The best restaurants in United Kingdom serving Italian food

This had been my favourite pizza place for the longest time -- we have spent so much money there over the years -- but after my partner was violently sick several hours after consuming the Wicker Man pizza (nduja, pepperoni etc), and continued to throw up throughout the night, as well as suffering high temperature and severe aches, it's rather ended my love affair with the place. When I informed the manager about what had happened, and let him know I had contacted Food Safety Waltham Forest, he said 'it's unlikely to be our kitchen' then quibbled over how long food poisoning takes to kick in. He said it wouldn't be food poisoning if it only took 2 hours. NHS England says: "Sometimes [symptoms] start after a few hours or not for a few weeks." Good to know.

We opdered 2 coffees and sat outside. We were told u cant use the outside seating if u order takeaway. Also if someone else wants to sit out side, u will have to move. WTF!? There are plenty more options and alternatives to this place in Kirkintilloch. I suggest you try these first. 👍🏼

1.after not having breakfast because I was excited to having our special anniversary lunch. So disappointed!!It was an awful veggie meal. Didn’t eat my bruschetta.Slice of bread with beef chopped tomatoes. Main meal worse. A truffle resotto. A few mushrooms and rice over cooked with that test of vegetables oil. Could not eat it awful.

Excellent as ever. Highly recommended place to eat in the lovely village of Moniaive. Great selection of Italian food from an extensive menu. All food is freshly cooked.

Not enough staff and food appalling. My sister and I ordered Tuscan soup to start (which I had ordered before and liked) but it was totally inedible as it tasted sour as if it was off and we had to send it back, so just had bread that came with it. My main was spaghetti bolognaise which has very little sauce and had to ask for more. The dessert I had was chocolate cake with mascapone cream. The cake itself was heavy and there was only a teaspoon of mascapone cream served with it so again had to ask for more. So the starter, main and dessert were all disappointing. They also didn't have any mash which was meant to come with my sister's main.

Our first visit here last October was amazing and we were so looking forward to going back a year on but we were so disappointed and won’t be returning. The service was just shocking and we weren’t the only ones who were unhappy. This was a real difference to our first experience when we were served by a wonderfully attentive host. We sat downstairs this time, as we wanted the indoor outdoor experience. We were welcomed and shown to a table packed in the corner of the terrace area. We sat down, sitting drinking the water in a lovely jug covered in tin foil…, waiting too long to be brought menus. Then more waiting for someone to come and take a drink order and obviously a food order because we’d waited a long time. No drinks appeared after 5-10 minutes (ordered a cider and glass of wine). Then our food came out and still no drinks. Meanwhile a table next to us waited almost 20 minutes for an order to be taken (the man had to get up and flag a waitress down) then were told there had been a lot of orders and their food would be 20 minutes. They were unimpressed. Our drinks finally arrived! The food was tasty and huge pizzas but the tables couldn’t actually fit two pizzas on. No one came to check our food was ok or ask if we wanted another drink. We finished our food and asked for a pizza box and the bill. These things, again, took a while to come. We left cash and couldn’t be bothered to wait around for change so left. As we drove past, our table still hadn’t been cleared and the money was left. The service left us feeling really disappointed after us both really looking forward to returning following a great experience the first time on ok anniversary. Maybe we should have sat upstairs again with the great Italian man - the owner I think. A real shame.

I've had dreams about eating there food it's that good. Who would of known the pizza man is Polish not Italian. Going Poland next year. 10/10

Four of us visited for our son’s birthday on a midweek evening and were all hugely impressed by the quality of the food and portion size all washed down with a very gluggable Valpolicella. It was a fairly quiet night and yet four different dishes were delivered piping hot in surprisingly good time and at a very reasonable price. We will definitely visit again to try some of the other food from their appetising menu.

I used to visit this restaurant frequently prior to Covid lockdown. I’ve finally managed to come back again as I always enjoyed the food and the service. I’ve realised this was a big mistake! Poor slow service with only 3 tables that had clients. I was finally the only client but that didn’t make the service faster. I believe it’s under new management? The pizza has been watered down. No glimpse of tomato sauce on magherita pizza. I am really disappointed and I’ll be not coming back here again.

Really lovely little cafe, excellent food made fresh to order

I can't believe I haven't been to this restaurant before, despite having lived in Louth all my life. It was definitely worth the wait, as it offers a very authentic Italian experience with great food and a warm, welcoming atmosphere. We had Arancini and pizzas, which were excellent. The meal was great value for money. We treated ourselves to a bottle of wine from the superb choices available. We went for the Sangiovese, which was delicious and not overpriced. We also found out that they offer a 20% discount during lunch. I can't wait to return and I'm now recommending it to all our friends!

This is an upmarket cafe, it has a cosy feel. We loved the background music. The service is professional and very friendly. We ordered the platter, absolutely delicious followed by cannoli yum yum yum and coffee .

Lovely food and friendly staff!

Great Italian food, great atmosphere, really friendly staff! Best Italian food I had in a long time! Absolutely recommend it!!!

We ate at this restaurant two nights in a row and the food was just amazing, the staff were friendly and attentive. The lasagne was the best iv had honestly. Only negative is the place itself needs a refurb, but honestly if we stayed in Cricklewood again we would definitely return to this restaurant.