Misto in South Lakeland

Had some excellent food here on our trip to Ambleside, highly recommend it! The lasagne was incredible...

Lovely place, food is delicious and really enjoyable. We had two mains from the dinner menu - the chicken wrapped in prosciutto with mash and it was honestly unbelievable. Would recommend to all my friends in the area!

Our first visit to Misto and it won’t be our last. We popped in early doors to see if we could book a table, they don’t take bookings but we were told our requested time of 8pm wouldn’t be a problem and indeed it wasn’t, it was quite and we were warmly welcomed. We enjoyed a fabulous spicy pizza with delicious nduja and amazing chicken stuffed with sage and wrapped with prosciutto, served with spinach and pesto mash, absolutely delicious. I take exception to a previous review that said the staff were ‘very friendly and quite young which doesn’t always go hand in hand’, ageist at its best. Great service, friendly and genuine, an absolute cut above the rest. We can’t believe we’ve not been here before, so looking forward to a return visit. Highly recommended.

What a great little find in Ambleside.The restaurant itself is lovely and the staff very attentive but most of all the food was authentic Italian…”just like a mama use to make”! If you are in the area this is the place to eat.

Brilliant Atmosphere 👍, Delicious 😋 Meals at Reasonable Price. Excellent Place overall.

A disappointing return visit. My lasagne was superb as usual. My wife ordered the chicken Caesar salad without the anchovies. Sadly it still tasted of fish which I assume the anchovies were removed from an already made up meal. Never had 1"square pieces of chicken in a chicken Caesar salad before. All restaurants we have dined in have strips of chicken not large lumps. Maybe a word with the chef to enlighten him/her of what a proper salad should be presented like.

We all had homemade soup, delicious with warm bread topped with a lovely bottle of Pinot. Friendly staff, would highly recommend

Lovely restaurant, very attentive and welcoming staff. Food was delicious with plenty of choice. Willl definitely return.

The food here is really good, I had the salmon linguine and my other half had the lasagna, we both left extremely happy. Friendly and quick service, will definitely return the next time we are in Ambleside.

We enjoyed our meal here.. staff were exceptionally, even though busy, they remained attentive ❤️

Visited for lunch when it was super busy on the bank holiday weekend. The poor staff are really busy so we waited a while for food and drinks to be served. We ate from a lunch menu so sample the Italian fare. The portions were big and it was ok food. Prices are not low but that’s to be expected for the area.

Friendly service and reasonably priced

Excellent pizza, chips & Peroini.

Super breakfast again today, served with a beautiful smile from Claire. Piping hot just as i like It!!

Great food friendly staff and made our dog very welcome

Nipped in to grab some breakfast on my break, isn't something I'd spend on a bacon and sausage butty normally but wanted to treat myself, how they think charging just shy of a tenner for unedible bacon and cold sausage on a barm is beyond me, the server was friendly at least. Very disappointing

Food was amazing!! Best lasagna we’ve ever tasted! Will definitely return on our next visit

Misto never disappoints, consistently the best pasta in Ambleside, great service from the friendly safe. Always accommodatin and willing to help

A warm welcome even though we hadnt booked. Great food, great service, great atmosphere and great value - whats not to like !

Friendly staff, decent portions. Very tasty toastie, good bread and not your usual panini. Toilets very clean.

One of the best restaurants we visited in Lakes. Their homemade soup 🍲 , pizza 🍕 , pasta 🍝 , and baked potatoes 🥔 are delicious 🤤 and highly recommended.

Food and service are excellent!

The best pepperoni pizza of my life.

We popped in here for dinner on a Friday night where we were staying in Ambleside for the weekend. We had the garlic mushroom starter (very nice) and 2 pizzas for mains. Pizzas were nice, although a bit floppy in the middle. I had a tiramisu for pudding which was full of coffee flavour but not boozy at all. I still enjoyed it, but have had much better. Service was good from a relatively young team of staff.

The food was really excellent, my mum is coeliac and had a great meal and it was handled perfectly. The servers were lovely and it had a good atmosphere. Would definitely return.

Excellent food, friendly staff.

Stunning lunch in beautiful (but wet) Ambleside

Happened to pass this restaurant in the afternoon. Looked well presented, so we went for early evening meal. Could not fault anything, the staff extremely pleasant & the food really nice. 10 out of 10.

Excellent restaurant in Ambleside. Great food and ambience. Everything was absolutely scrumptious. Loved the pasta, pizza and the Funghi mushroom starter is a delight!

Lovely food. Good value. Good atmosphere. Friendly staff. Said there would be a wait on food, and there really wasn’t - only waited 25mins from entering restaurant to getting food.

Slow service. Bad coffee. Warm coke

Called here without a reservation and although busy were greeted in a friendly manner and show. To a table. Staff were friendly and efficient and food was lovely, in fact one of the best lasagne I have tasted! Would definitely recommend

Nice staff, great pizza and linguine!

The food is under the average, and the service is very slow.

The food was not up to our expectation, the pizza was not made of real dough, from first glance would tell it is made from white flat bread, crust burn, pasta pisto was a shock as i did not feel the tangling taste of pisto. would not try it again definitely

such lovely people! so polite and friendly, the food was very good too, and didn’t take long at all!

The food is very nice and delicious and the reception is very nice. I recommend it 👍

Me and my husband have lived in Ambleside for over a year now. First time we can hear we loved it! The second time was today and it was even better!! The staff were super friendly and helpful. Will be back again soon! ☺️

Food was great, music a bit loud, staff lovely.

Wonderful restaurant in Ambleside, definitely worth going if you fancy some italian food. Our server was lovely and food came not too long after we ordered! I personally had a pizza and it was delicious.

We went there for lunch we asked for prawn pasta they said it’s available for dinner menu but they didn’t mind making it for us We got tiger shrimp linguine, margarita pizza, garlic butter shrimp which elevated the rest of the dishes, the food overall was great We also asked for no alcohol or any other meat to touch our food since we eat halal food only and they did not mind whatsoever

Friendly service. Food is good. Pollo chicken was good choice for kids

We came here because it was so highly reviewed unfortunately our experience wasn’t great. We were served promptly and our ordered taken, but that’s the last we saw of our server. They are clearly understaffed to handle the crowds season brings. We waited an hour for our food, as did all the other tables around us, but we didn’t have any member of staff come round for more drinks orders. Food arrived and pastas were ok but the pizza is clearly a frozen one and very undercooked. After an hour of waiting my daughter ate it as we weren’t sure how long the wait would be if we were to send it back given we had just waited an hour and she was hungry. Perhaps reduce the number of tables if you are understaffed to maintain your quality of food and service

Our first time there on a recommendation will definitely return , food was so good .

If you are looking for Italian cuisine, you are in for disappointment. Pizzas are just an insult to what an Italian pizza should be, everything is wrong from the type of bread used to ingredients to the way it’s cooked) I’ve had frozen pizza that were way closer to what a pizza is.. What about pasta ? Again don’t expect Italian pasta, Pesto will be with parsley instead of basil etc .. needless to say that they are not cooked al dente. Service is fine and fast at least you won’t have to wait to be disappointed.

Great place to eat! Quick service, tasty food, great prices

It is such a lovely place. The meal I had was the chicken with panko and parmesan crust was tasteless and the linguine with tomato sauce was bitter. My husband's meal was lovely. It was such a shame.

The best Italian restaurant I have tasted in Britain, the lasagna is legendary

Probably one of the friendliest places we've had a coffee. Coffee and scones were also 5*.

We walked in without a booking and they found us a table. Food was all excellent and reasonably priced. The staff were super friendly.

Staying in Ambleside and asked for a table off the street in a Monday evening. Staff were very accommodating, despite clearly being busy, and found us a table away from the door. We both ordered lasagne and appreciated it was freshly cooked to order and they were busy, so there was a little wait. Wow, it was worth it. Absolutely delicious, piping hot and tasty. We had decided to have a main and dessert but then overheard that the tiramisu was not on the menu, so were disappointed. Someone was sent to get some mascarpone and we were delighted to be able to order it for our dessert shortly afterwards. Again, absolutely delicious and divine. I simply couldn’t fault this place. The staff were all engaging, happy and willing to look after you. Smiles all round. We will return when we are back in the area. Don’t miss it.

This is the best restaurant I have ever been in. The food was excellent but most of all the staff could not be more obliging. My wife wanted a Tiramasu which they had run out of but rather than saying they run out. They sent someone out to buy Mascaponi cheese from the local shops which they found in the 3rd shop. They asked if everything was OK and meant it. Full marks for everyone

If you're in Amberside and love 🇮🇹 Italian food, this is the place to go! 😋 Me and the wifey started with the Antipasti, then had the pollo milanese, which was HUGE! 😱 I was so stuffed, I had to skip dessert. 😅 The staff was super friendly and helpful too! 👍🏼 Thank you for a wonderful meal! 🍝🍷 #AmbersideEats #ItalianFoodHeaven #PolloMilaneseGoals

A very popular restaurant that just does not disappointed! Food was excellent and staff were very friendly and helpful. Do try the gnocchi, it was fabulous!

Ate here twice during our recent trip to Ambleside. Busy restaurant, can't book unfortunately so come early to ensure table, you can order a takeaway. Both times the meals were superb, had both pizzas and pastas which were very tasty, piping hot, excellent desserts too. Very reasonably priced, good friendly service, thoroughly recommend.

Very good Italian food and drink , good service , suitable for veggi , vegan & gluten free . Right in the middle of town . Warm atmosphere

Visited Misto on Sunday evening. Walk in , no reservations taken. Really helpful and friendly staff. 5 stars. Comprehensive Italian menu. Antipasto sharing board was very good. Mains both delicious. Well worth a visit

Hmm. It was okay. Mozzarella and tomatoes for starter. Weirdly it came.on a bed of rocket with CHERRY tomatoes. Had this dish many times and never had cherry tomatoes before served with it. The mozzarella was superb but because.of the unusual flavour of the tomatoes it wasn't great, and nowhere near the nine pounds price point. Main was chicken in a panko-type coating with the chicken beaten flat like an escalope. The chicken was not very flat and the coating just fell off. When pressing the fork into the escalope the fat was dripping off. Again, tasted okay but not great. Tasted like it was deep fried so the chicken was both greasy and dry simultaneously. My opinion is this is a typical tourist restaurant where the price is high and the quality is not quite a match, although I'm happy to concede I could have been unlucky. . Maybe we were just unlucky as it has a high rating on Google, and my wife enjoyed her meal greatly. The staff were awesome. Very accommodating, friendly, and service was fast. The venue itself is very accessible, well decorated and quite comfortable, situated in the middle of Ambleside. I'd certainly give it a second go just based on the great customer service. Number of views to date= 9.8m.

We arrived here on spec, but were really well looked after. My partner had the sweet and spicy special pizza which she really enjoyed, and I had one with mushrooms and truffle oil I think. The service was great and I really liked the general ambience of the place. There was a bit of an error on our bill, but it was very quickly resolved.

This place had delicious food and lovely staff and service with great prices - we ordered a couple of starters and a pizza and a pasta and everything was delicious and hot, and the servers were friendly and welcoming :)

Delicious food and wonderful, friendly staff. We would definitely go back next time we're in Ambleside!

Excellent restaurant. Highly recommended. The gluten free pizza was so good I had to check with the waitress that it was actually gluten free. My son had a Margherita which he really enjoyed.

Great swrvice, good food, friendky staff, spot on.

Brilliant service and excellent food. Walk-ins only. Would particularly recommend the goats cheese bruschetta to start.

Incredible meal here at Misto, service was absolutely outstanding and we will no doubt be back next time we're in the Lake District!

Everything I ate was delicious!

At Ambleside for a day and night. Saw this place on Google. Lovely small restaurant, great atmosphere, food was absolutely fantastic. We had melted goat cheese and caramelised onions on brushetta for starters. Mains we had king prawns linguine, vegetarian pizza and a bowl of chunky chips. The pizza was just lovely, stone baked, good amount of toppings thin and crispy. The King Prawn linguine was also very nice, very generous on the prawns, nice and creamy sauce. Chips were crispy and fluffy inside. Highly recommend this place.

We very much enjoyed our evening here.

Excellent restaurant! Last Saturday evening we found ourselves without a reservation for dinner in Ambleside and thought we'd chance our luck here. We were greeted to a friendly welcome and told availability would be 15mins or so, so waited outside. Ended up talking to another couple waiting who said this place doesn't actually take bookings so you can tell its popular if a short queue outside the door! Once seated, attentive staff for drinks and food. Wide range of choices on the menu and most importantly, food was delicious! Shout out to Tanya for top service. Would recommend!

Absolutely loved it! Food was lovely and arrived quickly, all the staff were welcoming and friendly. I had the gluten free pizza and it was wonderful, definitely recommend.

Good very nice and staffs are so friendly. We had a great time here.

Exquisite thin-crust pizza, delicious tiramisu. Very friendly staff and nice atmosphere. Very highly recommended :)

Fabulous food, great service - would highly recommend

Fantastic food, service and delicious wine! A great spot :)

Not great experience at all. Order was completely wrong and the food that arrived was awful made my pregnant wife sick. Also overpriced for something that wasn’t even enjoyable.

Delicious food and very good service. Would recommend.

Amazing food - would highly recommend. The portion sizes were great along with the service! Absolutely would go again.

Beautiful meal with fantastic service highly recommend 👌🏼

If you are local to Ambleside or Staying for a getaway this is the Italians to go to, Lovely staff and amazing food.

Best food we ate while we where in the lakes,

Excellent service,lots of different selections on the menu,lovely atmosphere and lovely staff,would recommend a visit

Ok what can I say the staff was great the food was good the starter was good but the pizza was soggy and you can tell it was cook in an oven not a pizza oven over all pretty cheap would come again

Fantastic great food amazing service

Exceptional food quality paired with attentive staff. I highly recommend the incredible margarita and pepperoni pizza. Don't forget to try the chips with their homemade garlic mayo – absolutely delicious!

A good experience overall. Very efficient service by professional staff. Had the rib-eye steak which was cooked perfectly. Partner had pasta chicken dish which she said was brilliant, the only issue was the fact there was a chunk of salmon in with the chicken which was a surprising and unexpected as it shouldn't have been in there. It was the same size and shape as the other chicken chunks, covered in sauce so was hidden.

Was going in for take-out, they made it very fast and the place has a nice atmosphere, they provide free ment chocolates afterwards. The pizza could've been better, the pasta was too thin

Food was good would definitely return.

Lovely. Great atmosphere, nice food. The anchovies were particularly good. No parking at all!

Fantastic Italian restaurant in the very popular Ambleside. After a brief wander around the centre we really liked the look of Misto and got a table on walk-in for lunch (before the restaurant got very busy by 2pm). All staff were very friendly and prompt with their service. The interior style is quirky modern and cosy, and there was a nice atmosphere and buzz of people chatting and all enjoying their meals. The food was excellent and very reasonably priced. I was particularly impressed to find gluten free gnocchi (first time in a UK restaurant in +20 years), and the gluten free pizza base was one of the best I have had (we even overheard another person double checking their pizza was definitely gluten free as they said it was so good). I would go out of my way to go here again, a very nice place and overall dining experience!

Just had a delightful meal and night out here . Lovely food hot and tasty. A solid 10 out of 10 staff really pleasant too

Had a really good dinner here. The chicken Milanese with gnocchi was excellent!

Great Italian, really nice pizza and pasta. Book though as can be busy.

Cosy atmosphere, great food, and the best service. It's definitely a place to go when you are in Ambleside

Lovely little place. We didn't have a booking but there was a table available. There were 2 ladies working on the floor both very friendly. Service was quick and efficient. Food was great! Definitely recommend a visit!

Faultless food Faultless service Faultless atmosphere Excellent and simple menu. No reservation approach worked very well for us. So good went back 2 days later, and still faultless.

Waited outside for 10 minutes. Ordered food waited 45 minutes before a server came over and told us they didn't receive our order in the kitchen. Complimentary drinks received . 7/10

Coming from New York City, amazing Italian food has always been hard to find. Also, as a celiac - gluten free pasta has been an additional hardship but I genuinely HIGHLY recommend Misto. Not only was the service incredible but the food from beginning to end was amazing. For starters, we got the king prawns and the Camembert. Both items were great and mixing the two together was game changer. They even have gluten - free bread to pair with on the side. For mains, I got the king prawn linguine (as the gluten free option, they only have penne which is still great) and we got the Pollo Milanese with linguine (not gluten free but still 10/10). As a bonus even though we were way too full, we got the Vesuvio gluten free pizza and took it to go. Highly recommend and service/vibe/wine/music was to die for!

Highly highly highly recommend. Did not think we could get great Italian food like this in the Lake District. Fresh and hot food and attentive customer service. Be sure to visit if you’re here. We came in the evening (8pm), so was nice and quiet.

Very enjoyable meal at Misto. Staff is very helpful and works so hard. No reservations, just walk-ins, so expect to wait a while if it's busy. We waited 40 mins before being seated indoors. It's worth a visit as there are a few choices for something different.. Didn't get a 5 star because it is not exactly authentic Italian food, but it's very tasty.

A little gem. Great food, service, atmosphere and price. Couldn’t fault it. Loved it. We’ll be back!,