Dolce Vita Restaurant in Wakefield

Been twice now, fillet steak very nice, staff good with kids

We visited early on a Saturday evening before our theatre trip. The restaurant is bright, clean and inviting. It wasn't very busy, with several mostly couples and one large group of about 12 people. The food was excellent, I enjoyed my pizza and the pasta dish was good too. The service was rather slow however. I think due to them only having two chefs working in the open kitchen. Our drinks were nearly finished, so I had to ask for someone to come and take our food order. The service was friendly, although the staff gave the impression of being under stress. The food was really good when it arrived. I'd say we will give this restaurant another chance, it just felt like they were short staffed on the day we visited this time.

Lovely food, We had the stroganoff and a Pizza both cooked perfectly, followed by crème brûlée, delicious! Friendly staff with great service. Nice relaxed Sunday evening dinner just what we were looking for!

Excellent quality of food and service. We visited prior to the Tony Christie concert at the theatre across the road. The sevice was first class and the food was excellent!

Lovely welcoming place. Very popular restaurant.

Great night, lovely food and friendly staff. Will be back soon. Thanks

Our company came here for a celebration and we couldn't have picked a better place! The team was very helpful when organising our event, followed by superb service and fabulous food on the night. Thank you for such a warm welcome to Wakefield :)

Our company came here for a celebration and we couldn't have picked a better place! The team was very helpful when organising our event, followed by superb service and fabulous food on the night. Thank you for such a warm welcome to Wakefield :)

We visited on a Tuesday. The restaurant is very large and was nearly empty. The atmosphere because of this alone, was not good.We had starters, mainly, puds, coffee and on̈e beer. Wow! Very over priced for Peroni. The food was excellent but for 2 of us it was only £3.00 short of £100.00. 8n our opinion it was expensive for what we had. But that takes nothing away from the food quality and very professional attentive service. Hence the reason for a 4* review.

We had a delicious lunch with friendly and helpful staff, and were perfectly happy with the bill. The carbonara was the best I hav3 eaten. Pizza and calzon3 were also great

Very friendly Service, Food tasted freshly made a heaven for my taste buds would recommend to anyone

My 3rd visit and certainly not my last. Always great food , service and atmosphere. Quality food. One of the best Italian restaurants in Wakefield

spacious, classy restaurant, professional hard working staff , speedy efficient service , a little more expensive than most but you can taste the quality , worth the extra. The scallops for starters were outstanding , will definitely be returning soon .

Very clean.. not rushed for service. Good was very good. But it is quite expensive.

Gorgeous food nice atmosphere... lovely staff and owner very helpful,very quick service Can't wait to go again 👌🏻 Thanks guys

I just had dinner here, bolognese with prawns as extras. Got the bill and I was charged the starter price of £10.95 for 3 pieces of prawns. I’ve been here a few times, placed same order and was charged about £5 for these prawns as extras. When I inquired about the charge, I was told « we charge it as a starter, that’s what we do ». I’m appalled cuz my bolognese was £11. Meaning, I just ate a plate of bolognese the same price as three pieces of prawns. Also, how can a pint of lemonade be £4.25, only 20p less than a bottle of Kopparberg?

Our meal was fantastic we enjoyed it all.

This place is lively and was pretty busy when we went however having had the food I can fully understand why it gets busy. The food was amazing and the staff were great, if you're reading this then you should go and try it for yourself you won't be disappointed.

Home Dinned 3 times now and all 3 times the food was the best I've had from anywhere else. 5stars will definitely be making this restaurant my go to Italian. Good work guys.

Very disappointed with our visit tonight. When booking I informed them it was my little girls Birthday and also mentioned it upon arrival. We waited 20mins to order drinks, a further 20mins to order food and throughout our meal we ordered drinks twice that never arrived however appeared on our bill. The food was amazing as usual however very disappointed with the slow and lack of service to say the restaurant wasn't that busy. And then how do you explain to your little girl that when we have eaten there before they have sang happy Birthday to people yet they didn't to her???

An excellent Italian restaurant serving fresh and tasty pasta. The penne bolognese was freshly made and incredibly tasty. Good value and highly recommended.

If to imagine what is absolute perfection- it's exactly this place. We had a wonderful my boy's 14th birthday party. Strongly recommending 👌

Extremely good food, and very good service! The cocktails were good too. The people in this place know what they are doing. Recommend.

Amazing food. Excellent quality. Beautifully prepared.

This is the 3rd time of visiting this restaurant, the food arrived quite quickly and the pizzas were lovely but I had the pasta with pancetta, onions, chillies and garlic in, the taste was lovely but the pancetta was just strips of fat which I left on the side for the waiter to see. After receiving our meals no one came over to ask if our meal was ok until we had finished, when we were asked if everything was ok I replied “it was nice but not happy to have all that fat in my meal” to which the waiter replied “oh yeh” that was their response! No apology or anything then it felt like we’d been totally ignored as no one came to the table to get the bill. It’s a shame as it’s a lovely restaurant and food is generally very good, but you can’t serve pancetta which are just strips of fat.

my son had a pizza he really enjoyed it. i had lasgna was very saltey not good with pasta dishes.

Decided to try for the first time after doing some research on Trip Advisor and seeing so many positive reviews. They’re not wrong! Went for a family birthday meal and had a fantastic experience, all enjoyed our food and agreed we’d be back to celebrate the next birthday. Really attentive service, friendly and welcoming owner and staff and I’ll mention the food again - all of our Italian favourites done really well. We’ll be back!

Impressed with this Italian restaurant. Food was authentic and freshly prepared, seating comfortable with a good atmosphere and genuine Italian pop music to listen to! Staff couldn't be faulted and I look forward to returning.

Been visiting here now for lunch on a Friday for several weeks. Working my way through the pasta menu, so far all have been excellent. Lobster Ravioli today was delicious. Looking forward to the next visit. Waiting staff very efficient. 5*****

Great food, good service lovely place!

Went here for me and my wife's anniversary, food was OK service wasn't good took way too long for food, we had to ask a menu 3 times.

This is two reviews in one as we have visited here twice in the last couple of weeks. You always get a warm welcome here from either one of the friendly waiting staff or the boss, if he happens to be in. First visit we both had the steak dolce vita with blue cheese and red wine sauce. Exceptional. The meat served here is of top quality and it’s a long time since I’ve eaten every bit of my fillet steak. A prime piece of meat and you have chefs who know how to cook it. The second visit we both had a chicken dish Pollo Atlantico with king prawns and lobster sauce. Again quality meat and good portions. Neither courses come with any vegetables so you have to add on separately, but these are always generous portions and plenty to choose from. Had a glass of primitivo with the meal and again the quality is excellent. Some wines by the glass can be sadly lacking but not here. Price of the meal I would say is reasonable and you never feel rushed to leave. Surroundings here are pleasant and restaurant nice and light. Overall any visit here is going to be a highlight. If you haven’t visited yet make it top of your list to try.

Great food, service and entertainment. Will be visiting again soon

We expected the usual churned out Italian food that you expect to get in chain restaurants, but thankfully we got tasty authentic food that you could tell it wasn't just a cheap tin of tomatoes they had opened. Attentive waiters and a generous host all set in sophisticated surroundings.

Fantastic food real authentic, none of those cheap tinned tomatoes stuff here! Sophisticated decor and atmosphere with attentive waiters and a generous host. First time visit will certainly return.

A place to go and taste Italian food Absolutely amazing food and we were made to feel so welcome. Will be heading back regularly and my family has also asked to go there as they love Italian food Highly recommended.

5th time we have eaten at Dolce Vita Wakefield and we have loved it every single time. Fabulous staff, excellent choices on menus and specials boards, amd very vibrant atmosphere, throughly enjoyable. Would definitely recommend.

Great food and staff. Great facilities. Well situated for town centre, plenty of nearby parking.

Valentines day, couldn't fault anything, we had calamari fritti & pate fegatini di polo starters, then salmon tagliatelle & calzone napoli main, All delicious

A very pleasant italian restaurant in Wakefield. Nr 1 in the city.

Popped in on a Monday evening before a theatre visit. The waitress was absolutely lovely and assured us she could have us out in time for the show. We ordered bread & olives to start which included the most delicious Foccacia. The Penne Carbonara was SO delicious and my daughters pizza was also a hit. We really enjoyed our meals and got to the theatre in plenty of time! Will definitely be going back.

Nice place and tasty Italian food.

What a fantastic evening with good friends. Dolce Vita is a lovely restaurant that offers a nice selection of starts and mains. The food was excellent and the staff very attentive. Nice touch with the complimentary flat breads to start and the Lemon Cello to finish. Thank you to all the staff.

Very Slow service ended up ordering the next drinks as we we received the first ones or we were left waiting like we were for the food order. some of the food order was beautiful, but some was so not , and then to top it they charged us for one scoop of ice cream in a cup with a candle in it for my partner birthday that we hadn’t even ordered and the bill was wrong in there favour I might add. Will definitely not be going back

I ordered a vegetarian pasta meal, when my pasta came I asked the waiter if it was the pasta I’d preordered as we were with a group and he said yes after I showed him a picture of the order! I started eating this meal and it had pancetta in it, being a Muslim this has disgusted me and I definitely won’t be visiting again! A different waiter confirmed this was not a vegetarian dish and took it away to replace with one without meat. Although they were quick and efficient I am disgusted at my initial meal!

Incredibly tasty! Our appetizers included calamari and King prawns, followed by Fillet Stroganoff , Funghi Stroganoff & Dolce Vita Pizza for the main course. The dishes were made with fresh ingredients and bursted with incredible flavors. The main courses were generously sized. The atmosphere was delightful, the restaurant itself was charming, and the music added a tasteful touch. Highly recommend.

NYE great atmosphere, lovely food and wine. First time we've been but certainly won't be the last - very impressed

Owner & staff very friendly and welcoming. Always great food & service. Have visited for years and will continue to do so. Highly recommend.

Lovely family Italian. Great food. Staff pleasant and service excellent. Will return :)

Great food, great atmosphere and even better staff. Highly recommended.

New years family meal food was lovely and atmosphere was great! Unfortunately what did let it down was the bill when put on a £13;57 service charge which is NOT compulsory and the waitress made us pay it. We would of gladly left a tip but angered me how the bill was produced at £135.70 But wanted us to pay £149.27 and said if we paid £70 each it wouldn’t cover the bill which I corrected the waitress about and I contested & said it’s not compulsory for service charge.I paid it & she totally ignored me So on this note which I would have booked my husbands 50th for at least 15 people have lost that booking now !

Amazing food and super attentive staff.. Joe and the team do an amazing job of looking after you… well done all… keep up the amazing work & food

Amazing food, we enjoyed every bite! Service was a tad slow, but lovely and friendly. We'll definitely be back soon!

It seems to be a dog friendly restaurant. As two dogs in the restaurant one being a service animal - which I didn't mind. Ordering was a little slow and repetitive as was asked by 4 different staff if we like a drink, to which we had ordered and was still awaiting but when the food came out it was delicious, credit to the chief's.

Google had asked me to update my review. Still as good as every. I have a new favourite, spinach and cheese ricotta ravioli ❤️ ...... If service is what you need in life then Dolce Vita Wakefield will exceed your expectation My niece fell asleep, just before we arrived. They gave us a large sofa table to help her sleep. When she woke up feeling cranky, the attention the staff gave her made her laugh and smile. Thank you for her complimentary ice cream. Food was exceedingly good, especially the mussels, fresh calamari and fresh pasta

Booked a table for 7 people. They gave us a table for 6 and then didn’t bother to add the required extra chair. After waiting 5 minutes or so we had to get one ourselves. Had to ask for some of the 7th persons cutlery too. Unusual especially noting we booked ahead and that they acknowledged upon seating us that we needed another chair and cutlery etc. Aside from this the food was great, I had a calamari starter and prawn linguine. It was enjoyable and a really reasonable price. The food and friendliness of the waiters is what brought the experience up from the below par start. Other thing to note is the waiters could do with making them selves available for customers to ask for drinks etc between meals as could only ever get there attention when they were bringing our food/drink over to the table or when they were collecting our plates.

Would recommend, had tomato garlic bread, pizza, and cannelloni between us. Food still warm and good taste

Excellent food , friendly staff

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Good food, but very loud music and very slow service. Waited an hour for our drinks, and then had to find a waiter to order our desserts after they dropped off menus and never came back. Not the best, but food was pretty good.

Decent Italian restaurant, convenient for the theatre.

Incredible food, just what we needed. Delivery driver was very friendly! :)

Always great food, large portions, delicious chicken dishes thansk

Lovely food, will order again....pollo stroganoff was delicious.

Only got one pizza and clearly said on just eat buy one get one free the restaurant wasn’t helpful at all and the staff was rude and called me a lier the offer wasn’t on so took screenshots from just eat Shame really because the food was really nice

The staff are really friendly. The atmosphere is welcoming and its a nice building to be in. The choice of food is quite extensive, but its also pretty pricey. £15 for 6 bits of ravioli is not what I would call value for money. The side salad at £3.50 was more substantive, in my opinion. I would have had the chicken parmigiana, but at £18 for just the chicken and that's all you get, nothing on the side at all, it's a little rich for me. There are other places in Wakefield where you get a lot more food for that money. Which is a shame, as its just round the corner from the hotel and could have been a regular place

Beautiful food, piping hot and delivered super quick.

The food here is fantastic. Authentic Italian cuisine, as good as any I've had in Italy. Totally worth a visit.

Absolute gem of a place the food is always spot on, the service is always great. The atmosphere is always very nice and prices reasonable with options for most budgets. Great value when you factor in all the above. Have eaten here several times and never disappointed.

Good dinner, good food 🍲 Thank you for the welcome. Note 10

We moved to the area around 18 months ago and this was our 1st visit to Dolce Vita. The atmosphere, service and food were all fantastic. My wife, myself and my 7 year old daughter loved it. We’ll be back soon!

Excellent venue, located right next to car park. Good choice of menu and food arrives piping hot. Service very prompt too - certainly recommend.

As much as the food was lovely there were long gaps in between service just didn't seem like there were enough staff in attendance.

1st visit. Food was lovely, really tasty and done differently with little twists that enhanced the dishes. Service was OK but little slow and we were served by I think the whole team.. different server every time. I'd definitely recommend and we will be going back.

amazing, sell prime and do nice fish pasta

Fabulous tea for us around 4.30 ! Friendly staff . Great value too Food was great t bone steak for my husband and cannelloni for myself

Sunday afternoon family birthday celebration. Great food, service and atmosphere. Thank you we’ll definitely return.

Cant fault this place, its the 3rd visit Ive made for work. Service is quick, friendly but not pushy, the food it absolutely pitch perfect every time and every dish. There is a great menu choice and a specials board, and drinks are great It was also very good value we thought

I will visit again. Great food and experimented personal.

Spent a quiet evening here. Food was ok though not that hot but the staff were really nice. We found the place rather cold actually as well as the lighting, which was patchy. We have limited choices in Wakefield with Italian restaurants. Some of the others have the most disgusting kitchens and staff you have ever seen, so will never ever eat there. This is better. I hope. It is rather expensive but aligns with the others in this respect. Will go again.

My son decided to take us to Dolce Vita for my birthday meal, the restaurant is spotless the staff are so polite and helpful and the quality of the food is fantastic. Everything we ordered came piping hot and it was all well cooked and full of taste. I am a fussy customer as I am a chef myself so very hard to please, but I would definitely eat here again and recommend it to my friends.

This was our first visit to this restaurant and definitely won’t be our last. The staff were extremely polite throughout our visit and the food was absolutely delicious. Thank you for a lovely evening!

Was pretty quiet when we went but the service was excellent so was the food would def recommend 👌

Fabulous seafood, mussels, scallops, calamari and monkfish dish all delicious. Fabulous service and great atmosphere with live pianist, it’s the best Italian restaurant in Wakefield by far. 10 out of 10

Fantastic food,service amazing, I'm going back.

Good prices, and nice food. Second time visit, would recommend.

Nice food but limited choice for vegetarians.

Just been for a fabulous meal here. Staff great and knew their job. Food to die for and the atmosphere was buzzing. Best restaurant around by far.mmmm

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Only gave 4vstars as the food was nice but not brilliant and found it quite expensive. Staff really friendly and a nice clean restaurant

A great friendly Italian restaurent - excellent service all round

We simply love this restaurant amazing food amazing staff and great atmosphere, really is the best Italian we have had and the price of the food is even better we never get to desert as we are always stuffed full

Celebration family meal - great service, food excellent, atmosphere welcoming. Well worth visiting.

Absolutely amazing food!! 1st class service!!! Highly recommend 5*****

We had our lunch on Sunday afternoon The food was fabulous A chat to the owner too ! We will be back and share our experience with all our family n friends

What a lovely evening. Atmosphere fabulous, food fabulous, service great. Can’t fault anything. We should go there every night 😸

Really excellent food, super authentic Italian, very nice service. Good value and a really well presented establishment with plenty of atmosphere

Visited after seeing reviews. Well worth it. Helpful staff and fab food. Glad I was greedy and had 2 starters... one of the best meals I have had.

good service Friendly staff Credits to Harry and Mary at bar enjoyed a nice cocktail Good food Service was quick Good for the family and as a couple

We went with family and friends to celebrate my birthday and our anniversary, lovely place, great food and very friendly staff. Highly recommended.