ) Funghetti gratinati ( button mushrooms in cream and garlic) Pollo agli asparagi Biscoff cheesecake I repeat 5 star

Waiters were very kind, short wait for food. No children’s menu but offered us half the portion which was very kind of them. Only downside was, the music. Highly recommended, definitely coming again!

We got excellent and really professional service by Jose, he was paying us all his attention and serving us in every way. Schrimps as a starter were excellent, lasagne was delicious. Veal saltimbocca was a big disappointment. From the first bite the taste was wierd. Together with the jambon cru was even worse and the steak was 'swimming' in 'liquid'. Tiramisu was good. Funny and overwhelmingly friendly Jose made me forget the bad taste of the steak.

This is the best meal we have had in Torquay so far, and this is the 4th time we have been to Torquay. Plus good value for money 💰

We come here every time we visit Torquay and are never disappointed. The food is always great. The menu is varied and they have great specials. Staff are lovely. Friendly and knowledgeable. Definitely recommend

Had an excellent experience celebrating Mums 85th birthday 🎂🎈 Feedback from my Mum complements to the chief which i totally agree with as the food was delicious. We were made so welcome by staff who did so much to make it extra special. Thank you to each one of you. Kindest regards Stuart

Great food and a lovely waiter😁

Very nice restaurant. We had some tapas, ravioli and sea bass. Food was very tasty. Only dropping a point as the vegetables with the sea bass was a little underwhelming.

Great food, tasteful music and great service! The steak was cooked perfectly, the muscles were delicious and the desserts were yummy too!😁

excellent food at this perfect little Italian restaurant.

We visited Biancos on Saturday evening, and it was our first visit, but it definitely won't be our last. I booked to avoid disappointment, my wife and I had a nice table for two. It was busy, but extremely well run, and we never felt overlooked or forgotten. The portions were really good and first class. I had tiger prawns to start followed by seafood risotto. My wife had garlic mushrooms followed by fillet steak in peppercorn sauce. For a treat, this is the place to go, it's welcoming, cozy, professional and the food is first class.

Great food, great service. Been again and still brilliant.

Absolutely fantastic 👌 Visited by chance on a steak night, 2 for £42 including bottle of house wine Starters came out quick, steaks were amazing, staff friendly and helpful. Great atmosphere. Requested a window seat on reservation that was given. Will most definitely be back when we are in Torquay next. Thank you!

Service was really good and it's a nice vibe, food was super tasty but maybe not quite worth the price

Really enjoyed our meal and experience at Biancos. Great food and wine. Service was friendly and not overbearing. If I had one critique it would be the sides that are served with steaks. I felt they were quite boring and not a great accompaniment to the meal…barely cooked mixed peppers and courgette were bland and quite odd so maybe that’s something that could be amended or possibly offer a choice. We will return though 4/5

The carbinara was perfect, tirimsu was a little mushy but the salted cheesecake was nice. The best part was the service and atmosphere; it was friendly and warm

From the moment we arrived, we were made to feel very welcome. Drinks were sorted straight away and, despite there being a large number of us, all food came out at the same time and piping hot. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Bianco’s and will certainly visit again.

What a fantastic find....myself and my family chose Biancos for my mum's 80th birthday. There was eight of us, three generations and all of us loved it. The food, the service, the atmosphere all perfect. Thank you Biancos for looking after us all, we will be back!

The meals were more than enough- tasty pasta and salmon with fresh veg and great chips. Fabulous Tiramisu. Service was brilliant.

The best restaurant in Torbay. The food is always perfect and the service 100%. It was our son’s birthday and they could not have done enough. They even put happy birthday on the chalk board outside a nice touch.

Second visit to this restaurant and once again the food was fantastic. We had 3 courses. Both the starters and main were really well cooked and generous portions. Would recommend the caramel cheesecake to finish. Great service and very friendly staff. Will definitely be back

Called ahead to see if I can walk-in at 10 pm. Was all okay, until I turned up. The staff seemed confused and no one knew what time they closed, the manager then arrives and says they are closed. The restaurant had eating customers, people having there drink outside etc. I was told they were closed because it was not ‘busy’. The door was open and they were operating. Just an appalling way to run a restaurant. Crap.

The food was amazing, genuine lovely Italian food with quick service. I had the lasagne which was so good and my husband had the prawns followed by veal Milanese and the portions were very generous but still tasted amazing

5* service from the booking right through to the end of the meal. Bianco’s went above and beyond to accommodate for me and my group of 15. Fast service, delicious food and lovely people! Would highly recommend.

We all had a good night with good hospitality, food and atmosphere. We dined upstairs 12 of us. The food, drinks and service was prompt were we all had a great night.

Had an amazing meal last night, we were a party of 11. The food was totally delicious and staff were very friendly and looked after us extremely well. This is one of our favourite restaurants.

Arrived to a welcome from John who gave willing help to seat us and swiftly brought us a bottle of wine to start us quickly (!)....Diane was delightful too. An overall genuine comfortable experience. Food, as always over some 30 years, was excellent, as was atmosphere. Why Biancos? We have always seen it as a romantic place to eat....not that many in Torquay achieve such consistency in all things. We'll be back.

Excellent service, amazing food and such a lovely atmosphere I throughly recommend biancos, great evening out

A great restaurant with excellent choice of food and wine. Booking is advisable as it gets rather busy at times. The food was delicious, we had minestrone soup to start followed by pork and apple from the specials board and a lovely homemade tiramasiu to finish. All accompanied by a good bottle of Italian wine, could not be better a lovely evening all round.

It is always a pleasure to return here. The food has a great quality ,always freshly cooked , with generous portions. The staff are friendly and efficient and are happy to make menu changes to suit appetites. They are constantly on the move looking for the chance to help people. We had to go to the theatre so had to eat quickly and that was all sorted smoothly. The food is good value for the money because of the quality ingredients .The restaurant has a good buzz about it.

I love a place with a warm welcome, excellent service and nice ambient lighting. If the food is delicious too then I'm won over completely. This place was a perfect suggestion to go to for a steak. It was all divine from start to finish so would highly recommend. Our waiter (pictured) was very helpful and attentive, so thank you Bianco team. We'll be back!

As a walk-in we were looking for somewhere for a nice dinner, where we planned to go was noisy and a long wait for a table. Bianco's is a warm, friendly restaurant with superb food that is well presented and delicious, so glad to have found it and couldn't recommend it enough. We will definitely be returning.

Visited on a aMonday night and had a fabulous meal, went for the mussels they were amazing. Such good value i ordered a side salad it was delicious and so different fron the usual bit of lettuce and tomato. We will definitely return next tume we are here.

We had dinner at Bianco's last night ,after being abroad for some time . The meal was superb with excellent staff . This is the best Italian restaurant in town & is run by a genuine Italian owner . We had a wonderful evening and will be returning soon

A great meal and atmosphere we had a great window table even though i booked last minute . Food is fabulous with good size portions Waitress was very attentive and nothing was too much trouble we will be back soon.

Seriously one of the best steaks ive had in the bay. Will definitely be go to for restaurant's from now on

What can I say, . . . Sublime !

Fillet steak excellent seafood linguine very good tiramaso best l have tasted

Fabulous food, as always, attentive staff. Highly recommend

I can't praise this place enough. There's a reason he's been there since 1986.

We went to Bianco's on a Monday when they have their Mussels Night. We had the mussels as they were excellent value - they come with chips, focaccia and a glass of wine. there were lots of other choices on the menu though with others on the specials board. The Burrata starter was delicious consisting of a large portion of creamy burrata surrounded by a a selection of antipasto, including sun dried tomatoes, olive, asparagus and Parma ham. The other half had the minestrone soup which he also found delicious. The muscles were plump and delicious and the hand cut fries hot and crispy; just like we like them. Sadly, we had to leave some as there were just so many and we were saving room for dessert! My Italian version of crepe suzette came with the usual theatre of flambeeing the Cointreau and two boules of orange sorbet made the whole thing refreshing. The staff were really helpful and our table was in a lovely little nook so we didn't feel crowded at all. The bill when it came was incredibly reasonable and we would certainly like to come back next time we are in the area. It is worth walking the short distance from the harbour to get much better service and value.

Fantastic evening which bought back great memories for my husband and I especially when we were given the upstairs table in the window. He had the mussels which he said were the best he had ever tasted and I had Linguine Marinara both absolutely gorgeous and served by our waitress Diane who was extra attentive. Thank you for an evening we will not forget.

Arranged a table last minute for group of 6 of us, lovely food and good portion size.

Lovely night out with my girlfriends. Lots of chatting and laughter. Food was amazing with great service and a lovely atmosphere. Thanks for a great night out. Mary x

Beautiful food and service thank u

The best Italian in Devon. What a little cracker of a place the service was perfect the staff that watched are table could not do enough. John,woody and Fab the three waiters last night thank you all for making it such a special night. The atmosphere was just what you would expect from an Italian independent restaurant that’s been looking after Torquay since 1987 and doing a great job. I had the steak with a Gorgonzola sauce WOW out of this world and cooked perfect. My wife had the INSALATA AL SALMONE to start and SCALOPPA ALLA MILANESE for her main the veal was cooked perfect and great quality thank you the chef in the kitchen. Both passed on desert as to full. Thank you BIANCOS for a perfect date night we will be back again.

Not Italian at all!! and the overpowering Italian opera being played did nothing to change this - in fact it became annoying! I could go on about the Misto Antipasto arriving to soon so obviously not freshly made or the lack of adherence to the supposed dress code - people is shorts and flip flops but my main complaint was the Saltimbocca which I eat all the time in "Italian" restaurants! So correctly made from finely sliced veal this one seemed to be made from something resembling the inside of a lambs heart (it certainly looked like it) and was tough and chewy! I doubt is was veal at all??!! Newly arrived customers were served in priority to my double espresso getting cold! - not good!! No brandy - so why on the menu? Nobody asked how my meal was? non torneremo!

We discovered this gem of a restaurant last year and chose once again to visit this year. It is very intimate inside with lovely music playing. The waitress who served us, served us last year and she is very attentive. The food is top class in presentation and taste. I had fillet steak, followed by tiramisu and I could not ask for better food. It is more expensive than other placed, but I am a believer that you get what you pay for and if first class service and food costs extra, then I assure you, you will find it here. We will definitely be back next year.

Staff were friendly and efficient. My wife and I went their for our anniversary and will now be returning every anniversary. The food was faultless, as was the whole experience. Well done sirs, well done indeed.

Food was amazing didn’t take long to come out, and service was even better, the atmosphere was chilled and relaxed will go again if ever in the area

We had a really enjoyable meal at this restaurant. There were some great options on the menu, including less ‘standard’ Italian food, however there were still several pasta options. We opted for the assorted bread starter, followed by the veal and salmon, both of which were flavoursome and nicely cooked. The dessert menu was fairly limited and not to our personal taste, so we didn’t try these.

Lovely Italian restaurant in Torquay. Good good and services. Ranges of Italian wines are offered.

Lovely restaurant. We arrived quite late and the staff was quite happy to let us sit in. Amazing service by a very well travelled Ned and courteous team, great wine and the food was absolutely top quality. The Ragu I had was the best I had outside of Italy. Generous portions. I seriously doubt there is a better restaurant than this in Torquay. Thank you for the amazing experience.

We really enjoyed our meals at Bianco's and the hospitality as well! Fabrizio was our very attentive and friendly head waiter, and we felt looked after really excellently! We can recommend Scalopina Milanese (veal) as well as our starter (Bruschetta). Cheese cake as dessert was simply a dream! A restaurant in Torquay you should not miss if you're in love with Italian cuisine! 5 stars well deserved.

Fantastic meal great service and very good value for the quality of the food would recommend this lovely place but make sure you book

What a lovely restaurant, staff were helpful and could not help enough. Food was fantastic, well presented and good value. First time we'd been but won't be our last.

After staying in a hotel where the food was disaster on the last night we found Biancos wish I lived near Torquay would be in every week. Amazing food truely Italian and so friendly

Lovely place to eat relax and enjoy. We'll worth a visit.

I've visited here several times these past few months because the food is so good. Reading the comments below I would agree that this isn't the best place for children, which is in NO way a negative for the restaurant. I'd personally prefer to go to a more 'adult' feel restaurant. I'd say it's the ideal place for couples and small groups, it has a nice, cosy, chilled out atmosphere with soft Italian background music. The restaurant also very kindly wrote one of our names on the chalkboard outside wishing happy birthday, decorated the table with a banner and put a candle in a dessert and sang happy birthday. The extra effort is appreciated to make a birthday meal out that bit more special. We will 100% return in future. Take the negative comments with a pinch of salt, if you want to go somewhere that is more for families with small children they have a sister restaurant called Amici which is opposite, families are better suited over there I personally think. The food isn't the same, but it is an Italian. PS I recommend the cheesy garlic mushrooms 😋 very tasty.

Great Italian restaurant for a special occasion. We always go on our anniversary. Love it.

I've been visiting this place for over 20 year's and it never fails in terms of service, atmosphere and food quality. A fillet steak is a must

Really disappointed, visited Bianco’s earlier this week where the service we received with our 8 month old was second to none, our waitress was superb. We instantly booked again for our last night before we returned home. We arrived on Friday evening to be greeted...

Bianco’s came recommended by a local when we were visiting Torquay for a few days and we were not disappointed. We hadn’t booked but a table was available and we were treated to a truly wonderful meal. The prawn starter was particularly delicious. My husband...

We did not have a reservation but were accommodated and seated on walking in at 19:30. Think we were lucky as this restaurant gets very busy. It was reccomended to us by the owners of the Haytor Hotel nearby. Excellent Italian food and a good...

Fantastic evening. We arrived in Torquay with 15 weary 10 year olds after a rugby festival, desperate for food on the Sunday of May Bank Holiday weekend. Struggling to find somewhere at short notice to seat 30 we found Bianco's online who accepted our reservation....

A small intimate Italian restaurant with a good ambience. Good choice of food on the menu and staff very informative if you question them on the food and very polite. We were a party of 4 and were impressed with the food and service so...

Nice atmosphere, food was amazing, best veal I have had in a long long-time. Good wine list, staff lovely, we found this last year and booked again as soon as we knew we were coming back to the area.

Not very "Italian ", having read reviews it sounded very good, but unfortunately our food was very bland and tasteless. The ragu was like beef stew, with pasta instead of dumplings. Would not recommend and will definitely not be returning!

A group of us on the Cuckoos cricket tour have been frequenting Biancos for our end of tour dinner for many years. They never disappoint us. The service is excellent and friendly, the food is always beautifully prepared, delicious and locally sourced. They never let...

Got recommended by family friends and all I can say is I was very impressed. The food was amazing and the staff John and Diane were very friendly and welcoming. I will definitely be going back and will recommend to family and friends that come...

It was a great and memorable experience to dine here on 7/7. I dined here with 30 students and two teachers from Hong Kong. We were all over the moon with the food, environment and the special offers by the boss. The food was fresh...

We did not have a reservation, although the restaurant was fairly busy, they managed to find us a table. We both enjoyed the food, the Salmon dishes were excellent. The waitress worked very hard & provided us with great service.

Visited with family on a Monday night. Atmosphere was lovely and staff were okay. I use okay as we didn't get checked on and didn't seem interested on us... only when they needed to. Great menu however visited as some of our party fancied mussels....

My favourite restaurant in Torquay. Went with my husband for a steak dinner. Very attentive, friendly staff, lovely atmosphere, table in the window to people watch and amazing food. Would definitely recommend this to locals and tourists xx thank you woody and Fab for a...

Amazing place; friendly, cosy, delicious and wonderful service. Literally superb.

Great little Italian. Prawns starter was very good, with a touch of heat. The antipasti was veey good lots of good meat. The sirloin steak was perfectly cooked, and the mussels were pretty good.

Very mediocre, a real shame. A small intimate restaurant with a good menu, the Tapas (even though Italian restaurant!) is good value, but the food quality is pretty poor and the staff are really not at all bothered about any comments so long as you...