Maurizio Dining & Co. in Cambridge

Excellent venue for our Christmas Party. Food was amazing and the staff were excellent. Thank you for a very enjoyable evening

Amazing authentic italian food and beyond friendly staff!

great atmosphere and the owner was very funny and welcoming! food came quickly and was delicious. will definitely be visiting again!

Had an amazing experience with a large group, even after surprising them with no reservation and walking in right after they opened. We needed food, and drinks, and fast, all on a deadline before our good friends wedding festivities were kicking off with a welcome party later that eve. Maurizio was super kind, took charge, and offered to order for the table. The amount of food was perfect, the wine was on point, and most of all we had an incredible time overall! Would definitely head back here in a heartbeat, the food was excellent but the service was the best part and made for a super memorable evening and highlight of the trip!

Wow! Italian place run by italian people, is there anything else to add? Seriously, SO GOOD! Don't miss it, it feels like being in Italy for a tiny bit :)

Absolutely fantastic pizza and super atmosphere. Hidden gem’

Amazing dinner, They took care of everything from the beginning to end. Gorgeous service with lots of familiar space, quality products, very interesting customers around. Difficult to get a table but worth to wait. I'll be back to taste other pizzas l saw around. Good drinks , at the end ask a Negroni...

Extremely small and overpriced salad (caprese).

Fabulous 👌Family run restaurant! Food, atmosphere and staff all great. Sharing Cheese Board to start. Italian Stallion pizza was excellent and the GF pizza was the best ever. Chocolate salame and lemon pudding to finish... Stuffed and happy! Will definitely be back. 😊

Probably the best Italian restaurant in the British Isles. Go go go!

I come here for the fabulous fresh pasta and was not disappointed.

Really nice place for an evening meal and a cocktail. Had a great time. Thanks.

A warm welcome and delicious food

Absolutely gem of a place, food was amazing service quick and friendly we will definitely be back.

Grace was amazing. We were so well looked after. Great evening

Fabulous pizza ….thebest I’ve had in Cambridge xx

An absolute waste of time and money! Never again!

Amazing authentic Italian food and wine, beautiful restaurant very different which I loved, Great hosts, nothing was too much trouble, We will be back

great food and drink and service from Grace

Fantastic food, service and experience. Strongly recommend.

They served us raw pasta and none of the waiters knew what was happening. Ultimately we waited an hour for them to realise they forgot about our order.

Very friendly, personable and helpful staff, tasty pizzas and some lovely happy hour cocktails!

A very sweet classic Italian restaurant. Admired their service and passion about their recipes

Really lovely place and friendly staff. Mansata was really good and very friendly. The food was delicious and quite reasonable too. Definitely need to come hungry

We booked Maurizio’s for a large work social event. It was first class, from the planning catering for 28 through to the evening. The food was fabulous, everyone happy. The team at Maurizio’s could not do enough for us. Thank you so much Sweet, Maurizio, Grace and the others. We will be back for sure 👌 🍕 🇮🇹

The most amazing pizza! Try the Lord Orly.....OMG. And some fabulous pasta too.

Super tasty pasta dishes and very nice chef ☺️

We had the best pizza we've ever eaten and the pasta sauces were delicious and fresh! On top of the amazing food, the waitress did everything to make us feel at home. The decor and music made us feel like we were visiting an old friend in Italy. Thank you for the great experience!

Amazing waiting skills, fast service, large pizza with delicious toppings, will be returning!

We had a lovely dinner with a large group. The service was excellent and the hosts tremendous. Would highly recommend.

I was browsing Mill Road for dinner on a Friday night and the delicious aromas of pizza made me pause and look at the menu. I was initially thinking of takeaway as I was a solo diner. Mansata the waitress kindly brought me into the restaurant and gave me some chilled water and table to decide what to choose. I decided upon the beef ragù pappardelle to takeaway. The menu is quite extensive - there is lots to choose from pizza, pasta and salads. Everything is made on site. Then after some consideration I decided to dine in and I’m glad I did, Mansata brought me to a window seat and the pasta was quick and did not disappoint. I had a Rataouille moment where I felt transported to Italy with the pasta. The beef mince was very tender and flavoursome. The pasta was one of the best I’ve tasted. Thank you to the chefs for bringing your authentic Italian expertise to Cambridge. Thank you to Mansata for your positive energy and warm hearted service - I probably would have missed out on the opportunity to try this delicious food without your amiable guidance. Highly recommend for authentic Italian food, friendly service and comfortable solo dining.

Absolutely fantastic food, warm and welcoming service by Maurizio and all the staff, and cosy atmosphere

I can't begin to express how delighted I am with this experience, from the moment I walked in and was greeted by a joyfull and precious young lady, to the food being served in what can only be described as record time and being so delicious. Wonderful experience and would definitely return here.

We were offered a welcoming short wine tasting by a brilliant young sommelier and learned about four new-to-us wines! This was free! We then started with the friarelli -- a dish I've only ever had in Italy -- turnip greens sautéed in olive oil and garlic -- fresh and delicious. Next was the pappardelle with country mushrooms and Tuscan sausage in a cream sauce -- velvety and unctuous! The 'Lord Orly' pizza with a thin, crispy crust, spicy n'juda tomato sauce, anchovies and olives might be one of the best pizzas I have ever eaten (although I tried the Larda Bianca and that is also delicious!) Our Barolo wine, a Valipocelli was a very wise choice (sommelier advice) to accompany the pizza -- it was strong, with a balance of tannins and dark fruit. We ended with the dessert 'Nutella Bella' with chocolate hazelnut spread generously across the pizza dough. The service was warm and friendly, the Patron, Maurizio, was welcoming and the atmosphere genial. I think Maurizio's is my new favourite Cambridge restaurant!

Great experience- Maurizio was engaging and helpful and helped me to build a meal the perfect size for dining on my own. One of their chefs was training out front and very helpful and ending as well. Wine was lovely, past was perfectly cooked, sauce was flavourful. I think the only possible improvement was the tomatoes in the caprese- not the rich, deep red I’d like to see but the accompanying buffalo mozzarella was soft and melt in your mouth. Excellent! Clean, cute bathroom with some humour and a bit of positive affirmation too- lovely touch. When I later met Sweet, we had an amazing chat. I’ll definitely come back next time I’m in Cambridge. 7 out of 5 for atmosphere 🍷

Really weird experience. A while after ordering, we were told our group of 6 was too big, had ordered too many pasta dishes (5), and we needed to order a sharing pasta instead. With different dietary requirements and tastes, this didn't work for us. We couldn't understand why we needed to do this, and there was no warning on the menu or when our order was being taken. After several rounds of back and forth with the waiting staff (they were doing their best), we were told that the owner was adamant that we couldn't order 5 different mains, then later that if we really insisted they were willing to do it, but it would be at least a 45 minute wait. We'd already waited a while at this point so paid for our drinks and left. Still don't understand what happened, it's not a tiny restaurant so making five dishes shouldn't be unreasonable? We were the only table sat in our section on a Saturday evening, so expected better service. Edit: for the avoidance of doubt, I want to clarify that the wait time quoted wasn't the issue for us, it was just the final straw particularly given how it was delivered ('if you're really insistent on having different dishes...'). If we had been told before/when ordering (or shortly after) that there would be a wait as the owner suggests, it would have been fine. We really took issue with being told 2-3 times that it was impossible to have what we originally ordered. That conversation had already taken a long time and the experience had been soured, which is why we didn't want to wait longer. There were so many opportunities to explain the options we had that were missed and resulted in us feeling really confused and let down.

The absolute kindest staff! We were there to celebrate a birthday and the whole team made us feel right at home there- we were so appreciative. Highly recommend for a fun night in Cambridge with relaxed atmosphere and delicious food!

Amazing pizza, pasta and service. We will be back.

Fantastic meal. Food was amazing, the service was so friendly and helpful, and it was a lovely atmosphere. Would highly recommend

Fantastic pasta and the homemade chocolate salame(it's not meat) but it is the best sweet I've had in 4 years!! Absolutely recommend

Delicious food and lovely service!

An amazing pizza and great service from Grace and Stefano 👍🙂🥰

Great little Italian spot! Can tell they care about their food and ingredients.

We're so glad we skipped the restaurants in town and choose this delightful Italian restaurant on Mills Road. The food was authentic and delicious - possibly the best pizza we've ever had! The staff were warm and friendly and the Italian chef made everyone feel special. We totally recommend this restaurant.

Me and my family had a splendid time at the Italian restaurant it was so lovely, they were so accommodating - we had the misto board, Italian stallion, proshiuto and fungi, pesto pasta. All of which were delectable!!! Because it was my son’s graduation, the owner gave us all a shot of lemoncello on the house (: thank you for the lovely dining experience!

Visited with a friend on a Saturday evening (22 June) as several friends/colleagues had recommended it. We had high hopes and were looking forward to visiting. I don't usually post reviews but got to say we were extremely unimpressed. We arrived about 8.30pm and were shown to a table and given menus. We were then abandoned/ignored for around 25 minutes. Nobody came to take a drinks/food order, despite it being quiet - most other people had already eaten. We tried getting the waitresses' attention and even shouted over but were still ignored. We were about to leave when the waitress eventually came to take our food order. We had to point out that we still wanted drinks as she only offered to take food orders. The food then arrived very quickly. We ordered a garlic bread pizza as a starter but our mains (two pasta dishes) arrived without any mention of the garlic bread, which we eventually received as an addition to the mains rather than a starter. The food wasn't good - the pasta tasted like it was out of a packet with a sauce quickly thrown on it. Both mains were served on a pizza-type plate rather than bowl so the presentation was also unimpressive. We both said we could have made the meal ourselves at home for a fraction of the price. In fact, the olives were the best part of the meal. We quickly finished and ordered the bill. It overall had a 'kids left in charge' feel to it - very unprofessional and amateurish, to say it's not exactly the cheapest of restaurants. It was not what we were expecting. The images of food on the website are very different to what we were served so maybe it was a particularly bad day. We certainly won't be returning and have informed our other friends/colleagues that it's very much gone down hill. There are plenty of better options in the Mill Road area, Beduoin is a particular favourite.

Mark B (1 review) Visited with a friend on a Saturday evening (22 June) as several friends/colleagues had recommended it. We had high hopes and were looking forward to visiting. I don't usually post reviews but got to say we were extremely unimpressed. We arrived about 8.30pm and were shown to a table and given menus. We were then abandoned/ignored for around 25 minutes. Nobody came to take a drinks/food order, despite it being quiet - most other people had already eaten. We tried getting the waitresses' attention and even shouted over but were still ignored. We were about to leave when the waitress eventually came to take our food order. We had to point out that we still wanted drinks as she only offered to take food orders. The food then arrived very quickly. We ordered a garlic bread pizza as a starter but our mains (two pasta dishes) arrived without any mention of the garlic bread, which we eventually received as an addition to the mains rather than a starter. The food wasn't good - the pasta tasted like it was out of a packet with a sauce quickly thrown on it. Both mains were served on a pizza-type plate rather than bowl so the presentation was also unimpressive. We both said we could have made the meal ourselves at home for a fraction of the price. In fact, the olives were the best part of the meal. We quickly finished and ordered the bill. It overall had a 'kids left in charge' feel to it - very unprofessional and amateurish, to say it's not exactly the cheapest of restaurants. It was not what we were expecting. The images of food on the website are very different to what we were served so maybe it was a particularly bad day. We certainly won't be returning and have informed our other friends/colleagues that it's very much gone down hill. There are plenty of better options in the Mill Road area, Beduoin is a particular favourite.

The best pizza in Cambridge, and amazing negroni cocktails.

Not very busy - which was a shame. Lovely waiting staff and really really good pizza - Had a Aperil spritz and that was perfect. Hubby had a beer - we will return.

Really great food and service. One of best Italian restaurants I've had a chance to eat in. Definitely recommend, and definitely I'll come back!!

Me and my husband waited 45 mins for two margherita pizzas, olives and green salad. We ordered sparkling water which wasnt available at the restaurant. We ordered at 19:00 and there was no food until second waitress noticed asked us whether we ordered and told her 40 mins ago. The pizza came burnt not charred, nothing special. Tomato sauce is too thick. (tasting too puree like) The salad and olives was ok. The second waitress was nice enough to deduct service charge and apologised from us.

Our first visit tonight. Great tasty Pizzas and drinks, very friendly service and we really liked the ambience! Thank you for a special evening!

Our first visit. Very tasty Pizzas and drinks, very friendly service and we really liked the ambience! Thank you very much for this great experience!

Unfortunately this wasn’t a good experience. I love Italian food and had some expectations but this was a disappointing visit with below average food. The food in general didn’t taste good, my pizza was extremely average to poor with a floppy base and low quality sauce, my friends pizza “couldn’t be more average”, so yes, not the best. Our green salad was boarder-line awful, with a terrible dressing with a very low quality balsamic / olive oil and a very poor mix of ingredients including olives which had almost disintegrated into a fermented mess. With two glasses of (very average - sorry) house wine it cost over 60 pounds and we felt very shortchanged. The waitress was quite patronising as well. We spotted a mistake when we received the bill and they didn’t acknowledge it. Rather, she ignored it when we asked about it and insisted that it’s correct. But when we were about to pay, she took the money off and charged the correct amount. Why not just admit your mistake!? Overall very disappointing!

Great service, delicious food, great homey vibe. They have the best prosciutto ever. 🌸 The mill road fair today they had the Best mulled wine ever!! 🍷

My friends and I had a wonderful experience at Maurizio's celebrating one of our birthdays. Our hostess was incredibly friendly and helpful throughout the dinner service, offering us advice and help with unfamiliar menu items. Despite leaving past closing time, she even offered us all free limoncello shots upon finding out the occassion. As for the food, the la larda bianca pizza and seasonal gnocchi special(which I hope will become a permanent menu item) were exquisite, achieving a rare feat of both perfect texture and incredible taste. As loyal customers of Maurizio's for the last 1.5 years, we have never had a bad experience and it was this outstanding display of both culinary skill and customer service that prompted us to write this review. It is difficult to imagine a better pizzeria than Maurizio's who, in our opinion, serves nothing less than the finest pizza in all of Cambridge.

Honestly the most amazing pizzas in the world. Hand made my an Italian family the traditional way. The Lord Orla pizza ( anchovies, spicy relish , blue cheese and olives ) is simply a masterpiece. And wines all very reasonable and tasty

Came here with my partner on a Friday night. We ordered the mixed antipasti board to share as a starter, then 2 x pizzas (one with anchovies and capers, the other with gorgonzola and giancale). We were a bit disappointed with the antipasti - it was expensive and could have done with some olives, relish, etc. But the pizzas were amazing! Thin and crispy and so much flavour in the toppings. I would go as far as to say they were the best pizzas we’ve had in Cambridge. Overall it was a lovely evening and wouldn’t hesitate to eat here again in future.

Amazing for venues! Had our cheerleading annual dinner there and the food and service was impeccable! ◡̈

My favourite Italian spot in Cambridge. Food is excellent, atmosphere is warm and service is great.

A warm and welcoming ambiance to celebrate a family birthday. As close to a genuine taste of Italy as possible. We will return soon.

6 of us went for my husbands birthday. Staff very friendly and attentive. Food was delicious and home made. Will definitely go back.

Amazing food and perfect service! My new favourite restaurant in Cambridge.

Warm and friendly service with quality Italian food and wine. Particularly recommend the tiramisu.

Delicious pizza and house wine. Wonderful place for a simple and delicious dinner.

Excellent food, service and negronis!

Last night I went to Maurizios for an evening event with music and drinks. The night started well I bought a number of drinks and me and my friends were having a good time. Later in the evening the owner/Mum of the business came up to me and was like “who are you?! Why are you here”. And asked me to leave which I said I would straight away. As I was waiting she proceeded to be really rude and start talking to other guests behind my back and pointing… My friend was in the toilet and I just waiting for her and then leaving. The whole family then became really hostile as we were leaving, baring in mind we had done NOTHING wrong and had been good guests all night, and bought lots of drinks. As I left 2 guys from the event tried to fight me and intimidate me. Which was super scary. They also chased another of my friends down the road and hit him, he now has ice on his face and arm?!?! The whole family are cracked out and super rude. The pizza is good, it’s just a shame the restaurant is ran by the wannabe Mafia. 1/5 don’t go unless you wna get intimidated, spoken about and beat up. EDIT: I didn’t use ANY foul language and I didn’t knock anything off your counter. I was nothing but respectful to everyone. The crazy mother/owner is super toxic and riled everyone up for no reason. The only reason I refused to leave was because I was trying to get my friend out the toilet and obviously wasn’t going to leave her in the establishment with a bunch of psychos. My friend is filing a police report after being assaulted. Well done! EDIT 2.0: “we didn’t expect so much drama” the drama was instigated by your staff so I don’t see how it was unexpected. It’s lovely to see you being so professional online! A shame your staff are not like that in person after a couple of drinks.

Attended a cool free event, vibes were good and staff were lovely 🙂

Lovely restaurant great food, welcoming atmosphere and friendly staff :) Highly recommend!!

Brilliant pizza and pasta. Great family run business with high quality service

The owner of the restaurant was rather rude to a group of people, who seemed to be part of a performance, she was also rude to me and my friend. We were asked to leave very abruptly, to what no-one seemed to offer resistance, and pushed while we were gathering and picking up our coats and belongings, while being intimidated by a group of individuals who seemed to be family/staff/regulars, I don’t know, but they appeared to be permitted to stay after the bar was being emptied. They definitely had the complicity of the owner. She however, motivated these youngsters to be openly aggressive in the premises, to the remaining customers, including me and and my friends. She definitely did nothing to stop it happening. I must said I didn’t hear any foul language or witness aggressive behaviour from any of the customers but I did from the staff. The people who had previously been threatening us were then prompted to chase some people in the street after they left from the door. At this point we left as they started shouting at us and we feared for ourselves. But didn’t know until now someone actually got assaulted, I’m appalled by it. I suppose this is part of their policy on ‘We don’t condone any form of violence and equally we’re not responsible for what happens once you’ve left the premises’ but will shout from the door while our staff/family/regulars beat you up. The guys, who were incredibly drunk, were clearly allowed by the owner to be threatening. It was my first time there and I must say that it was scariest night I ever had in Cambridge! The response given by the owner seems incredibly cynical when someone got physically assaulted. Independently of what could had happened earlier. Awful behaviour.

Most qmazing mulled wine ive ever had!!! Definitely a christmas must have

Worst mulled wine I’ve ever had and for £5!

Grest food, great atmosphere. Highly recommended

Buonissimo! Leave convention behind and enjoy a genuine Italian experience. This is not a restaurant - it is an Apertivo bar which means you drink as much as you eat and you take a long time over it. There will be a few home cooked main courses, but sharing a number of 'planks' is a much better way to enjoy the excellent selection of Italian wines. Maurizio is a great host.

What a lovely homely restaurant! We tried the beef ragu pasta and tarantella pizza, both warm and delicious. The tiramisu was also heavenly.

Dined alone. Made very welcome and thoroughly enjoyed my pizza and green salad. Smashing place.

Good tasty food but has gone down hill since I was last there. Had to chase down a waitress every time we wanted something from ordering first drink to getting the bill. Will give it a miss next time.

Delicious pizza. High quality ingredients. Lovely fresh tomato sauce. Takeaway arrived very quickly too

Excellent food great staff and great service I thought I made the best pizza in town but these were amazing

Really nice place. My wife was in an astoundingly difficult mood and they managed to work round it.

We love Maurizio’s the food is epic (particularly the pasta and pizza) the atmosphere is relaxed and fun and the staff are always welcoming.

A great informal atmosphere with friendly staff and tasty food. Feels simple, but in a good way.

The food was great just like the atmosphere. The atmosphere could be a bit more Authentic Italian but overall a good vibe. For the pizza’s there weren’t many options I fancied but they have a large selection of pizza’s and some pasta’s aswell. Dessert was awesome aswell and we even got limoncello on the house (they do it almost all the time so give it a try). But where this restaurant really shines is the helpfulness and the friendliness of the staff. We mainly got served by Lisa and we had such an amazing conversation and she had the best energy I ever felt. She was the sweetest and treated you with upmost care and basically like family. If you’re around go here, have a nice pizza and a cocktail and make sure you chat to the servers if the restaurant is not too busy!!

Authentic Italian food. Tiramisu was exceptional.

This is a very lovely Italian restaurant located on Mill Road, a short walk from either the city centre or railway station. Family-run, passionate and friendly. We all ate pasta, perfectly cooked, al dente, with wonderful accompanying sauces, robust and with a depth of flavour. A nice wine list and range of cocktails, reassuringly Italian! Come here and savour "la dolce vita" in Cambridge. We can't wait to return.

The food was amazing! Perfectly balanced. A welcoming and pleasant atmosphere. Our new favourite place.

A good spot for new and veteran daters. The pizza was the best I've had in Cambs. The gluten free pizza was spot on!

A relaxed, homely restaurant serving some traditional Italian dishes which you'd only find in a place like this. Extensive menu of pizzas, cocktails and Italian wines.

I booked Maurizio’s for my friend’s birthday and we had a lovely evening. The service was friendly and efficient - we all ordered pizzas (mine was a “hey gorgeous” with salami and Gorgonzola and was delicious). Amy new favourite spot for pizza in Cambridge!

We came as a group of friends and the service was super friendly until we'd ordered when it disappeared. The food took quite some time and we were all really hungry when the first plates appeared. Everyone at the table got their dishes and I was told that my pizza would be there presently. One of our numbers had finished their dish when my pizza finally arrived. It didn't have extra mushrooms as ordered but I was too hungry to make it a thing. I took a photo after one slice - no shrooms. After the main, we ordered two puddings to share and that's when a really pervasive sewage stench started wafting over. The waiter got us a candle after we mentioned it but it didn't help and we left pretty quickly after dessert because that stench was overpowering - the tiramisu was nice but it was accompanied by l'eau résiduelle which cut into the enjoyment. There was some confusion about the bill, luckily one of us had calculated very well so we didn't agree to overpay. That said I paid the extra mushrooms that never made it onto my long awaited pizza because I just wanted to leave. Pity, this started out so promising and fizzled out into smelly confused disappointment.

Excellent Service, Authentic Pizza…. From the moment we walked in, we were warmly greeted by staff, and throughout the meal, Lois our server, provided top-notch customer service. She was incredibly attentive, always making sure we had everything we needed and ensuring our dining experience was perfect. The highlight of the evening was undoubtedly the pizza. It transported me back to Italy with its authentic taste and flavour. The secret, I believe, lies in the fresh ingredients they use, which make every bite a burst of deliciousness. I am already craving another visit to savour that mouth-watering pizza again!. The only minor inconvenience we encountered was the lack of an on-site car park, as the restaurant is situated in the high street. However, this was quickly resolved as we discovered off-street and other nearby lanes offering convenient parking options.

I do recommend this restaurant for almost every ocassion. It is usually crowded by young people and students but still an excellent option if looking for good ambience. I have used the takeaway service quite a lot of times and I can assure that nor the quality of the servings or the service gets compromised. Be back soon!

Lovely Italian restaurant with a family ambiance. We had some pizza and pasta, starting with a bruschetta. All of it was delicious. Staff were friendly and I loved watching the chef make our pizza while dancing to some tunes on the radio. Good vibes 😎

We called up as it was close to closing time just to check if there was any chance we could still get a meal. The head waitress kindly held the kitchen open for longer for us. Not only this but the food as always was amazing, easily one of if not the best pizza restaurant in Cambridge.

Pretty average I'm afraid and a little on the expensive side. I was looking forward to an Aperol Spritz but decided against it when I saw it was £10. The service was very friendly but a bit slow and disorganised. I was therefore a bit annoyed when service was automatically added on. It should be the customer's choice whether to leave a tip or not. (I know we could ask for it to be removed but who wants to be that person?)

We were meeting our daughter who had booked a restaurant near Maurizio's but was not open. So we went to Maurizio's instead It was good choice The retsuarnt is huge and shabby chic Maurizio is a genial and knowledgeable host We had cocktails to start with and then two pizzas and a salad The food was very good - the pizzas had a thin crust and the toppings were tasty and generous We had a bottle of Gavi to go with the meal The ice cream of 3 different flavours were good We had a very good time here

Simple and straightforward. Good food, friendly service.

Food was very good, came quickly, and the atmosphere here is warm and welcoming.

Lovely food, lovely service. Can’t complain