Piccola Italia in Arun

Came to Piccola last night for a birthday dinner for my fiance. Absolutely blown away with this place! Food was Incredible, atmosphere was perfect and the lady running front of house was so friendly and really made us feel at home. We will be life long visitors

I always enjoy Piccola Resturant. Lovely food. Lovely service. 100% recommend. Love it.

Fabulous authentic Italian food. Would eat here again

Lovely food , always welcome, Littlehamptons little Italian , been using it for over 20 years

Amazing. Oddly not an Italian in sight. Owners are Polish.

I ordered the fillet steak but I'm afraid that I got a sirloin instead of a fillet...Did they think I wouldn't know the difference? Steak was cooked medium rare as ordered and the sauce was lovely. My wife had a lovely seafood pizza which we both enjoyed - we share our food all the time to enhance the experience!

Amazing! proper little authentic Italian place, with the sounds of the Italian music and everything just screams Italy!. No joke if u were to pick up this place and plonk it anywhere it would make money guaranteed and here's why I say this: The staff are so friendly and worth a tip every time I go there. The food is just outstanding and if I'm correct there's only one chef there and how he handles the rains back there is amazing and all the food coming out in such a timely manner as well as piping hot, hats off to him. You get a far bigger portion then other places I've been in the area. Shame I forgot not to get any pics of the food but it all looked great. Will see you again very soon.

I found food tasteless and sauces tasted same for starter and main. Husband enjoyed his pizza. What put me off was the toilets they were disgusting. My shoes stuck to the floor toilet filthy. The sink to wash hands was filthy and they had the cheek to put a notice up to say don't forget to wash hands.Seeing the filthy toilet before eating certainly played a big part in not enjoying the food. I have recently completed chemo so am at risk of infections and if I had seen the toilets would not have visited the restaurant. Please avoid. There is no excuse for this and makes you wonder what the cleanliness in the kitchen is like. Even my husband was shocked by the mens toilets.

Dinner with three others Attentive but not invasive service. Wonderful tasty food and very reasonable prices.

Delicious food at such a great price! Highly reccomend!

GReat authentic food, wonderful wine, excellent to chat with chef and staff.

Fantastic food, very good quality and outstanding service.

Been there 3 times and never a bad meal, great food, very well priced and great service. Nice little gem in littlehampton.

The place is small, but the welcome is good. The food is good, unfortunately the carbonara needs to be reviewed. It is NOT a real carbonara and inevitably disqualifies its quality. I would recommend anyone who is in the kitchen to take a crash course in REAL ITALIAN CUISINE.

Food and service top notch , unfortuanately I feel the venue needs some investment as the toilets with the sticky floors and stained wc let it down, Also an open kitchen should be up to date and spotless. Please don't consider this a negetive post but an honest observation . The food and service were spot on and would not be put off going again

Lovely food, I had the mushroom, olive and red pepper risotto, will definitely have it again 😋

We love this authentic resturant. We have taken friends and family there and we go there on special occasions, birthdays and aniveraries. The food is so good.

This place is so warm and friendly, you almost feel part of the family, the food is authentic Italian, delicious and plentiful. Recommended

Food, service & atmosphere spot on - as always. Our favourite place for Italian but you've got to book early.

Great place to eat friendly staff good service.at good prices recommended

This darling little restaurant is incredible. The flavour is not compromised by large portion sizes and the prices are incredible. Visually, it’s a stunning place. It’s small and intimate, definitely great for date nights, couples or small evenings with friends. We genuinely loved our visit and would 100% return!

Probably the best place I’ve ever eaten. The service is amazing with happy smiles and the food is absolutely beautiful. I will always come here and always tell everyone how amazing it is. Thank you so much.

Comfy and homely. Very pleasant service. I didn't like the beer, but there was plenty to eat and the prices were reasonable. A great place to meet friends and relax.

We love coming to Piccola Italia. It is a small cosy restaurant, with excellent service, tasty food and always very reasonably priced

Nice little place food was very good, pudding was yummy ,very well priced definitely be going again

Very lovely food and cozy restaurant, great value as well. Staff are very friendly!

Excellent tiny trattoria, great value for good food.

Melt in the mouth steak! Lovely family run italian

Amazing food, generous portions and great value - underpriced in my opinion Service is always extremely pleasant and jolly The atmosphere and decor takes you to a small Italian town. Great place where one can experience different culture In photo - one of my favourite starters - avocado mozzarella and tomato- Italian flag salad - so cheap but so big and delicious!

Typical old fashioned trattoria. Perfect garlic mushrooms, lasagne and arabiatta. Freshly cooked, very friendly. Would defo recommend.

Food was nice, service was slow.

Great little Italian restaurant/cafe, very popular with the locals, service with a smile, I had the lasagne which was delicious, and not too expensive

First time visit. Ordered two plates of penne pasta, cheesy garlic bread and tiramisu. Fantastic value, large plates of pasta. Desserts were inexpensive, smaller portions. Home cooked style food, served fresh. Friendly staff. If you're going on a Saturday evening, be sure to book as it's very busy and you'll likely need a reservation. Will definitely go back.

I liked the food. It had a home cooked feel. Will go back.

Close your eyes, and you could be in Italy. The food is not just good, but very consistent. Good service and a nice atmosphere.

Always a warm welcome. Gets very busy most evenings so may need to book . Food always tastes good. Tiramisu is worth taking away if you can't fit in pudding.

Amazing as ever, highly recommend

Loved this restaurant, smashing food & staff superb xx

Fantastic welcome and the food and staff are amazing.

We went here on Friday evening with friends. Loved the atmosphere, the food and service. Always had great food here and look forward to going back soon

This is the perfect little restaurant for an evening with family and friends. Our four main meals were outstanding and we cannot rave enough about how good [& different] the pizza was. A lovely place at sensible prices with excellent service.

Lovely steak there, just a little over cooked but still very nice 👌🏻

Gorgeous proper Italian food at very reasonable prices.

A real gem. We decided to try somewhere different and the service and food great and prices really good. What a lovely Italian restaurant. The bruschetta was really tasty with goat's cheese and pesto. The olive, mushroom and pepper risotto deliciously creamy and thoroughly enjoyable. Will definitely be going back.

Was a lovely evening with friends, great food will definitely go again.

Amazing food, lovely atmosphere

Great local Italian. Extremely friendly place to eat

A relaxing and totally Italian atmosphere with very good quality products.

Small family run Italian restaurant, excellent quality great dishes fine wines with real atmosphere similar to a Italian small town local restaurant. Highly recommend especially the steaks garlic bread, ok , everything.

An amazing place! Would highly recommend to everyone. The portions are huge and amazingly cheap for great hot and delicious food which has never had any complaints from any of the family! It appears to be family ran and has a great authentic atmosphere with trinkets of Italy decorating the resturant.

Dinner for four. Food was superb. Service also superb. This little restaurant really is a gem. Try them for yourselves. Based on our experience, you won't be disappointed. Prices are going up everywhere of course, and eating out can be expensive. So it's ever more important to choose the restaurant carefully. We paid approx £160 for four starters, four mains (3 of them were fillet steaks), wine, drinks, 2 deserts, and coffees - given the quality of food and service, I think that's very good value. Highly recommended.

My 81st B/day meal with my wife and a lovely evening it was, The ambience is of old Italy and the music blended in well with not to heave volume. The menu was mainly Italian and the service wasvery good. It was Friday evening and reserved tables filled up quickly. An excerlent birthday e ending meal.

Have eaten here many times always amazing tasty hot meals. And a great small Italian restaurant.

Delicious food and excellent service. Couldn't fault it. We stayed a long time in the convivial atmosphere

Nice atmosphere. Food was sub standard. The prawn cocktail was more sauce hardly any prawns. Ordered chicken with cream and white wine . Had one small piece of chicken on the plate and the so called salad consisting of lettuce and tomato was in the sauce making it soggy. Chips undercooked. Overall very dissapointing.

Unassuming, really tasty authentic food, and great value.

Naprawdę pyszna pizza. Miła obsługa.

Small intimate restaurant with amazing food. Would definitely recommend and would go back again if staying in the area.

To dine here has been consistently an enjoyable and splendid experience. The service and food was excellent. Alexia took very good care of us. Would recommend this restaurant to anyone.

Great Restaurant, lovely people, brilliant value for money. The House red is great.

Staff very rude and food wasnt what we ordered then when we complained we were kicked out of the restaurant wont be going back there again they use fresh salmon not smoked but used fresh not whats on the menu

Lovely meal and friendly staff. Very reasonable prices. Would recommend.

Great food . I had steak the sauce was abit salty . Service very good .

Great place. They have a great menu and the staff were so friendly and nice. 100% would go again.

Been here twice now! Love it! A wonderful little family business with super friendly staff and delicious food for very good prices!

I should have warned. The menu didn't call it 'Penne all'Arrabbiata', but 'Penne arrabbiata', so the chef was clearly not Italian. The penne was really overdone, instead of 'al dente', and it was drowning in too much sauce, that tasted more as tomato ketchup (way too sweet) than as tomato sauce. It was spicy, but I wonder if this came from dried chili peppers, or just chili powder.

Food hot & delicious. Good sized portions. Service good. We went on recommendation & reviews. Very reasonably priced. Would recommend.

Wonderful steak, great atmosphere.

Friendly staff, excellent food. A new favourite 💗

Very nice place . Don't be put off by the outside. Inside is very Italian. Great food good value for money .

Delicious food and very good service. I will return

Had the Calzona and it was amazing. Lovely little place and very welcoming service.

Great family run restaurant with simple but delicious food and always a very warm welcome

Really enjoyed our Italian meal out on a Monday evening when most local restaurants were closed. Two starters, pate and authentic Italian bread and salad garnish, Calzone and Salmon pasta for mains, side salad, A carafe and two glasses of wine, two coffees, all for £55. When I congratulated the chef/owner on our lovely meal he said "if you're happy, I'm happy!" Says it all.

Never been before friends booked it. Great authentic food lots of it and reasonable price .our new go to Italian. Only criticism need to have facility to tip staff on credit card ,as service was great but had no change .

Good food and service. Always very welcoming.

Always very accommodating. Also the food is always cooked fresh and beautifully presented. A little gem in Littlehampton.

This is our favourite place it's just amazing

Always great food and always well looked after, if you have not tried Piccola then you need to visit as it will become your goto place.

Nice long established homely Italian themed restaurant. The decor is twee the service is efficient and friendly . It is popular and the most reliable restaurant in the town centre. Handy for Riverside walk to or from the expansive beach and not overly expensive

Great little Italian restaurant, very atmospheric, and the food is delicious. Friendly helpful staff, and very good value for money.

Fantastic meal. Lovely atmosphere

This place had been highly recommended... and rightly so! A friend and I visited on a Wednesday evening. Easy parking outside. Reasonably priced menu, delicious food, excellent side salad. I might have been tempted to a chicken dish if vegetables had been available rather than salad or chips. I had Lasagna, my friend Pizza. Served with a lovely smile.

Just had an amazing meal, totally authentic Italian food, freshly cooked with fantastic flavours. Thoroughly recommend 👌

The food is impeccable, but it would be nice to be seated on a table that we actually booked 2 days prior. We went in and found our table taken by someone else and all we received was a "sorry", but in my opinion we should have gotten at least something small, complimentary as the apology. Otherwise the staff is really nice.

My family and I have been going to Piccola for almost 15 years now, ever since I was 6 years old! Their food is so delicious and always beautifully fresh but their service and atmosphere is what keeps us going back every time we visit! The owners and all their staff are so kind, I will never stop coming to Piccola! Order the garlic bread to start and the casa nostra pizza!! delicious!!

Fantastic service and food. Lovely atmosphere 😃

Great restaurant with great food and friendly staff. Has been here for so long which shows how good it is

Good food with a pleasant service and nice location. Superb value for money but usually need to book in advance

Excellent food and service, but evening spoilt slightly by the fact I was followed outside after leaving payment and informed that we don’t take old £20 notes ( despite still being legal tender till September 22) made me feel a bit like a criminal, but nevertheless will still return

Beautiful meal, Great authentic ambience, friendly staff/service. Well recommended.

Fantastic food, great portion sizes and very reasonable prices. The restaurant's atmosphere was lovely and authentic as well.

My husband and I went to Piccolo for his 60th birthday. Truly would recommend this venue. Best food we have had in a long time. Great service and excellent food.

What a very nice restaurant. We had a pleasant evening. The food and service was excellent and the general ambience relaxed and friendly. Would very much recommend.

Lovely traditional trattoria, really felt like being in a side street in Rome or Florence. Great food and friendly service. Only shame they couldn't give us an Italian summer evening as well 😃. Highly recommended restaurant!

Fab food and service. Family run. Reasonably priced. Lovely atmosphere

Simple food full of flavour and beautifully presented. Friendly and worth a visit.

Very friendly. The food is superb, great value aswell. Highly recommend.

It’s a nice and warm Italian place. Loved it!

Lovely friendly little restaurant. Had amazing king prawns to start then a spinach and ricotta tortellini in mushroom sauce. Devine. My husbands pizza was huge with plenty of toppings (you can design your own from a list of toppings he had chilli beef and sweetcorn added). We shared a lovely bottled of Chianti. Excellent meal. Thankyou