The best restaurants serving Italian food in England

Had a fabulous meal at Cloisters during our stay in Stamford. Beautiful food, good service and nice atmosphere.

Great service and great food, picked this place at random the first night of a two night stay and were not disappointed. Staff looked after us well without being over attentive. The food was well presented and more importantly well prepared and very tasty. My wife chose the minute steak and was not disappointed. We enjoyed the experience so much we went back on the second night as well! Thank you all at the Aqua Brasserie for two nights of great food and fab cocktails!

Superb restaurant....had the best pizza I think I've ever had! Recommend!!!!

We booked a table for a Friday night (advisable as it is a fairly small restaurant) and it was our first visit but had been recommended by friends. The food was excellent, very tasty. There was a specials menu in addition to the usual menu. The house red wine was also superb. Considering it was very busy, the service was also excellent. Our table was ready and waiting and we were served promptly. The cost was very reasonable considering the quality of the meals (and we had a bottle of house red). Definitely a great place to go for a meal if visiting Filey.

Great independent restaurant, food and service great. Only downside is the ambience of the restaurant which is mainly because of the acoustics. Its so noisy to a point where it is uncomfortable, this is because there are so many hard surfaces and the noise bounces around. Some soft acoustic absorbing panels on walls or ceiling would greatly enhance. But food wise, lively place.

Amazing food here, possibly the best Italian food I’ve ever eaten. Been twice this week it’s that good 😊. Highly recommend a visit.

Still genuinely one of the nicest places I've eaten ever. Staff were friendly and helpful throughout, engaging at the right times and helping with advice and making elthe evening a happy one. Food was really really good quality and competitively priced, we all came away surprised at how reasonable the bill was compared to the top quality meal we had just had. EDIT: After a revisit can confirm as genuinely one of my fave places to eat, and somewhere I'd take someone I wanted to impress. Incredible food, attentive well mannered staff, good prices, good portions. Nothing to improve on in my opinion.

I was so looking forward to my birthday meal after the re-vamp- we love it at here. We booked for 8pm. Seated 30 minutes later, ordered 20 minutes later and didn’t even get our drinks until we decided to leave… this was 55(minutes after our original booking! Clearly NO thought or logistics had been thought off ! The restaurant was chaos! People stood everywhere waiting for tables!!! People complaining of no drinks or delayed food… staff running around like headless chickens!!! So., so. So disappointed! Always loved this place and my birthday spoilt! Enjoyed my takeaway kebab on the way home… Advice.. don’t over book and be gready! Manage your bookings! When we were eventually shown to our table- our name wasn’t even checked? So how do you know if I was a walk in or an actual booking?! So disappointed!

Busy wee place, stayed right above this in an apartment, only down side is garlic 1st thing every morning right through the property!!

Good value for money, especially the Aperito offer. They also have a deli corner now, after they close Mercato, which was locate inside the Grafton Shopping Mall. They sell nice Italian products, some as well from Greece and Spain. While for drinking and eating is great, the deli is a bit over priced.

Modern British bistro with imaginative well cooked offerings. Terrific flavours. Didn’t try the pizzas but they looked good. Lovely staff. Slightly cafe vibe more than restaurant.

Really fresh and delicious Italian food. Pizza is authentic. Pastas are great. Lots of menu options. Very nice service and cozy spot. Grazie :) !

Came here for a lunch before a show at Curve. We had booked a table and it's a good job we did - it was packed! We hadn't been before but seeing how busy it was we were reassured that we'd booked somewhere good. How right we were! Lunch for 3, including 1 alcoholic drink and 2 soft drinks - £29.00! What a steal. The food was piping hot, plentiful and absolutely delicious. We saved room for desserts and went back to order tiramisu and chocolate torta. The tiramisu was to die for! My daughter couldn't manage her chocolate cake and the staff were more than happy to box it up for her to take to the theatre. Cannot rave enough about what a gorgeous lunch we had - we will be back again and again.

Absolutely the best food and amazing service. The food was out of this world. We went on the off chance and managed to get a table.

I have been going to this restaurant for many years, the food is great and the service is always good.