La Dolce Tavola in Rugby

An absolutely gorgeous restaurant with delicious authentic fresh food. Was my first visit on a Thursday night and went solo as I've just moved to the area. The buffalo mozzarella salad was gorgeous with lovely sweet tomatoes, avocado and pesto. I then had the prawn risotto with asparagus which was great too. Nice polite service and I had a quick conversation with a lady named Veronica who was really pleasant and friendly too. Am already looking forward to returning.

It took a long time for us to book a table here but it was worth the wait. Our waitress was very attentive and the food delicious. We are looking forward to going again

We have been here quite a few times, but the latest was when we came from Satchmo's Corner, just a short way away, where we waited 40 minutes for service that never came. What a contrast this was. Prompt friendly service and good food. I highly recommend La Dolce Tavola.

The food is amazing and everything is fresh and super tasty. Best fish stew I have ever had. Exceptional place.

I booked this restaurant for my partner’s 60th birthday celebration for 19 people. First of all, we were given a mish mash of 4 tables (round and square and back to back) right in the corner where it was extremely cramped. Secondly, we were constantly put under pressure to be finished within 2 hours and kept getting told it’s in our T&C!! With the best will in the world, serving drinks and food, clearing tables between each course, birthday cake, photos with a party of 19 was simply impossible. No flexibility whatsoever. We hadn’t even finished our dessert course when the cake was presented. The bill was put on the table before asking for it, spending over £750. The only positive thing I can say is that the food was good. I definitely would NOT recommend for a large party. All in all it was a stressful evening.

Excellent Italian restaurant. We travel all over the uk and the world and although this is our first time at LDT, the food was as good as anywhere. Service was charming, personal and excellent. Oddly, my only two critiques are that the portions were too large and the restaurants popularity means it is difficult to get a table. Thank you for a lovely evening

Always pleasant and prompt service. Good food. Good portions. We have never been disappointed here and latest visit was because a nearby restaurant didn't bother to serve us.

Would be nice if they can provide some cloth/linen napkins! This would help to protect your cloths from their delicious food! 🤤

Best Italian food I have ever had, would definitely recommend! The food was absolutely delicious and authentic and the atmosphere is absolutely beautiful inside and outside. It is rustic and cozy with magnificent decorations. The staff are super welcoming and friendly. If you are in Warwickshire, you should absolutely give it a try!

Another fabulous experience, the food is so good ,nothing fancy just proper Italian home cookery done at its best , and with cheesecake to die for what more do you need Great food, great service in a great atmosphere

The restaurant has great food, an authentic Italian atmosphere and very friendly service. Everything was delicious and the atmosphere was perfect for relaxation. We wanted to order dessert, but unfortunately at the end of the visit the staff subtly suggested that it was time to leave, bringing the bill without asking for it, which made the experience unpleasant. Nevertheless, I definitely recommend it, the taste and quality of the dishes compensate for this drawback.😊

This restaurant is a hidden gem in Rugby. Walking past it looks like any other restaurant, but inside you are transported to Italy. I love restaurants where the kitchen is in the room with you. The aroma of the food being prepared fills the room. There were four os today and we all had a starter and a main. All delicious and every plate cleaned of food. The staff are happy, cheerful and very helpful. We will definitely come here again.

We were passing through the area and had booked in at the Day's Inn at Watford Gap Service Station. We called in at La Dolce Tavola in Rugby and had a lovely meal. The staff were friendly and helpful. Nothing was too much. The prices were reasonable. We will return.

Incredible place the food was outstanding, the service absolutely first class! Best restaurant in Rugby by far! We had a thoroughly enjoyable evening.

This is probably one of the best places in our city where you can eat delicious food and enjoy a pleasant atmosphere and service. ✓ Food - just 10/10, very tasty, cooked on site, which is very important, which means not semi-finished products. Huge selection of pasta, good steak. The portions are simply huge! Let's just say that the price is one hundred percent consistent with both quality and quantity! You definitely won't leave hungry. I definitely recommend trying desserts, this is a separate topic, you want to try everything, but we opted for traditional desserts - tiramisu and cannoli. ✓ The interior is designed exactly in Italian style, thought out to the smallest detail. I really liked that the shelves displayed things that were taken to different parts of Italy. Having been here, memories of warm days in Italy came flooding back. I would like to say a special thank you to the owner for this! ✓ Service - 10/10! Very polite, friendly and smiling staff. The service is excellent! I would also like to add that everything is very clean and tidy. Tables are cleaned promptly and thoroughly after visitors. I recommend La dolce tavola for everything 💯, at the moment this is the best place we have been and we will definitely come back!

What a sweet little Italian. I don't live far from Rugby but have honestly never really visited for nights out as wasn't really aware of what they had. This place was chosen by my friend, after a little Google and I have to say I was impressed. We didn't book and were a little late, but they seated us anyway, just being clear when the kitchen closed. I had a fishy pasta dish and it was really tasty. A shared tiramisu for after was also good and we left with a happily packed up doggy bag with leftovers. I also have an appreciation for a restaurant that sings happy birthday to visiting guests, which they did a couple of times when we were there. Cheesy yes, but adorable. All in all I'd definitely give this place another go. Cute find in Rugby!

Love it, love it, I love it. The food is absolutely amazing. The staff is nice and polite and the atmosphere is good. We love to go there. Carbonara is our winner.

Very good food and amazing service and amazing atmosphere , I recommend this to everyone

Loved everything about it. Authentic Italian cuisine, delicious!

Great food and service. Disappointed to be chased of the table despite the restaurant texting to ask us to arrive 15 minutes later they did not add this 15 minutes to the end. Felt rushed and unable to finish off with a coffee. This spoilt what had been a lovely evening.

Smiles from all the Staff awaits you when walking into La Dolce Tavola, Happy to serve you drinks, to look at the main course, Flat bread with cheese and Garlic to share, tasty large smoked Salmon, Prawns & avocado salad, Puddings /Sweets Gateau's Tiramiso, Panna Cotta. Lots to choose from. The authentic Italian Restraunt / Bistro to come to Rugby.

A great place with fantastic food, service and a wonderful homely atmosphere.

We called 3x times to make the reservation and to confirm earliest a table could be available. They insisted it was 21:15. Asked if this could be improved on however they denied so we hung around neighbouring bars. We then arrived slightly late to the restaurant, at 21:23, and we were greeted by a lady who, without hesitation, said “you’re late and the kitchen closes in 7 minutes”. To throw insult to injury, the restaurant was quite empty and for sure we could have arrived earlier. There is no detail on the booking about a kitchen closing time, which is clearly a sensitive topic for the restaurant so they feel the need to rush patrons into ordering before we’ve even sat down. The food and wine was a further let down to the experience. Some positives - the manager and other lady serving the table were nicer. Won’t be back.

Excellent food and service.Really good atmosphere.

Fabulous tasty food, great relaxed service

Very welcoming and accommodating. The food was the best meal I’ve had for a long time

The Restaurant was a delightful place to be on Boxing Day. Extremely well decorated for the Season and full of cheer. The food as ever was excellent. Looking forward to coming again in the New Year .... What better recommendation than that.......

Beautiful food, but rushed service, as our Christmas party only had a two hour slot. The waitress took a drink order ten minutes before we had to leave and then told everyone to drink up...

Fantastic food and service - we were really looked after for our Ladies lunch

Again this authentic Italian delivers ! We always enjoy it here. Great service and fabulous food. Just nightmare to get booked if leave it too late. ( understandably). Books a few weeks in advance!!

Excellent lunch with lovely, attentive service.

Visited twice in 6 days! Yesterday was probably my 5th time since May 2024, first time was a treat for my birthday. Choice of food and quality make it my favourite place to go in Rugby. Staff are wonderful too. The only downside was yesterday, when having booked a table on the outskirt of the restaurant (hoping it would be less noisy as I have hearing difficulties - and it was!) next but one table to the entrance proved rather draughty, I felt sorry for the couple nearer the door than we were, no-one seemed to bother to ensure the door was closed behind them! Perhaps erection of glass or perspex on the trellis panel by the door would help alleviate the problem in the future. Otherwise, thoroughly recommend the Restaurant!

Excellent restaurant! Such delicious food and server Anita was so charming and welcoming ❤️❤️❤️

This is the first time I have actually been disappointed here, the staff were different, young but spoke to me in a patronising manner, calling me “my love” not great to an older lady. Also I was charged an extra £1 for a slice of lemon in my tap water? Never have been before, when I questioned it on my bill, the young girl was quite rude!! , I eat here on a regular basis, but won’t tolerate bad service,

We had a beautiful lunch, with a great atmosphere and service

I took my daughters for a birthday lunch, the food was incredible and the service was spot on.

Fantastic food and service as always!

Excellent! Food, service & ambience. We will definitely be going back 🤩

Amazing food and excellent service!

Tried for the first time and I should say that the flavours are excellent! They do adapt dishes to vegetarians/vegans, you need to enquire when you order. The portions are generous and the atmosphere is warm.

thank you for an exceptional evening, the food was absolutely delicious, the service was excellent considering there were 27 of us ... thank you I will definitely be coming back

4 of us went Very busy to many tables crammed together can't hear each other properly when talking the waitress was very poor no manners seems she is not good for the hospitality forgot to bring water never came & see if the food was OK very disappointing food was warm pizza was a base with tomato paste spreaded ham thrown on with salad baby tomatoes that was supposed to be a Italian pizza shocks me very expensive for the service & waiting for basic food could buy on the street outlets in countries abroad NOT RETURNING TO THIS RIP OFF RESTAURANT

One of our favourite places to eat, amazing food make sure you go with an empty tummy as they feed you well, great atmosphere and lovely staff

We were served very quickly in the restaurant by Justyna who was very helpful, friendly and pleasant.

I can't fault La Dolce Travola always excellent food, service and atmosphere. I enjoy our visits every time we go. Well done guys 💯

Lovely first experience thanks I will book again.

I’ve been a few times and have always enjoyed the food & service unfortunately tonight one of our party of 4 couldn’t make it as she was sick I couldn’t believe that the policy is to still keep the £5 deposit I thought it was a bit petty and money grabbing it’s obvious with the size of the table it was a 2/3/4 person table so it wasn’t a case of loosing customers … the waitress didn’t care at all and her attitude was completely wrong and was happy for me to communicate my experience

Love eating here, food is fantastic!

Brilliant place, delicious meals, cosy atmosphere, very friendly and accommodating staff

Food and service excellent. Parking can be tricky. Need to book well in advance in order to eat at a time that suits you. Tables to vacated by a particular time, i.e. 1 HR 45 mins, which is not long enough if you have a largish group and want to take your time choosing, eating, drinking and socialising. Otherwise great food and great service.

Super nice food, good prices and a warm atmosphere - very friendly staff and lovely service from Keira! - definitely worth a visit!

Very nice place and great food. I recommend it!

Delicious lunch at a very reasonable price for quality and portions. It was nice to be able to take a slice of cheesecake home as we were stuffed!

Booked table for 2 people 2 months in advance for a 70th birthday meal and paid the £10 deposit they ask for. Arrived to be told the only table was the one alongside of the door because they had a table of 20 coming. The only 'protection' was an open ironwork gate panel giving no protection at all. They obviously knew there's a problem sitting there as they said we could have a fan heater on blowing warm air in your face and hair. Being regular customers always spending around £100 on the meal and wine we expect to eat in comfort and not be blasted by hot air and cold blasts from the constantly opening door so we had to leave. Very disappointed.

We had an absolutely fabulous meal from the Christmas menu. The service was brilliant. We were greeted with warm welcomes and friendly smiles. The atmosphere was happy, relaxed and comfortable. We can't rate La Dolce Tavola high enough. Thank you for a great experience.

A lovely evening with a group of friends. Food was great... the pre-order had been sent it with the names of the person ordering the dish (as requested) just a little annoying that the waitress just stood at the head of the table shouting out the name of the dish with no reference to the list of names provided !!.. It could have been far simpler for her to refer to the list before the dishes were brought to the table otherwise why did they want the names !!!

Lovely restaurant with great, attentive staff. Nice authentic food at a reasonable price. Looking forward to booking again.

Absolutely wonderful, food was amazing and so was the staff and atmosphere, felt like i was back in italy!

Delicious Italian food every time, wonderful atmosphere and top-class service. I love coming back here and I recommend this unique place to everyone.

I'd wanted to come here since it opened. I booked far in advance for my husband's birthday and was not disappointed. A special meal...great, good humoured service in evocative surroundings and very good value. Looking forward to returning.

Lovely food as always 😋 Service spot on 👍 Would recommend to anyone 😀

My friend and I had lunch. The restaurant was busy, though it didn't detract from the friendly and efficient service and the food was excellent

Absolutely lovely place and food and service was impeccable very much highly recommended to everyone xxx

Lovely Italian restaurant. Well located in town centre with excellent food and service. However, there was a noisy young child in there gone 8pm :-(

Excellent friendly greeting. Enjoyed our meal in convivial atmostphere

Lovely place,very polite and helpful waitress,great food,nice atmosphere.Highly recommended.

What a fantastic and traditional Italian experience. A real find of a restaurant offering an extensive menu, friendly and knowledgeable staff with a cracking atmosphere to match. Special mention to Anita (our waitress) who made our night with great recommendations that looked as good as they tasted. I’m planning to go back soon and would highly recommend.

Lovely welcome & atmosphere.. but the food is average. One of our party ordered the squid.. whilst it looked impressive it was tasteless.. all they could taste was salt.. The main pasta dishes again looked impressive in the big bowls but had a very small amount of meat in them.

Delicious food, fantastic menu, wonderful atmosphere, friendly staff & good value for money. This was my first visit but it certainly won't be my last!

Excellent food, served quickly and of a high standard. Portion sizes were massive and value was great. The service was excellent, helpful, positive and attentive. Really would recommend. Was quite busy when we visited but still seated, served and fed quickly - you would have thought there were less people in the restaurant!

What has happened to this restaurant? Have been to this restaurant many times and the food was excellent. However on the 19/11/24 it was very disappointing. The Bruschetta was soggy and the main course vegetables were mushy and appeared to be over cooked. Meal was warm on the surface and tepid at the base.

We had a fantastic meal last night…shared the calamari starter then had the delicious gamberoni main. Our waitress was just delightful! Look forward to next visit!

Thanks so much! The staff were amazing and food was delicious! It was a large birthday booking and the whole process from booking to dining was brilliant.

Excellent quality and service on a busy night

Great service and delicious food ♥️

It came highly recommended and we had friends visiting so thought we would try it. It was really lovely, cosy and authentic. The menu was excellent and we couldn’t decide what to go for. We chose a sharing platter and everything on it was hot, fresh and delicious. Our mains were all piping hot and tasty and big portions, we all struggled to finish. My friend is pregnant and they offered a grated mozzarella for my friend’s dish as they advised the Parmesan wasn’t pasteurised. We were all so full but couldn’t resist the deserts, so we shared a couple. Again my friend was advised on what she could have. It was a really excellent meal and great service and we were pleasantly surprised with the prices. Will definitely be back.

Good Italian/British fusion Portions are satisfying and also the taste

Food was fantastic. Portion were huge. A really good night had by all. My only critism would be that the table allocated for people was a little small and didn't leave much room for drink and side dishes once the mains arrived.

Quality food, great atmosphere lovely staff

Wonderful. Staff were brilliant and attentive, the restaurant is a lovely place to be in and then you get to the food which was absolutely superb. Thank you for an excellent evening 😊

Very good food excellent service well worth a visit highly recommend

Always a lovely meal at La Dolce Tavola in Rugby. Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff and delicious, hot food. We'll be back again soon.

The only Italian restaurant in Rugby worth a look in! Absolutely fabulous!

Yet again, another great night was had by all.

Excellent service lovely food and friendly staff

Starters were great but the main course was poor. Carbonara was lacking in flavour and had not been made well so split. Pork cutlet was dry and needed a sauce. Service was good and friendly. Such a shame as the starters were lovely. Calamari and Bruschetta we very nice. Did not try desert

Lovely food, drinks and service. Main courses are large portions

It's rare that you see a place that fully deserves a full five stars. With all the little touches La Dolce Tavola put in, I can see why it's full every time they open.

The food was lovely, so tasty - good value too. The service was quick, may be slightly too quick. Its nice to make a evening & enjoy the atmosphere. Really enjoyed the food & will be back

Fabulous place to eat - staff are so friendly and at efficient - we knew we only had the table for 2 hours and it worked really well - the food came out nice and hot and everyone was serviced at the same time so there was no waiting around - strongly recommend

A very authentic style, food is amazig and the staff although busy are friendly and welcoming

Everything is delicious, it must be the best Italian restaurant in the town.

The restaurant seemed clean and tidy, with nice decoration, the food was nice and well presented, my issue is more with the meet and greet aspect, arriving a few minutes early for lunch, opening the door to be told were not open yet come back later we found to be a little abrasive when the lights where on, the door unlocked and open - perhaps a "so sorry were not quote open would you be ok to wait a few minutes" would have been a better way to have been welcomed. At the end of the meal, we where given the bill which i duly paid, however there was no goodbye no thank you or even a see you again soon. Perhaps I am old fashioned but I would really have expected much more from an independent, I will say the food was deliciously prepared and presented and well priced, perhaps a bit more attention to customer service in future.

As always, we had another great evening here with friends. The food was delicious, great service and a buzzing atmosphere.

Great atmosphere, reasonably priced food. Portions a little on the large size, so if you want to have a dessert starve for a few days.

Amazing food and brilliant service! It was my husbands birthday and they were very attentive 😃

Had very nice seafood pasta - delicious! Can’t fault anything, great service, great taste and an inviting atmosphere in the restaurant! Highly recommend.

A fantastic evening spent with friends at this lovely restaurant. The food and service is first class and superb value for money as well, we’ll definitely be back!

fabulous traditional Italian restaurant

Visited many times and every time the food is fantastic, the service top class and the atmosphere nice and relaxed. The best place to eat in Rugby 💯♥️