Dolce Vita in Kirklees

Just picked up a takeaway. Only waited 10minutes. Piping hot and beautiful.

Booked a party of 20 for my son's 16th Birthday and both the staff and the food were amazing...Such a genuine place where they want you to enjoy your meal and time there. Even though there were 20 of us, the food was served at the same time, tasted great and the serving staff couldn't do enough....Thank you

We came yesterday for our daughters 18th birthday meal and we absolutely loved it. We felt so welcome and we had great service all night. We can't wait to come back and try some more of the great food

Incredible food and great service, lovely atmosphere a real hidden gem will definitely come again 10/10

Nice and snug, staff with nice to talk to and have great service the food was nice and tasty and was good portions sizes

Superb food , attentive staff . Friendly , well priced . Busy but you could chat and enjoy the company around the table Garlic bread is soooo nice ! Definitely worth a visit

Fantastic restaurant, have been going for several years. Finally had a steak. It was obviously cooked in heaven and sent to the restaurant cosseted in the wings of an angel. Absolutely lovely. Asked for a wine recommendation and they said the house wine is really good. So we had that and it was top notch. Can't wait to visit again. Can you guess what I will be ordering? 🤔🐂🍷 Sorry no photos, I couldn't stop eating once I'd started.

We've dined in and also tried to order takeouts. Our dining experience was OK. The pizzas were good as you can choose your own toppings. Let down though by the canteen style dining and not enough staff, so the service was poor. We enjoyed the food but not the dining experience so decided to order 'take out' the next time. Our take away experience was awful. Tried 3 separate times for take out. The first time, 'We've not enough dough ', the second time, we telephoned numerous times and there was no reply, the third time, we telephoned ahead, ordered 4 pizzas but were 10mins late (not 20 mins!! as the proprietor said). We were told we would have to wait a hour and a half for our pizzas. The female proprietor was really brusque and verging on being downright rude. Horrible experience. I'll never go there again and wouldn't recommend it. We went around the corner to a takeaway pizza place and experienced lovely people and delicious pizzas The response from the female owner confirms my negative review. No apology and saying that I was shouting?? Ridiculous, and totally untrue. We were actually embarrassed. The female owner was raising her voice to the extent that we were concerned that diners might be affected so my daughter suggested we just leave.

What an absolutely lovely place! The service from the blonde waitress was amazing from bar to waitressing and all with a smile on her face. We were a table of 7 and we went without nothing. The food was amazing and the portions are bloody brilliant!

Really nice, food was very good and reasonably priced. The only smallest bit of criticism was that it took a while for the food to come.

Loved this place, lovely food,generous portions,amazing value, great service

Lovely restaurant, fantastic food, great service and reasonably priced. We most definitely will return again and again.

Amazing food, huge portions and friendly and efficient staff. Decor a little tired.

Fabulous place to have a meal. The service was quick. The portions are huge, enough to feed 3 people. Great selection of Italian food and wine. Early bird menu available.

We payed another visit to this restaurant,and it was superb as usual.I normally order a meat feast Calazone.This time I selected a meat feast pizza.And that was big,it covered a big plate.My wife ordered a Canalone,and that was very generous. I can definitely recommend this restaurant for its value,and it’s helpful staff

Fantastic food. Fantastic staff. Love this place x

Had a small salad, it wasn't small!! But delicious and full of a variety of things...very nice indeed. Prawns advocado tomatoes onion Lettuce, all delicious.

Great service, gorgeous food and well priced. You will not leave hungry!!

Fantastic place as always, great food and I must say and give 100% credit to a certain waiter in Gabe. Absolutely fantastic service and attitude by the young man even when rushed off his feet Credit to the restaurant

Great food and service at sensible prices. Highly recommended.

Third time of booking this restaurant brilliant food fantastic service and friendly staff great atmosphere

Fantastic experience again. Never a bad time here. Staff, food, place..it's all good. Who would have thought such a 5 star Italian resturant like this would exist in Thornhill, right on our doorstep!

I have been to this restaurant a few times the service the food the prices are fantastic they give 100 percent in everything highly recommend will be back.

We went last night to this restaurant,we have been before,and once again No complaints at all.We were in a group of 4.The pizzas you can make up yourself from the tomato and cheese start off.Then choose your own toppings.I decided on a made up Meat Feast Calzone.Another one of our party chose the Lasagne,and two others the Pollo del bosco accompanied with home made chips. There wasn’t long to wait before the food arrived,and all the meals were piping hot.And all very tasty.Freshly cooked ingredients.The helpings were so generous that some had to be left. The price was very reasonable,and we shall definitely be returning.My thanks go to the two waitresses who were busy all night,but still friendly..

Just walked through the door after the best meal I have ever had at this restaurant. Absolutely delicious food (try the Pollo Dolce Vita), and lovely welcoming staff. Tip- Don't eat all day before coming. You won't regret it.

A family of eight went for dinner on Christmas day. All the courses were really tasty and well presented. The prawn cocktail starters were really nice. I had the pate starter which was like a main course. The main courses varied. Some had traditional Christmas dinners but three of us medallions of fillet beef and I can honestly say I have never eaten nicer fillet. There were two fillets on each plate, really tender served with a lovely gravy. The meat just melted in your mouth. The vegetables and potatoes were served separately and they were well cooked and really hot. All the deserts were really tasty and ample portions. Some of our party were too full to eat them and took them home to eat later. The service was good and there was ample time between courses. We went at 2.00pm a didn't leave until nearly 5.00pm. A really nice experience and far better than cooking at home. Dave Harrison

Amazing food, good portions. Most definitely go again.

Tried calling to book a table, no answer. Then my daughter enquired on Facebook but no one got back to me so you lost out on our customer by ignoring us. Shame. Seems my daughter has investigated on face book for me as I do not use it, to find a message saying fully booked at 4:12pm. Because we never heard back by phone from the restaurant we weren’t expecting a message back on face book. This is not the way to run a business using oniy Facebook to book if you don’t answer the phone, then not call back. Sorry.

What an amazing meal outstanding service food cooked to the highest levels and perfection. I strongly recommended to anyone to try this amazing place. Value for money with a 5 star service and excellent food.

First time for me, and I'll definitely be going back!

Had a lovely birthday celebration for my sister accompanied by my daughter and my older sister was fabxxx

Food is amazing great portions and chef Tilly met all requests! Staff are so lovely Will definitely be back

Portions was huge and food was served red hot . The food was delicious! Service was brilliant and staff are really friendly

Service was great got my meal very fast after ordered Staff were lovely and looked after us well Over all would rate it 9/10

First visit. Good freshly prepared food at a reasonable price. Great service. Monday evening so it was quiet, but my friend who goes often says it's quite buzzing later in the week. Would recommend 👌

The dolce vita is a cosy restaurant. The service was very good. The food was served hot, and the portions were very generous and really tasty. We will be going back there.

Fantastic night out with family. Food fantastic value for money. Staff are great pleasant. Service brilliant. Highly recommend.

Small (no white noise) quaint, friendly efficient service and importantly excellent food!! We make sure we visit this restaurant at least once a month, it should not be missed.

Three of us went my food was ok but the other two were both up all night being sick

Love this place food great staff very friendly

Staff really friendly. Good atmosphere Food great... All had 3 of us had a different pasta dish. Also served with complimentary garlic bread at the beginning which was delicious 😋

I pressed for Menu and just get photos of food? One day you'll update your system.. when you do I'll have another look and decide if its worth a visit!!

I don’t really see what the fuss is about this restaurant to be fair. Booked for 6pm, not realising this was when the Early bird menu was operating. It was the first time we had visited and first impressions weren’t that great. Decor was dark and dingy. I appreciate it’s an old pub but it could do with a re-vamp. Ordered aranchini which seemed like it had been frozen and just had sauce poured on top. My husband had pate which looked like it was supermarket bought and served with a slice of white bread (I’d have thought it would have been served in a little pot with some artisan bread). Mains weren’t anything special. We all had pizza. It was ok. I was disappointed if I’m honest. I know this will sound really negative but I’m hoping that from this the restaurant just make some tweaks which could make all the difference. The decor needs brightening up and the food needs to be fresh and home made where possible. I don’t think frozen, supermarket food will do nowadays.

Food was absolutely delicious and portion size was huge. Will definitely be returning. The service was really good too.

Food was nice, they gave us different to what we ordered and charged us what what they gave us not what we ordered. when we questioned the bill the blonde woman got so aggressive and nasty. very rude and shouting at us in front of a full restaurant. It was very embarrassing for us. We were intending to go quite often but do not plan to return now. she needs anger management and to learn some customer service skills. Her attitude and aggression was so over the top. Think her poor dad was too scared of her to do anything! If she has a husband god help him! The lady that served us was absolutely lovey.

It's a great restaurant/takeaway, we had a fab time celebrating a friends birthday. Food was value for money and the service from Sarah really great.

Great value for money as the portion sizes are huge. The decor is a bit tired and the young waitress was either new or in need of a bit of a refresher on her job role. No real engagement and going through the motions, but efficient enough. The early bird menu has a great selection represents quality quantity and does not break the bank.

Fantastic food at a reasonable price

The food is delicious, the music is pleasant not loud, a cozy place to relax!!

Always the best. Food is beautiful. Always fresh, hot and tasty. Portion sizes are generous and the pricing is reasonable too.

Love this place,the food is absolutely gorgeous 🥰

Great place, go hungry as portions are generous (doggy bags available tho). Vic & his team run a fab place, would highly recommend

Always good food and value for money, good size portions

A girlie birthday celebration, the service was excellent from ordering to delivery of food course's. The food was well presented and very tasty. We did a slip bill, which was well organised. Would definitely recommend.

Thank you for today. Food is always delicious and the staff is professional and friendly!

Lovely place, my recommendation

Always have great a time here, my boy's love love the pizza's, the food is fantastic the staff are very friendly and helpful. Would definitely recommend you should try this place.

Absolutely gorgeous here, lovely staff and a really nice family feel. The location is also beautiful and the interior feels really fashionable and a very aesthetically pleasing place to eat. We told then we were sharing a starter, and they split it up on two plates which I thought was just a lovely, personal touch and made things a lot easier (it was the salmon and prawns and was just gorgeous) .The pizza was also beautiful. The only thing I'd say is that we didn't get a wine cooler with our wine, but honesty it didn't matter too much. We will be back

Came tonight with my lil family and thoroughly enjoyed it! BEST Italian I’ve ever had! Only thing I’d say is staff more attentive but other than that can’t fault a single thing! Deffo be back!

A bit of a mix up regards our table booking ,,the staff were brilliant at sorting it .. I wish I'd taken pics because the food was amazing.. hungry man sized portion s .. Definitely visiting again

This is a fantastic place if there's 2 or a party of many, there is only a small car park so go early

Food was amazing with complimentary garlic bread on arrival. An absolute bargain for both starter and main for under £15 per person with a great selection of items to choose from. Great service throughout

Excellent as usual a bit quiet but 3pm Sunday

Lovely food and good service. Portions are huge and could be reduced for the 4 of us that were there.

Great place, excellent food, and very helpful staff

My first review of these premises said they were excellent, and that we would return, well true to our word we have visited several times, we have just got back from the restaurant tonight to celebrate an anniversary, it just gets better. Seated quickly, drinks order taken straight away. Food order taken and short time later starters delivered, they were lovely. Whilst waiting for main course a party of 16 arrived, did this cause any problems for the two serving staff…not at all, our mains were not delayed and again were excellent. The chefs work very hard, the serving staff work very hard the end result is an excellent restaurant serving excellent food. I fully recommend this restaurant and it’s staff and food….thank you for an excellent night.

beautiful food and staff great also

What is wrong with this place and the people 2 hour wait for food, took ages to ask if we wanted drinks, no return to ask if we wanted top ups so had to go to the bar Grumpy staff, no please or thank you. Average food at top price No ice cream for the kids because of the long wait (kids fell asleep) Better customer service at Greggs in Batley I did a personal message to ask if everything was ok and was basically told to p off Thanks but never again

Been coming here since it opened and never got round to leaving a Google review. Can't praise this place highly enough; get service, atmosphere and sensational food. The calzone I ordered last week could have been involved in a food eating competition. You won't be disappointed here.

Well what a fabulous evening 9 of us in our party and the food was absolutely excellent, a little wait between courses but I prefer it that way, lovely friendly staff, nothing was too much trouble!

Always delicious food, really big portions and good value for money. Shame it isn't always busy when we go which can affect the atmosphere but we love it here

Lovely food and lovely waitresses

I’ve been loads of times and just love their authentic Cannelloni they offer free garlic bread while you wait and my friend loves the pizza and lamb shank.

A lovely evening, great food. Had the early bird menu. Great value. The portions were huge, I’d recommend that if they reduced those by a 3rd the portions would still be bigger than any restaurant in the area, it would cut costs for the company but still keep them at the best value for money in these uncertain times. I highly commend the owners and staff of this lovely restaurant…. A big thank you to the waiters, they were very friendly and attentive… highly recommended… we will come back… thank you for a lovely evening 👍😊

Fantastic evening out. Had the calamari starter, and swordfish main. Superb food.

Great staff good food very quiet at 2 30 but gradually filled up so atmosphere improved

Nothing is perfect but this came very close, this is one of the best meals I enjoyed , with best service I have encountered,

Great food, great portions. Fantastic staff. Already booked next visit.

Fantastic food service was first class.

The best food I've eaten in a long time the service second to none my new go to place all time should be five stars.

Food and staff service always good.

Great food,generous portions, good service. Complimentary tomato and garlic pizza bread was a nice touch. My only criticism was the temperature of the restaurant, far too warm. Highly recommended.

Lovely little Italian restaurant. First time visit with the family and was very happy we decided to try somewhere different from our usual choice. The food was delicious, we were given free garlic bread whilst waiting for our starters too. Will definitely come again.

Lovely food with good service and good value

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Nice friendly staff and food was lovely

Nice place, very tasty food. Suggesting to everyone.

The second time we've visited here. Really can't fault it. The people are very friendly, the food is good. You would never go hungry as the portions are huge. Drinks are a reasonable price too. A nice casual family atmosphere. All in all, I really recommend this place but do book as by about 8pm ish the restaurant is full, unsurprisingly.

Fantastic food and service I really recommend this place

The staff were really friendly and the food was sensational

Excellent food, good sized portions, can't fault the staff, and a reasonable price to boot. Will definitely go again.

Fantastic place, had three birthday parties here so far, food staff, really nice, if you like steak, try the fillet, best I've had , really enjoyed it tonight, with a double birthday. Definitely recommend to anyone. Thank you..

Beautiful food would highly recommend

Lovely surroundings Very pleasant staff superb food Highly recommended

Food was lovely . Pasta dishes are massive took for lunch at work for 2 days with leftovers

Great food lovely staff,very nice evening

Friendly helpful staff excellent food, good sized portions

The food is amazing, staff are friendly. Great service and great value.

2nd time here and just as good as last time, good food, a decent price. free garlic bread while wait for your food, friendly staff. Will be back.

Great food and service.. thank you.