Donna Lucia in Richmond upon Thames

The food here is very well presented. Don't be fooled by the word tapas as the portions are generous and very tasty. Service is very friendly and there is a nice local buzz about the place

Great, family run Italian restaurant, always an extensive "specials board" my favourite place for lunch before walking to the Stoop to watch 'Quins.

I have visited this spot a number of times in the past 6 months for lunch. I don't think you will find more authentic Italian food in west London. There tiramisu is worth fighting for! The young couple who opened the restaurant have put everything they have into the venture and it comes through in the taste and the personal service. I recommend you try them.

Another 5* review from Simon. I love tapas and I love Italian food and they do both! Nice selection and friendly people, always a great meal.

We came here on Wednesday for our belated wedding anniversary. The tapas were amazing, staff attentive and delicious aperitifs! Would highly recommend and we’ll definitely be back!! This is what Twickenham needs as we usually go into Richmond for tapas but we now have it on our doorstep 😀

Excellent food and service very competitively priced. Now that I have discovered this gem won’t use another Italian Restaurant in the area

It's only 5 minutes from home so try to go there as often as possible. It's great for brunch, and brilliant for dinner. The tapas menu is varied and fun, and the specials board has some delightful and original dishes. Last week I had the best lasagne I can remember. Piping hot and full of flavour

A hidden Gem! We were walking past and thought this looks nice and the manager smiled and rushed out to meet us! Small but perfect menu! The calamari starter was very generous and my main of the aubergine pasta was delicious! Very friendly staff and great service.

Beautiful delicious food, only surpassed by the great service

Great tasty Italian food. Steak was divine.

Lots of local social media praise for this tiny restaurant so we thought we’d give it a go. We chose from tapas menu and all the dishes were absolutely delicious. Risotto with grilled sardines was our favourite and the limoncello tiramisu was amazing. Lovely staff as well.

We could see into the kitchen for this cafe from our flat above it and all we’d hear all day long is the microwave cooking! Why would you go to a cafe for freshly microwaved food?!!! Awful staff too. That place was the only bad thing about the flat but we had to move because of them.

Lovely food. The house red is flavoursome. The owners are very friendly. Italian delight.

Superb food, sublime coffee, exceptional hospitality. Molto buono!

We came here for breakfast last month, which was excellent, saw the menu for dinner and promised to come back. Dinner was amazing! We had the tapas, thoroughly enjoyed them, we even ordered more. Then we got to dessert, which was out of this world!

Lovely little cafe, staff are super friendly and welcoming. The food was delicious and brought out quite quickly. I'm definitely going again!

Such moody, unpleasant staff and poor quality ingredients. Why would anyone go there for an evening?! Go to Church Street people!

New menu persuaded me to visit. Relaxed atmosphere and the the new tapas menu is interesting. Had chorizo and calamari which were excellent. The meatballs were ok only because it felt and looked like the sauce was re heated and not fresh. Will be back to give them another chance

Terrible place. Rude staff, below average food quality, lots of loud noise and not somewhere to spend an evening! Go anywhere else!!!

Found this new restaurant just as we were about to turn round & go back to the crowded, football-fan crowds. Clean but fairly basic in style, the place definitely fits into the category of not judging a book by its cover. They have been open for 3 months and we were the only diners (although the patron said they'd been busy earlier). The menu was interesting and featured quite a lot of fish. The eponymous patron, Donna Lucia, was delightful and very attentive. The chef is talented and authentic, and was rightly confident that we would like his food. We had scallops to start, served with an orange/butter sauce, it was quite delicious and the scallops were very fresh and beautifully cooked & presented. A generous portion of Tagliatelle with a crab & coconut sauce followed. My dinner companion ordered and enjoyed Skate, which he said was equally delicious. Great find. I can recommend highly.

Some of the best breakfast in town, recently tried their dinner and it was amazing for the price. Regularly have good specials and ingredients sourced from Italy! Really friendly and you feel right at home

Perfect intimate local gem for a Friday night bite..apparently soon to open most evenings for dinner (as well as breakfast and lunch) as opposed to just at weekends. Open since Jan 2019, this is a genuinely delightful, atmospheric, friendly and tasty addition to the non-pub and non-chain eating options in central Twickenham. Decent range of meat and fish dishes, attentive service from very committed manager Lucia and team and a cheerful Mediterranean playlist - all the right ingredients for a great local evening out. A special mention for the attractive and thoughtful decor indoors and out. The flower boxes around the outdoor seating made us notice the familiar building with fresh eyes and go closer to investigate. I hope this lovely local enterprise gets the support it deserves!

Fresh, great service and always of a good standard

A new restaurant and coffee shop in twickenham . Nice staff. The food was lovely. Definitely going back.

Brilliant hosts and the food is great

Had lunch there with my mother about a month ago. Great food, really friendly and welcoming staff that sing to each other in italian, and reasonably priced. Will defos be back soon.

Have been meaning to try this lovely little new neighbourhood restaurant for a while. It’s a short, delicious menu, quality ingredients, really well executed and wonderful Sicilian hospitality from Lucia herself. The Primitivo wine was so good. All reasonably priced. A great addition to our local community. We will be back!

Nice restaurant and simple and very warm hosts/owners

Me and my friend visited at lunch, we shared a garlic bread and ordered some drinks a bottle of peroni and one draft larger. I had the Penne Bolognese and my friend had the Risotto Donna Lucia. Both these dishes tasted really good and left me wanting more. The staff are also excellent and make you feel welcome.

Great food and drinks. Very happy with service

A new Italian cafe at the Twickenham Green end of Heath Road. The breakfast offering is the usual menu of English Breakfast, eggs florentine, avocado etc. but served with some flair. The coffee is made with Italian attention. The food is served with Italian friendliness. They do lunches and serve dinner on Friday and Saturday. I'm looking forward to trying dinner. PS: it's Donna Lucia

Lovely place. It is a few minutes walk from home and in the week it is a very welcoming Italian cafe which blossoms into a proper restaurant at the weekends. Fresh food, great service,reasonable prices. A definite improvement to Twickenham.

Been here for breakfast, dinner and lunch, and on all three occasions I found the food really good, well cooked, flavoursome and nicely presented. Also moderately priced. Staff very friendly and attentive, with that pleasant Southern Italian warmth. The restaurant is welcoming and fresh. I think it will become very popular with locals and visitors alike.

Amazing new cafe and very tasty and fresh food. Last night I had dinner there with a mate the food was really good and tasty. Well done Donna Lucia.

Nice new cafe with tasty fresh food and drinks. Amazing.

They provide a rip-off menu for match days. Unbelievably poor. Set menu for £35, absolutely not worth it. Avoid.

Very friendly service and an affordable short menu for dinner on Friday and Saturdays. Short menu usually means freshly made and cooked to order which it seemed to be, it was all very tasty. Like the food there is a short wine list at low prices. Very nice meal at what will become a neighbourhood favourite.

Just what Twickenham needed. Fresh, Tasty and great service. Recommend to all!!!

A lovely little neighbourhood cafe with great tasting food and a really warm welcome from the owners, casual dining as it should be