Pizza Margherita in Lancaster

Fantastic food, lovely atmosphere. Already looking forward to our next visit! 😊

Service very disjointed, 3 pizzas arrived on cold plates, we waited for the last meal, which was a volcanic lasagne, so couldn't be eaten straight away . . . We had to ask for our (starter ) of garlic bread, as that had been forgotten, despite some members of staff hanging around. Ditto with coffee order. Spoilt the experience. Food very good though

Delicious Orient pizza, smothered in hoi sin sauce and duck. One of the best pizzas I've had in one of my favourite restaurants. Great friendly service as usual. Been coming for 30 years, for good reason. Wonderful 😁

Very nice pizza and staff are friendly also.

Superb food and service, on a very busy night, I can’t wait too visit again ☺️

Amazing food and service! Felt very looked after by the staff and would definitely recommend. The price was really good for what we had and will be returning for sure 😁

Wonderful food and service. Atmosphere was good but busy. Felt very well looked after by staff. Will be returning for sure!

A nice place. Kind staff. Decent food.

Disappointing 😞. There was no charge for my poor meal, but that's not the point. It would have been good to speak to the person in charge, but she was clearly too busy. It's normally a great place but you are only as good as your last meal.

A gorgeous meal for my Grandma’s 81st birthday. We have been coming for years and it never faults. Great staff and even made us personalised special menus for our celebration. Great food for all. My nieces loved the cobbles, pick and mix and beano pizza. Utterly delicious. A must for any visit to Lancaster. Great pizza, great pasta and delicious desserts!

Service terrible, waited 1hr 10mins for food to be served. Food did not come out altogether and pasta dish did not live upto expectations. No complimentary bread sticks whilst waiting for food . Overall not a good experience.

Fantastic meal. Anna and Rachel where absolutely fabulous. Everyone should treat themselves to a meal here! Great gluten free options

Fabulous authentic quality pizza’s in a relaxed but stylish setting. A firm favourite with our family. Pizza Margherita never fails to deliver a memorable evening 👏👏👏

Had an excellent meal, fantastic service despite it being a very busy New Year's eve. The food was so good with fresh ingredients. The Christmas cobbles special were especially tasty. Excellent service and the manager Ana puts customer service first and foremost. She is wonderful.

Pizza magherita never fails to impress! We brought some friends who live down south for a meal here, and as always they didn’t disappoint. The service is always welcoming, friendly and accommodating. We had range of starters, mains and desserts and not a complaint could be made. I love that you can see the pizzas being made to order and straight into the oven so you know what you are eating is a fresh as can be! I had one of the pastas on the menu and the flavours were just perfect. There is always such a lovely atmosphere there, whether you are going as a family or as a couple you won’t feel out of place. It really does cater to all needs! Our friends from London even commented that it was one of their favourite restaurants that they have been too! We are already looking forward to our next visit.

We have been coming here for years and never had a bad experience, it's now a favourite of our children as well. Good quality food, fantastic staff and service, Ana is a credit to the restaurant. The garlic breads are amazing, as are the pizzas, all made fresh, you can see the chefs hand stretching the dough and using fresh ingredients while you wait, which the children love. The Santa Cristina pasta is a firm favourite, as well as the Cannelloni. The table next to us on our last visit asked what we had, and ordered the Cannelloni herself, later saying that was the best Cannelloni she's ever eaten!! With a wide choice of desserts, there's always something for everyone. Definitely would recommend booking as it gets very busy. Looking forward to many more visits in the coming years 🙂

Went on new years eve after not having been in around 12 years. The pizza had no char to it at all, never seen a more sickly looking pizza. It didn't taste great either. Nothing like the amazing pizzas they used to make. I checked the other pizza's coming out too, it wasn't just mine, all looking like they've been microwaved instead of cooked in a real pizza oven. Tried some of my wife's lasagne, it tasted like a ready meal with added seasoning, and way way way too much cheese. There are classic Italian recipes for a reason, but clearly someone here thinks that they can do better than hundreds of years of traditional cooking. To add to the complete mess of a meal, coincidentally everyone in the family who had the lasagne now has a stomach bug. What the actual hell has happened to this place? It used to be great.

It was OK. The lasagne tasted nice, but the meat was poor quality, very gristley. I found a few arteries in mine which put me off. The cobbles tasted nice but were small.

We are regular diners at Pizza Margherita and have always found the service, the food and the atmosphere excellent. We would also add that we have no connection with the restaurant or staff. For those reading these reviews as a guide, we would suggest they look at the vast majority of opinions, mostly 5 Star, and ignore the very recent negative review. For reasons that do not need to be published in this case, it's important to understand that sometimes, those submitting a review can have an agenda or a grievance that has no connection with the food, the service or the building. (Enough said ?)

We had a fantastic meal, the staff were so friendly and helpful, nothing was too much trouble for them. It was a busy evening but the food came out in a timely manner, we all felt relaxed and not rushed. All the pizzas we had were so authentic, the bases were so fresh and crisp with just the right amount of topping, we could see the chefs hand stretching the dough from our table. Having been to Italy on several occasions, they brought back memories of pizza we ate there . It was lovely to enjoy a really good coffee to finish off our meal too. A wonderful little gem.

Friendly atmosphere, wonderful staff and fantastic fresh food. Our number one choice for Italian in Lancaster.

We've eaten here for 15 years. It is consistently excellent. The Pizza's are delicious and the Lasagne is fantastic. The kids love it too - its super for straight after school, Friday night treat!

Myself and my family visited here before going to Dalton square ice skating we didn’t book so it was by chance that we went. We were welcomed in and taken to a table which was lovely and clean with a Christmassy atmosphere The waitress took our orders and was very chatty and very professional.The food was absolutely gorgeous . All in all we had a fabulous time the restaurant was lovely and clean fantastic staff we would definitely recommend ,this won’t be our last time visiting.

As a regular customer at Pizza Margherita I always especially look forward to their Pizza Noelia and this year’s menu is no exception. I thoroughly enjoyed my pizza and gingerbread cheesecake with cream, yummy. Pizza Margherita is a bright, clean restaurant with professional, friendly staff. Always a pleasure to enjoy my Sunday lunch in a warm, friendly atmosphere

Went in with my daughter before going to the cinema. The atmosphere was great and the service friendly. The food was excellent, pizza's made fresh and dessert was delicious. This is one of my daughter's favourite places to eat.

Lovely meal to celebrate our son's doctorate. Tasty, reasonably priced food and drink, attentive and friendly service and a great ambience. I used to come as a student in the 80s and I still enjoy it. Highly recommended.

Disgusting pasta, tasted like a microwave meal from Aldi. Understaffed. Even though there was a lot of staff there they were more interested in chatting amongst themselves than serving the customers. Waitress got the order wrong, brought the wrong wine. The restaurant was a dirty mess, falling apart inside and out. I could see a lot of pre-made pizza dough, so I know my pizza wasn’t fresh, low quality ingredients, bad atmosphere and terrible management. What an embarrassment. The people of Lancaster deserve better than this half-arsed joke of an “Italian” restaurant. It’s a shame because we always used to love this place in the 90s. It has gone seriously downhill. Don’t waste your money.

Pizza Margarita is our go-to restaurant in Lancaster and we always enjoy our visit but I'm afraid Saturday wasn't the most enjoyable experience. We couldn't fault our waitress. She was rushed off her feet and looked so stressed out. One table walked out. We were in the restaurant longer than we wanted to be. The food was nice except the salad, which was just lettuce leaves that had turned brown. Our waitress was very apologetic and removed the salad from our bill. It's a lovely restaurant, and perhaps more staff/chefs might help.

Been coming here since it opened in 1979 always good food and service, consistent standards doubtless why its still going strong - well worth a visit

Not been here since the 90"s. Even better than I remember. Will return sooner. Lovely food, place and staff.

Was very quiet but the food was lovely

Wonderful hosts for a 60th Party. The food was perfect. The pizzas were tasty. The service was flawless and helped celebrate my mothers 60th. They catered for a gluten free member of the party with delicious pizza. The table was decorated and really added the personal touch to make it special. The staff were friendly and it couldn’t have been improved in anyway. Thank you

Lovely meal and friendly staff I will be going back again

Lovely pizza, staff were very friendly and helpful. Good value for money. Would go again.

Had great Margherita pizza, non garlic bread with sweet chili sauce and one of the best vegan chocolate brownie with ice cream. Great ambiance and great staff. Make sure to pre-book.

Just enjoyed a lovely evening here! The pizzas were great typical Italian style using the best ingredients, service was great we can’t speak French and they were very friendly and helpful when ordering. We’re staying in the area for 2 weeks so will definitely be returning. Thanks for looking after us!

This place was nice it has a nice setting and the food was ok but it was rather on the small side. Was good but I wouldn't go again

This place was alright. The pizzas were bang on and the place was clean. However the service could have been better, no check backs and struggled to get their attention, looks like they where all in the back. Maybe it was a pre-shift briefing.

Not been here for ages as it is a little out of our way on the way home. Came here today as we were passing and realised what we were missing. Service and food was excellent and we will be coming back soon. 😋

Wonderful experience on a relatively short notice booking of 13 children and 2 adults. Excellent value and top food. Thank you.

Very nice, but the pizzas were disappointingly small. They're the same price as a standard pizza but significantly smaller

We had a birthday here which was very well catered for. Reasonable prices and good service.

Good service and staff. Food was decent.

Wonderful pre-show dinner, service and food were fantastic! We will definitely be back again soon.

Gorgeous tasty food, great and happy service. Super experience.

Very nice waitresses but fair: an Italian should not cross the doors of this restaurant... the size of the pizzas... tiny... never seen that anywhere, in any country... it's ridiculous and shameful. Really a shame so little generosity on the plate. Enlarging the dough during making does not cost more. Brief !

Wonderful food and fantastic friendly service.

Took family tonight, for the first time, absolutely brilliant, great food, great service, we will definitely be back

I’d heard a lot about this place prior to visiting and was very excited. However, I was left feeling ‘is that it?’ The pizza was okay, the pepperoni slices felt like they’d been bought from a cheap supplier but the pizza it’s self was nothing to complain about and also nothing to write home about. We had ordered a bottle of wine which was not served chilled. It was a good thing we had a wine cooler with ice cubes in but when you’re spending £30 on a bottle of wine that is available to buy online for less than a tenner you expect it cold. The fixtures and fittings felt modern and clean however the flooring and hard fittings appeared dated and could do with some TLC, such as the damaged flooring. The toilets were old fashioned and not what I would have expect in terms of cleanliness. I did observe a lady on the table next to me complain about the pasta dish she ordered. Overall, pretty standard meal. Not sure I would return. Thank you.

Wonderful spot. Food, atmosphere and staff are all fantastic.

Absolutely lovely interior, not very busy when we went at around 1pm ish. Food was lovely, though the dough sticks had a bit of an odd flavour on the underside the pizza was delicious and the service was lovely. Though be aware the toilets are upstairs.

Popped in on a busy Friday night unplanned with my son. Older server was absolutely awesome and fitted us both in, even though it was rammed. Service, food, waiting on staff and atmosphere was top drawer! Spot on, will visit again. Even my teenage son is still racing about it!

Ordered a takeaway on a Friday evening and the food was fantastic. The front of house who I dealt with was brilliant. Really accommodating and friendly. Will definitely be back!

This restaurant has such a lovely, welcoming atmosphere and is well worth a visit. Rachel, our waitress, was fantastic and as always the food was fresh and delicious. The apple crumble pizza with hot custard for pudding was amazing!

Absolutely amazing pizzas. Best vegetarian pizza I have had in ages.

First visit in about 35 years. Great food and friendly service.

The young staff were brilliant and very helpful but the food needs work?

Lovely and airy restaurant in the centre of Lancaster. Excellent freshly made pizzas with good service. I had the apple crumble pizza for dessert- it shouldn't work - but my word it does!

Small sizes. 4 of us left hungry. My 10 inch pizza looked like childs size. Not worth nearly 10quid. Lasagne came with no sides whatsoever. Just plain lasagne. Even pubs give salad and garlic bread on a side for half of what you charge. A place for higher society, we'll stick to our local where they have ketchup and mayo if you ask and not roll theire eyes at you like you asked for smth that hasn't been invented yet. Also 20 minute wait to order and 30 min wait to pay when plates left was bit tiring. We started planning on leaving cash on table and walking. No it was not busy. Waitresses were gathering in 3s having a chat. Would we come again- never. I like to feel full after spending over 60 pounds sorry.

Pizza very good, but very small, also kind of expensive for that size, outstanding service, don’t regret going there but would not go again

Absolutely fantastic on everything

We have been going to pizza margharita for almost 40 yrs and it Never disappoints. Good food and nice environment.

Absolutely beautiful food, great drinks selection and outstanding service.

Small,wait staff speedy but poor experience with reservation, food very nice

Lovely restaurant with friendly staff and delicious food. The Tiramisu was fantastic!

Best pizza and staff on the planet

Absolutely marvellous place to eat. Went last night for Valentines Day, the food was delicious and the staff were so friendly. Highly recommend 👌

Lovely place for a simple, tasty pizza. Great service too....

As reviewed before An old favourite, been going as long as it has...

Always delicious food and fantastic atmosphere. Staff are amazing too and so friendly.

Amazing Pizza place. We had not booked but chef produced a fresh Gluten Free Pizza (usually require advance notice). It was brilliant, I would highly recommend this place.

Practically perfect in every way....thank you

Went for a meal for Mum’s birthday, food was really great and the waitress who served us was lovely and went above and beyond, put up decorations and came and sang happy birthday when she brought our desserts. Such a lovely evening

Always a warm welcome. We love coming here, celebrations or just for a treat to ourselves. Thanks to all the staff.

Always lovely food with fab service

Pizza and starter very nice. Service good. The place was busy and therefore a bit noisy, difficult to hold a conversation. Otherwise great.

Lovely, always enjoyed the pasta dishes

Fantastic. Best pizzas on the planet.

Booked a table for 4adults&2children the menu was comprehensive we ordered 2starters& 4 mains 1 child pizza big enough to share and 6 sweets. I can honestly say that the food was excellent full of flavour the sweets also, would wholly recommend and would not hesitate to visit again next time I am in Lancaster.

A place I keep coming back to. Wonderful food and amazing staff. Well worth calling in for lunch or a celebration

Been a decade since I was last here. And it hasn't changed a jot! Went for a Mexicana calzoni pizza which was delicious, a slice of New York cheesecake, also delicious and a bottle of French malbec which was beautiful and full bodied. Excellent service. Forgot to take a picture of my pizza so did the next best thing and took a pic of my cleared plate to show how much I liked it!

Pizza Margherita has always been our favourite place to eat but not visiting Lancaster before Covid my wife wondered if it would be as good as it was. We booked a table at 4:30 as we had a train to catch at 6:00. The food was as good as ever with beautiful rocket and parmesan salad starter and two fabulous pizza's, we certenly went disappointed unlike people who were arriving not having booked a table and being turned away. Our waitress was very polite and efficient with a very friendly atmosphere. Pizza Margherita fully deserves 5 stars, well done to all.

Delicious food ,very nice atmosphere and really helpful staff, definitely will go again.

Good place for a family celebration

Great pizzas and dessert. Great service.

Don't really understand the rave reviews for this place. I wanted to go elsewhere but partner chose as I normally do so only fair. She hadn't been for 15+ yrs and wanted to go. Ordered chilli bread to start which we shared. It was just bit of flat bread with tomato puree spread on it and some chilli flakes and a bit of chopped parsley. I expected a bit more imagination perhaps fresh chillis at least. Ah well onto the mains. 1 margharita and an americano with option of jalapenos for £1. Again same as before flat bread with what seems like tomato puree cheddar cheese small bits of pepperoni and almost none existent jalapenos. Add a sprinkling of dried oregano. They literally tasted like the type you make at home for kids when you re using ingredients you already have in I.e. Cheddar and puree. The reason I didn't want to go is because I discovered neopolitan pizza years ago and don't really bother with anything else. I have to assume these pizzas have never past the lips of the regulars that frequent here. Being from Lancaster id have loved it to have been so much nicer so we could go again but sadly I would nt return.

Quaint clean and cheerful staff nice price for what we had, very pleased called back again the following Monday but unfortunately it was closed.

Really nice food starter and main especially I would go again.

Great pizza, really good prices. Staff are really nice - would definitely go again. Lots of parking a very short walk away.

My pizza was good and the service friendly and professional.

Tasty pizzas, however the staff were a little preoccupied as it appeared that there was a big party on the way... so they maybe weren't as attentive as usual?

Amazing food, lovely staff... being going for years and always consistent. Great as an ndependent establishment amongst the corporates

Great quality food. Excellent Service. Value for money. Families/Kids welcome too. Nice choice of drinks available. Advise BOOKING Table. It's often very popular. Steep steps leading up into the Restaurant.

Been coming here since i was a kid 20 years ago, still amazing!

Wow.. two great take away pizzas ... so tasty. Thanks

All home made food. Very accommodating to special requirements. Staff were lovely. Food was great. Highly recommended.

Good food excellent service, good busy atmodphere

The restaurant had a lovely atmosphere where you could go with friends, as a couple for a romantic meal, or as a family with the kids. The menu had a good range of things and the children's menu did too. We had pizzas and they were really tasty. Lovely thin bases with plenty of tasty toppings. They also had a specials menu with lovely choices. They serve a wide range of alcoholic and soft drinks. I highly recommend a visit!

Great restaurant. Friendly staff, great service, beautiful food and lovely atmosphere.

Excellent service, great value and more importantly the food was absolutely delicious. We will definitely be returning for meals in the future.