The best restaurants in United Kingdom serving Italian food

Villa Toscana is fantastic! We've just got back after a great night where they treated us so well. We had dinner there with 5 kids and 5 adults and all of the staff treated us like family. Not one complaint feom any of us. The food was awesome and authentic and the wine was on par. A huge thank you to all staff, chefs and waiters.

Absolutely loved the pasta, and pizza. The food is absolutely delicious. I can highly recommend it if you are a fan of pasta and pizza.

I had pasta with braised beef & tomatoes. Very tasty & well presented. Sue had a chicken breast dinner. Very nice & served with a warm smile & friendly conversation. Very clean throughout. Parked outside the door! Can highly recommend. Thank you to all staff. Special thanks to the waitress who brought me bread to mop up the sauce. It was delicious & could not be left for the washing up.

Great food and charming staff, we had a really enjoyable evening, For some reason we had not tried this restaurant before but glad we finally did. As well as the normal menu there were also very interesting specials. We had fish stew from the menu and a risotto from the specials and would order them again! Reasonably priced for the standard of food and good atmosphere. We are really looking forward to a return visit.

AVOID, awful place. The food was bland and not nice at all, my arancina was burnt on the outside and cold on the inside, very unpleasant. The icing on the cake is how rude the staff is, when I requested the service charge to be removed (service was not nice and unfriendly) the member of staff argued and refused to remove despite me asking at least 5 times and explaining that it is discretionary and NOT compulsory as per the law (eventually was removed). Very unpleasant experience.

We had a brilliant experience here and Angelo and the other staff couldn’t have been better. The food was delicious, my son enjoyed making the children’s “make your own pizza”. With Italian heritage, we are hard to please but we all thoroughly enjoyed it.

Very small portions, what you’d expect to give a child. Both dishes extremely salty, my guest could only manage to eat half. Overpriced, if I’m paying £14.00 and £16.00 for pasta I would like an adults portion. Waiter had a poor attitude. Once he realised we were not getting any starters his fake enthusiasm dropped leaving an uncomfortable awkwardness. Will not return and definitely do not recommend.

FABULOUS. Superb food, great service, lovely atmosphere. I would definitely recommend this restaurant, perfect for couples or a group.

First class service and first class food. Starters, main course and wine were exceptionally good. And excellent value for money. I wish we lived closer to Bournemouth. Would visit often

Me encantaba este restaurante, estaba muy ocupado y ruidoso y divertido. El servicio podría ser caótico, pero siempre amable y en última instancia bueno. Cuando visité la semana pasada era bastante tranquilo y permaneció así. La comida estaba bien, se siente como si ya no fuera tan bueno. Quizás eso se deba a que se han abierto otros lugares mejores, pero quizás también sea la calidad de la comida. El servicio era esquemático. Pedimos postres y nunca llegaron después de 45 minutos, así que nos rendimos. No pudimos atraer a un servidor para averiguar dónde estaban. Parece que hacen un negocio decente para llevar, así que su atención estaba en eso. Creo que sobre todo se siente como si fuera una comida para llevar que tiene mesas en estos días. Pedí la factura y después de 30 minutos nadie había venido a tomar el pago. No teníamos bebidas ni comida y estábamos ansiosos por escapar ya que habíamos estado atrapados en este pequeño lugar durante casi 3 horas esperando más de una hora para postres que nunca llegaron y pagar. Me levanté y pedí pagar y me dijeron que era solo en efectivo. Dije con bastante preocupación que solo tenía mi teléfono encima, no sabía que no aceptaban efectivo. Me dijeron sin rodeos que había un cartel en la puerta y que debería haberlo leído. No me di cuenta, ni tampoco los dos amigos que había conocido. Me dijeron que podía transferir por banco si realmente no podía obtener efectivo, así que hice una transferencia bancaria. Me dijeron que no podía irme hasta que demostrara que había pagado. Dije que no quería mostrarles mi cuenta bancaria y un pequeño comenzó a hacer ruido detrás de mí, golpeando su otra mano, claramente de una manera amenazante. Les mostré solo la transacción que había hecho y se me permitió salir. Dije que el servicio era terrible y que deberían haberme dicho que era en efectivo solo cuando me senté. Me dijeron que debería saber leer. Dije que había pedido postres que nunca llegaron y me dijeron que el camarero había dejado el trabajo y que debería haberlos perseguido. Dije que había tenido que esperar más de 30 minutos para pagar y me dijeron “has estado aquí 3 horas no puede haber sido tan malo”. Dije que me había querido ir hace casi 90 minutos pero que había estado esperando postres que nunca llegaron y que pagaran, la camarera se enojó bastante y me gritaba que me fuera. Así que lo hice, felizmente. Con toda honestidad, la camarera parecía desequilibrada e incapaz de entender por qué había sido una mala experiencia. Me fui y dije que todo lo que tenían que hacer era disculparse por el mal servicio y ella comenzó a gritar de nuevo. Prometí no volver. Horrible y bastante aterrador.

What a lovely little cafe I had the avocado on sourdough just the right amount of chilli flakes with feta with a little squash of lime ! Very pleasant staff and service with a smile 😊

This understated little gem of a restaurant consistently turns out delicious food. The service is brilliant and we will be back.

Booked a table for a meeting with colleagues to turn up and find out that it was closed. Embarrassing but thankfully remedied by a neighbour restaurant.

I’ve been visiting the Junction Cafe since 2015. I’d booked a table for a light lunch with my wife (recommended to avoid any wait/disappointment). Super warm welcome from Joe and David. Food and coffee was excellent 👍 … A shout out to Ivan in the kitchen. A selection of takeaway cakes for afternoon coffee with friends, who all commented on how super yummy 😋 they were…👍

Wonderful coffee and food. Our first visit after being recommended by a family member. A great find and we actually thought we were in Italy! Thank you.