DaVinci Restaurant in South Somerset

Beautiful food, lovely flavour. Great service. Chose starters from the specials menu.

🌟 Just back from an amazing trip to Florence and I had the pleasure of dining at Da Vinci’s Italian Restaurant! 🍝✨ located on Poole Quay in Dorset. This family-run gem since 1993 felt like a true extension of our holiday. From fresh local ingredients to authentic Italian flavour’s, every dish was a delight! 😍 It’s no wonder this spot attracts both loyal locals and curious tourists drawn in by its charming, traditional facade. Thank you Nico, your passion for the restaurant and the food you produce was obvious and really made our evening.

Delicious wild garlic soup, pizza and gnocchi. The service was excellent and do friendly. Will be back!

Kelly - crab and avocado salad was amazing, And their location was perfect with a great aroma, and that was just Mo Andrew - great location, reception and food. Made even better by Mo. Toby - very good margarita pizza We’ll definitely visit again when our yacht is next in town.

Served by a lovely man, Moh, and the food was incredible, the best Italian food I’ve ever had - 100& recommend

Great service, our server Moh was very helpful. Thoroughly enjoyed the experience 5 stars!!!

Service was great, the seating outside is amazing for lovely weather. I literally can not describe just how amazing the food was, just go and eat it and you'll understand.

Very cozy, right on the water with smooth jazz music. Very nice attentive service. Clear recommendation.

Great pizza, super friendly owner, amazing atmosphere and views. Favourite pizza place in Poole

Excellent meal, good atmosphere and welcoming 👍 would go there again.

A great little find in the heart of Poole quay will definitely be returning next time we are in the area. Amazing traditional Italian food and good prices.

Very friendly, happy and funny owners We felt very welcome Food was authentic and beautiful and made a dish not on the menu for one of our party We will return

Had lunch here today, welcoming staff, good service,fantastic food with italian tunes, thanks will return..

For an early tea, aka 6pm, the service was fantastic, the atmbuily throughout the evening and the food was tobdie for

Fabulous. Not been for over 5 years but it's not changed. Still as great as it always was!

Great atmosphere, no words for the quality of foods. Brilliant service. Really enjoyed

My favourite Italian ever . Staff are so joyous and friendly , the food is absolutely incredible , the atmosphere can be very fun whilst also romantic especially in the summer when the outside area is open , it’s a beautiful view . Will always recommend this place .

Amazing meal last night at Da Vinci's 🤗 Excellent food, excellent service. We've dined here many times and everything has always been exceptional. Looking forward to coming back again soon. Thanks guys 😉

Great authentic Italian food, good atmosphere and service would definitely recommend. Everything you want from a proper Italian restaurant.

beautiful food with not long a wait. no booking was made so very good service

"An Unparalleled Italian Dining Experience – Worth the Journey Every Time" Our dining experience at this restaurant was truly exceptional, with an exquisite dinner and a tiramisu that was nothing short of divine. This remains our favorite Italian restaurant in the UK, and as passionate food enthusiasts, we can confidently say that the quality is unparalleled. The fresh, authentic Italian cuisine, paired with a wonderful ambiance and outstanding service, creates an experience that instantly transports guests to Italy. Having extensive knowledge of Italian culture and cuisine, we can attest to the authenticity and excellence of this establishment. We highly recommend this restaurant and gladly make the three-hour journey each year to indulge in this remarkable dining experience. Grazie Da Vinci

Lovely place and fantastic food, the people were even better! Would definitely recommend a visit!!

Amazing.! They really look after their customers. I would recommend Da Vinci’s. Fun decor friendly staff and very tasty food.

Very good service. The dishes were delicious. Pet friedly.

My husband Dave booked us a Valentine’s meal at this beautiful restaurant. Food cooked to perfection, with warm and friendly service. Definitely our favourite place to be

Bellissima, lovely place and very friendly staff, food was lovely cooked just right

Excellent service as always and good out of this world

Friendly staff, delicious food and a great atmosphere.

Perfect for a sudden desire to have a traditional Italian meal.

The best authentic pizzas I can find in poole, great service here usually, by the longer standing staff, the newer staff need to improve on table manners (clicking knuckles at the table made me want to throw my dinner back up, genuinely ruined the atmosphere of entire evening and the girl should not be serving customers in dirty clothes either) Food was brilliant though and left very full!

Located on Poole Quay, this is such a wonderful place to enjoy your favourite Italian food. The staff are so welcoming and friendly. Its been a while since my last visit and I won't be leaving it long until the next one. I had the stagioni pizza which was piled high with all the vegetables. As expected it was delicious, served quickly and with a personal touch - the waiter even remembering it's my favourite despite the long gap in my visits. My dad had the margarita but due to a tomato intolerance he had it without the sauce which was no problem for the staff to accommodate. Sadly we didn't have room for dessert this time. I would highly recommend a visit to Da Vincis, such a lovely atmosphere and a real authentic vibe.

Absolutely amazing food. Got a table without a reservation, which was a pleasant surprise.

Very disappointing. We had a table of 6. The menu looked lovely and we couldn't decide what to have for starters. The owner said he could offer us a tapas style starter with a mixture of choices from the menu. Little did we know he would charge us £15 per person for small bowls of tapas. Our main courses arrived, 3 out of 6 were cold. We sent them back and they returned cold once more. When the returned the second time, the owner sarcastically served them from a hot pan infront of us. He handed me the plate which was scolding hot. I was left with blisters. There was no care or apology from him. In fact, the owner put his coat on and left the restaurant 5 minutes later. There was no offer to take money off the bill. Oh, and the food was still cold..!!

Best experience of authentic Italian cuisine. My partner and I thoroughly enjoyed not only our meal, but the staff were incredibly kind, welcoming and professional and the atmosphere completed our evening. Would highly recommend and we will definitely be back for more!!

NYE celebrations. Catered very well considering how busy they were. Table magician and DJ were both very good.

Went for a 50th birthday as a large group. Quick and efficient service with lovely food.

Food was amazingly great and we enjoyed it.I recommend the garlic bread with cheese as it tastes amazing.The waiters were very friendly and joyful when serving us.The pizza was lovely and tasted like pizza which was good.The view was amazing too.Also the music playing was very fun and joyful.Overall it was a 11 out 10.

Great food as always fast efficient service even when packed to the rafters ,great indoors in the cold of winter and brilliant sat out in the sun on the Quay in the summer. And allow us to bring the dog any time of the year.

The food was really salty and wasnt able to eat it

Went in for a meal to warm up after a boat tour. The staff and food was great. Nice find will definitely come back again.

Cosy authentic Italian place right on the quay. Delicious cocktails. Great service. We really enjoyed dinner here. Staff are absolutely lovely. It's comfy and warm inside. Lots of outdoor seating for the summer months. Excellent range of classic Italian dishes and specials. Seafood linguine was particularly good. Paid parking nearby.

Lovely little restaurant, lovely italian themed decor, lovely homemade italian food

Great restaurant, proper authentic Italian food snd music. Food delicious and a lovely menu. Great views of harbour to watch yachts passing by.

Top food and top service. This is a place to write home about. The liver on the specials board was the best liver I've tasted.

Such a little gem with the loveliest people creating the perfect cosy slice of Italian heaven. The lasagne was so good and creamy and the fungi omg. Deep fried mushrooms stuffed with cheese and dreams <3 will definitely be back!!

Don't go if you're hungry we arrived at 7.30 pm and the food arrived at 9.00 pm. Don't go in the back room and sit next to a Walls ice freezer and watch plates of food being scrapped into the bin in the kitchen! Watch out for the service charge it's in the small print on the receipt.

Ate at this family Italian restaurant two weeks ago with my wife and 3 children. Lovely food, gluten free options, lovely service, and the plates were so clean afterwards they didn't really need a dishwasher. Nice location right on the harbour.

Had Sunday roast at Da Vinci's for the first time. The quality, taste and presentation was superb. Together with a friendly and professional members of staff. We would highly recommend that you give it a try.

Amazing Roast, incredibly warm and welcoming staff. Would highly recommend.

Amasing food, amasing service. We will be back

A real Italian. All the others are imitations.

The only and best authentic Italian restaurant in Poole. Wonderful food and great staff.

Great food. We had 3 variations of the linguine. All exceptional

Lovely staff and fantastic food. Hands down the best carbonara I’ve ever eaten really authentic and miles better than whenever I’ve had it in Italy. Would recommend to anyone

Excellent meal all round. The food was delicious, fresh tasting and perfectly made. I had the gnocchi and my husband had meatballs. The tiramisu was also incredibly good. The staff were friendly and really helpful. Definitely visit this restaurant it is well worth it!

Loved our lunch today at Da Vinci! Entirely delicious and well priced, worth a visit if you’re in the area. Has a very homely feel to it which we loved!! Thank you.

Thank you to Emilio for the amazing service and the rest of the staff. I was so happy to be back, and from the moment i walked in with my family i was reminded why this place holds such a special place to our hearts. See you soon :)

Wonderful service and a great set of meals

Friendly restaurant with great Italian food. Accommodated a baby and dog with ease to allow a lovely evening by the quay.

Lovely welcoming staff and lovely food.

It's good. It's very nice. Emi and Sumit in particular were very friendly and helpful., Thank you :)

Dined here for the fireworks with the kids. Great service, they held our food to watch the show and then excellent food on top. Staff were very relaxed and great service. Highly recommend.

We were a group of 12. We've been welcomed by the owner who looked after us all the way. We had starters, pasta dishes, meat and fish. Everything was delicious, very high quality food. We even had a taste of a speciality from the south of Italy. Three of us have food allergies, the chef made fresh starters just for us. A real Italian restaurant Highly recommend

Great service and good food highly recommended

Best Italian southern coast UK if not globally!

Staff were polite and respectful

Staff were very polite and respectful with food being amazing!! One of the best pizzas I have ever eaten

I ordered fish which I asked to be filleted. However, the fish was served looking like it had been kicked around the restaurant and was still absolutely full of bones. A restaurant that can't fillet fish.

Poor, greasy food and over priced. We mentioned some of the shortcomings of the two dishes we had but despite a very good waitress doing her best to relay the feedback there seemed little real interest in the fact that the food was badly cooked with poor ingredients

Lovely unpretentious Italian restaurant with a good menu of tasty dishes. Staff were very welcoming and helpful.

Service was great, food was amazing, we sat outside for our food and was a very nice atmosphere, overall a lovely place to go. Top marks!!!

We eat out a lot and when it comes to authentic high quality Italian Food Da Vinci's is second to none. Freshly cooked food with high quality Ingredients. My Pasta Carbonara was amazing. We were looked after by Ciro who could not do enough for us and was the perfect host. We sat outside in the glorious sunshine over looking the harbour. We will be back.....

Overpriced food family run.. pleasant waitress

Di Vinci’s is a small Italian right in the centre of Poole quay, perfect for date night! The atmosphere in Di Vincis was perfect, along with the service and the food. One of Poole”s hidden gems.

Fantastic food and an authentic Italian setting. Highly recommend.

Absolutely stunning restaurant. The service was great, too. The food was out of this world! One of the best Italian meals I have had. Perfect atmosphere and super enjoyable. The tiramasu was incrediable!!!! Thanks for having us.

Disappointed as we weren't treated with respect by one of the waiters. Definitely treated like tourists and no respect. Asked if we had booked as need to book a table when it was nearly empty. Ended up being seated and had to keep asking for drinks and to order food. Had to ask for the bill and no hurry for us to leave but told at beginning need to book as busy? When we left there was 6 tables in there. Not sure what else to say.

Very poor quality of the dishes. I had sardines which were so bad I couldn’t eat it and the little of it that I had caused stomach discomfort. My friend had spaghetti bolognaise and it didn’t taste good either.

Pizza wasn’t that great, much better places nearby. l

Had a breakfast on our last day here in August 23 and returned for the same again this year lovely plentiful and well cooked at a very reasonable price for the quality of the ingredients. Moe the owner I believe is very friendly and helpful. If the weather is good sit out and have your food on the side of the quay where you can see the world go by.

Our table was booked for 7pm, we didn’t get to it for 30mins waiting across the road, watching other people just going in??? Starters were ok but main dishes were very poor almost inedible & my order was completely wrong. The young waitress did her best to try to rectify but our dining experience had been ruined by then. There was no apology for being kept waiting in the first instance. They are not providing great service & it’s true that they think we are all tourists that they won’t see again anyway. They want a quick turnover of tables. We are local, we have been before & had an excellent meal & that’s why we chose to go back. After this experience we definitely won’t be. Drinks & starters were £130. Save your money & get better food, go to La Lupa’s.

We visited da vinci's on the 29th of July, and we had a beautiful evening there with the yummiest food and a beautiful view.

Pizza delivered upside so all toppings were stuck to ceiling of box with just an empty pizza

The best Italian food in Dorset

Sunday lunch time we came in your restaurant for lunch, it was superb the food was first class, we would highly recommend your restaurant the quality of the food was 100percent the best Italian food we have ever had, a big thank you to all of your staff, you made us very welcome, as if we were family, thanks from Dave and rainy.

Food and service are amazing, i am often a group of 10+ people food often served at the same time and appropriately hot. Only thing that stops the 5* is the noise can quickly get loud with any others dining, few acoustic panels would go a long way comfortability.

It's a lovely atmosphere by the harbour with lovely staff who looked after us. Food was very nice. However, they did get one of us the wrong order which was the napoli pasta rather than spaghetti bolognese but they were very apologetic and offered to take it back and make the right dish. All in all, a lovely place for dinner

Excellent service, food is fantastic and a great atmosphere. Also worth noting have very good gluten free options!

This restaurant is extremely overpriced for the quality of food and service. The service was one of the strangest experiences I'd ever had. One of us barely touched the chicken dish as it was tough as a boot. We asked for it to be taken off the bill, and the response from the waiter was that he'd done a callback 2 minutes after we received the food, and said we were happy, so the best they can offer is 10% off. In addition, we were misled as to what the waiting time would be. When we arrived, we were told it'd be a roughly 30 minute wait. In reality, it took an hour and 10 minutes from ordering to get our food. When we pointed this out, the waiter tried to gaslight us into thinking we were told this all along. The interior is very dated, and the tables are very sticky. They've also tried to maximise their revenue by putting too many tables and chairs inside, making it difficult to manoeuvre around. It's not very accessible. It's pretty clear this restaurant views their customers as transient tourists and believe they don't need to offer service and food which matches their prices. Save your money and go elsewhere. There are far nicer, and cheaper, Italian restaurants in Poole.

Well done guys 3£ a pint on sea front hats off !!!!

Great food and Prosecco whilst dining alfresco on the quay and speculating which new yacht I can't afford...

Great atmosphere Speeding service Italian charm Delish food Great wine

Food did not turn up after 2 hours . No real apology or rational explanation from staff. Very disappointing

Fab food and service. Sea bream was deboned at the table. Great Calibran Rose wine recommended by the waiter. Seafood pasta dishes were amazing and the fillet steak cut like butter. Tiramisu to die for.

Great atmosphere, excellent food. Recommended.

Great service and great food. The steak and the fish were both good, the kids food was good too.

We parked up and I took this picture of our classic VW as thanks to the hosts who let me use their toilet...sure to be back because the atmosphere, service and welcome were 👍 👌

Three of us had food, two were good sized portions Veal and Chicken Dishes. BUT the Lasagne was a snack priced as a main. Tasted amazing but the portion size was small for £16.

I left shocked this evening I was charged nearly. £16 for a white wine and soda whilst an idiot try to pull the wall over my eyes , stating “but madam , it was a large one “ Nothing but a large RIP OFF ! which I l made quite clear when I left DISGUSTING

Tasty Italian food. Ordered the fillet steak medium but it came out well done. Still tasty all the same