La Calabria in Ceredigion

Fantastic place to eat food delicious service very good always enjoy our visit to la Calabria

First class Italian food and excellent service. Hubby thinks they do the best bruschetta he's ever tasted. The waitress remembers that my husband is vegetarian even though we only go there every 6 months (we are not local but make a point to visit any time we are near). Portions are tasty and generous. It's a job to chose between a lovely classic Italian desserts like tiramisu or panacotta, or one of their wonderful ice cream sundaes. Fantastic food in an unexpected place!

Oh so genuine. The restaurant was clean and well presented. The servers were very knowledgeable and the food was served hot and tasty. The salmon was delicious!

This was by far the best Italian food I have ever eaten, totally unexpected from a fairly remote restaurant in rural West wales. This combined with the attentive yet discreet young staff who have obviously graduated from the local hospitality school made this a memorable evening for a birthday meal. I never photograph my food.

Fantastic tasting authentic Italian food, beautifully presented. Love the location too - very surprising in middle of the countryside

food quality is very good, service excellent

What a hidden gem. This place is a bit hidden away but definitely worth visiting. Delici food, friendly staff and generally nice place to be. Highly recommend.

Been here several times and it never disappoints!! The food is outstanding and delivered with beautiful presentation 😍 can’t wait to go back …….AGAIN 🤭 only constructive criticism I would give is it would be nice if the waiters came and checked if everything was ok and if more drinks were needed! Apart from that it was perfect as always ⭐️

Nice food but the waitress with glasses seemed a bit moody and unwelcoming

My wife and I had a meal here on 10th July 2024 and it was a wonderful experience. The staff were cheerful and welcoming, attentive without being intrusive and a credit to themselves and the business. The service was prompt and efficient and the surroundings were modern and comfortable. The food was exceptional, from the starters to the desserts, via main courses which I highly recommend, it was colourful, flavourful and well presented. My wife had the Stuffed Mushrooms, which she said were the best she's ever had and I tried the Pork Belly which was served in a honey sauce... I'd still be there eating this as I didn't want the experience to end, it was magnificent. We both had the Linguine Vongole which was prawns, queen scallops, clam meat served garnished with clam shells in a tomato based sauce, it was fantastic. We finished up with the chocolate pudding, my wife having it with cream and ice cream while I had it with just custard (some of us know our limits, dear) and it did not disappoint. We both had drinks, my wife choosing a glass of Pieno Sud white wine while I had lemonade and lime. Overall the meal which cost a total of £75.20 was excellent value and if we were not returning to Scotland soon we would make dining at La Calabria a regular experience. Thank you to all the staff for making our evening such a pleasant experience and we heartily recommend this gem to all who find it. Slainte.

The food here was excellent for our visit for a party of 5. Staff are friendly and helpful and gave great service. Phoned up to book a table on the day without issue. Location is beautiful with plenty of parking outside.

Absolutely fantastic evening, starters,mains,desserts all excellent. Waiting staff helpful, polite and friendly. Can't wait to come again. Thanks all. The Charles party, sat night.

The regular waitress clearly does not want to be there with her unwelcoming attitude, my son and Grandson got locked in the disabled toilet which was distressing, there are no baby changing facilities and never have I seen such a disgustingly dirty highchair!

Brilliant food and great service. Lovely atmosphere.

Excellent food and great service at lunch today,only the second time eating here when visiting family. Will be working my way through the menu..highly recommended

Wonderful food, attentive service, great attention to detail particularly sensitive to GF allergies and bent over backwards to ensure safety of all diners.

The food was awful, inedable steak, disgusting sauce and chips were tainted with good knows what. My wife's chicken was just ok. No ambiance, and the evening was not helped by an adjacent table of ill behaved children. Nothing good to say about the evening. Would never visit again.

Lovely. Just try and find it lol!

Fantastic anniversary meal, thank so much guys 🤤

Been meaning to call for ages Took my darling for her birthday meal she was very happy food was delicious and a good bottle of wine will certainly be calling again highly recommended

Been there half a dozen times, always great food, ample parking

A hopeful start when we reserved a table via email. Tony was quick to respond and confirm our booking. We were really looking forward to enjoying our last evening in the area, eating somewhere local. We were a few minutes late (the restaurant is quite hidden but the signs nearby were helpful) however, we felt this didn't justify the unfriendly welcome we received. Ordering drinks and food was quick. The starter came out promptly. We had the Pork Belly Slices and Garlic King Prawns. Sadly, there was far too much fat (even for pork belly), which was disappointing but the sauce that accompanied it was nice. The prawns were good. Unfortunately, nobody checked on us during our starter nor were we asked if we wanted anymore drinks. The mains came out shortly afterwards, portion sizes were good. We went for the Pollo alla Panna and Linguine Salmone. Both dishes were very tasty. Whilst it's expected that the plates come out warm, these were exceptionally hot, with no warning given. Again, during our mains, no one asked how the food was or if we wanted anymore drinks. Even asking for a spoon for the linguine felt uncomfortable due to the lack of warmth from those serving us. Overall, really disappointing, as the chef provided two delicious mains but the experience was completely let down by the service.

Lovely setting, food great as usual!

Top service and the food is on a whole other level of deliciousness

A truly family run Italian restaurant in Tuscany. Er. No. Wales. But you believe you are in Italy. The people and the food are beautiful, fresh and lovely.

My first time here. The staff are amazing and the meal was out of this world. Definitely going back.

Very cosy! Great value for money and the food was excellent!

Quality Italian cuisine excellent friendly service in a relaxed environment will be going back for more food.

Fabulous meal as always. Superb value, great ambience with attentive staff. What more could you want. The hidden jem.

Excellent food and service. Atmosphere could be improved by better grouping of tables.

Delicious! The carbonara with mushrooms was great & the chocolate fudge cheesecake with marshmallows was 10/10

Fantastic food really nice place

Fantastic little place, great food and lovely ambiance. Recommended to book early!

Kinda posh + fancy, pizza was filling and rly cheesy. The Pinocchio cup is the BEST dessert - highly recommended for ur kids :) Staff are friendly+helpful also ☺️

A lovely gem set in a quiet location. Food was beautiful, tiramisu to die for. Easy to find, just follow the brown restaurant signs! Will definitely be returning when we come back next year. Restaurant was lovely and rustic, clean and tidy. Staff very friendly.

Every year we visit on holiday and the food is consistently exceptional. This year, I have had to go dairy free and was delighted with a whole other menu in addition to being told I could have any other dish from the main menu adapted. Wonderful setting, delicious food and great service.

Food was incredible, staff we friendly, and the decor and vibe was on point, beautiful artwork all over the walls also. Only thing stopping me giving 5 stars is the toilets. Considering how upper tier the rest of the restaurant is, I'd expect the toilets to be on the same level, but unfortunately they were more like something you'd find in a pub

Little gem of a place. Only discovered by chance due to our sat nav taking an extremely scenic route to our holiday cottage. Delicious food, good service, definitely worth a visit if you’re in the area.

Absolutely amazing food, well worth the visit

Turned up at venue initially unsure it was correct place. A nice signpost by the entrance to car park would be a good idea. Were first in at 6pm. Shown to our table by the chef/owner. Waiter came and took drink order. I do wish they would lose the mask though as it makes hearing harder for me. Had a nice lager and went for olives and bread with balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Tasty warm bread. Then had a quality main meal of Pork steak. Loved the italian music in background including the theme to the Godfather. Great location with lovely photos on wall of Calabria. Nice atmosphere good company and service as expected although could have been more warm which i think is due to that sodding mask. Will definitely return.

Consistent quality throughout the menu 👌

Always great food here, I was treated for Mothers Day last Sunday 27th of March by my two youngest sons, excellent service everytime, would recommend Italian food 100% from the choice of starters, main meals and desserts. So blessed, Thanks.

Excellent food, as usual, and friendly staff.

Have eaten here on regular basis. Never disappointed. Would recommend.

Brill chocolate , nuts and fantastic stollen.

Trust me I wish I could give 10 stars! Super good food!the best Italian food we had ever!

Been meaning to go to la calabria for some time as have been told its very nice there, well finely got to go & thoroughly enjoyed my 2 course meal, definitely go again, will be back in the new year , can't wait. Thank you to all at La Calabria

Absolutely gorgeous food, lovely ambience. Would have been 5 stars but after serving our mains no one came with parmesean or pepper mill which they do normally. We had to ask.

The food was lovely but the drinks were so expensive I would not go again.

Absolutely first class place and the meal was outstanding from the start. Can't wait to return and get my husband to treat me again. Really strongly recommend.

Friendly, nice atmosphere, good home cooked food.

First visit, rural location not far from New Quay. Plenty of parking just a few obstacles to be carefully avoided. Pleasant interior with large sturdy oak tables and chairs, so lots of elbow room .Good quality food, properly prepared and cooked. prompt efficient service despite being pretty busy. Beer was great. Just one drawback due to the stone walls and floor there was a lot of echo making it hard especially for the hearing impaired to have an easy conversation. I'll be going back but I won't forget my hearing aids next time. However I would hope the owner could get some advice on mitigating the echoing for everyone, so as to improve the ambience, as otherwise everything was great; which shows in its popularity. Prices reasonable for what's on offer. Recommended.

The food quality was very good. The service was slim shady. The young lady with the dark hair and glasses & tattoos is in need of customer service training. If you work in this environment expect to be polite and friendly to customers and not abrupt, even to those foreign to those parts. Attention to detail was needed when taking the order too (another younger member of staff), they got 3 elements wrong of which 1 they corrected, 1 they tried to over charge for, 1 drink we got free as a consequence of trying to give us something we didn't order. I wish I could go back to this place when next in the area again and try something else but I would check first if the young lady is still there. I score service 2, Food 5 but I am being generous giving 4 as seeing as the owner is from Calabria. Also the sound is very echoey in this room, if a rowdy group is in the hall it can be uncomfortably loud.

Outside sitting as arranged as we'd brought our dogs. Grubby area, not been brushed or cleaned for a while, as was the toilets. We called beforehand to see if an extra 4 people could join us but was told the place was fully booked, to turn up and have a 4 person table empty behind us the whole time. The food however was very good just unfortunately did not have a welcoming feeling.

A remote pleasant surprise. We managed to get a booking at 5.45pm one midweek evening this week, as they are really very busy. We had a lovely welcome, and had a lovely bottle of wine from Puglia. Delicious starters of Bruschetta, Olives and Garlic Ciabatta. We both had different excellent pasta dishes for main courses. Desserts were homemade. A fantastic Italian Restaurant that we cannot recommend highly enough.

Absolutely a real gem of a place, I ate here a few years ago, and I'm pleased to say that all was great again on my recent visit, La Calabria has an exclusive feel about it, possibly due to its location, it does feel like a hidden treasure. The food is good hearty Mediterranean cuisine, simple dishes, but excellently made, great service, decent drinks list, what's not to like! I know I will keep coming back here,

Great traditional well cooked food. Lovely staff. Always a pleasure.

We were the only diners there - on a Tuesday lunch time, but the atmosphere was still good and the food even better.

Great place, quiet when we went at lunchtime but lovely food and friendly service.

Lovely meal tonight and a hidden secret place. Calamari, stuffed mushrooms, and lasagne were excellent. Happy accident that the limoncello drink order became a lemoncello cheesecake, so we had both! Yum.

We visited with 2 children, it isn't a very child friendly place despite having a specific menu. We asked the server to bring the children's main course with our starter, they didn't do this, so we had food brought to the table but none for the children. When it did arrive they didn't like it as the cheese on the pizza had an odd taste, staff weren't very friendly or helpful. The only plus was the starters and ice cream were good.

3rd time here and yet again absolutely fantastic. Superb food and 5 star service with lovely surroundings. Would highly recommend.

Went here for the first time 6 weeks ago. Fell in love with the ambience . Loved the food too.. will definitely be going back very soon.

Very enjoyable first visit. Will certainly return.

Fantastic service, amazing meal, very clean and felt safe. Well worth a visit and highly recommended 💖

Little gem with a good range and excellent service.

Came here for date night, we would highly recommend, brilliant food, good service and an all round great atmosphere. Good selection of starters and mains, a nice specials section. Staff are friendly, competent and prompt. Lovely location out of the way, with inside and outside seating.

Excellent food. Great evening out.

Delicious food, starters, mains and desert were all fantastic.

Absolutely amazing food, could not fault a single thing. Best by far from what we have tried in the surrounding area. Friendly service and great value for money. Will definitely be returning!

Had a fantastic meal to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. Food was excellent as always, staff very friendly & all in a beautiful setting.A really good evening altogether.

Fantastic food and lovely staff

Beautiful food and refreshments

Been here many times. Always fast and lovely service. Food is always superb. Diolch.

Was an excellent meal could not fault the food at all, the place can get filled up very quick and servers do seem to handle the amount of people very well, we did have some confusion and did not know you have to pay for the bill at the entrance so we did wait around for a while but still fantastic, paid £60 for two meals with added extras.

Pizza is sooo good and fresh, chips were amazing and cheesy garlic bread was banging. Absolutely beautiful, would defiantly recommend ☺️

Lovely quiet location, filled tables is always a very good sign the food is good ! We were definitely not disappointed excellent meal! Starter main and dessert were perfection. 🙏 hoping to return on boxing day x

Fantastic little place. Lovely home cooked food

Beautiful food in a Beautiful setting I felt like I was in Italy and your Menu is a delight thank you so much :-)

Fantastic classic Italian menu.

Excellent food and lovely atmosphere

Great food tucked away in a beautiful part of West Wales. Felt very Covid safe.

Superb. Couldn't fault a single think. Thank you.

Beautiful food! so much so you cannot leave it on your plate! Will be back soon. LISSA X

Excellent food, well thought out spacing etc for Covid-19 regulations, and good service 👍

Great Italian cuisine, varied and interesting menu for both adults and kids. Excellent service and surroundings. Wear a jumper as the air con can be a bit nippy. Definitely warrants regular visits.

Went there whilst on holiday, eat out scheme, great food, delicious, service needs work but I think that was just due to new young staff but they did do well. Thank you for a great meal, a real Gem in Wales.

Lovely food, service could have been a bit quicker as we had pre ordered.

I have NEVER left La Calabria feeling disappointed! The food is consistently excellent, the service is the same and friendly. Saltimbocca (?) is highly recommended

Lovely meal there tonight. Tasty, wrll presented and a great welcome. Well woth a visit. And the home made icecream is fantastic to finish off a good meal. Diolch

Nice place, lovely food, very pleasant staff.

Great hosts, tasty food, very friendly staff highly recommend

Lovely restaurant in a beautiful setting. Menu designed to have something for everyone. The calamari had the lightest of coating and was utterly delicious. Guinea fowl perfectly cooked, and delicious too and our son loved his Lasagne too... Same with desserts, something for every taste and everyone pleased with their selection. If you are in Ceredigion or Carmarthenshire on holiday we'll worth a visit!

Service from the staff was excellent and the food was well above our expectations. Cameron, who served us, made us feel very welcome as did the rest of the staff. The atmosphere at La Calabria was relaxed and homely. Well worth a visit. 10/10

Food good but acoustics terrible, loud table of females, drowned out conversation on our table

Fabulous lunch. Excellent service.

Total lack of welcome. Poor service.

Lovely atmosphere, very friendly staff with good service. I chose the chicken which perhaps wasn't the best option as it seemed a bit chewy and needed more veg with it but others enjoyed their pizzas & pastas and the deserts were really good - really authentic Tira misu.

West Wales is a barren wasteland when it comes to reasonably priced quality restaurants and I hoped this was going to buck the trend, alas no. Nice location and nice interior, very Italian but sadly the food didn't match. Both had goats cheese, cheese was tasteless and could have done with more cooking. I had calves liver for my main......what's the ONE thing you should never do with liver? Yup, over cook it! It was badly overcooked and superwhat rubbery and tasteless as a result. The 'garlic infused roast potatoes' had no sign of rosemary and tasted deep fried not roasted, tasted like giant chips! Friend had saltimbocca, stuffed steak, wasnt stuffed with anything and the meat was very gristly and amazingly tasteless for a sirloin. We have some of the best meat in the world in West Wales, tasteless steaks shouldn't be on the menu! To finish the tiramisu was nice and my cup of tea nice and steaming hot. Unlikely to return sorry

Altho most of our dinners were lovely my friends steak was very fatty hardly any actual meat on it. The server Mair was very rude didnt apologise just huffed and puffed. Then when we were ready to pay she didn't say please or thank you and gave my friend a very filthy look. Not impressed to say the least. Think she needs a course in customer relations.