The best restaurants serving Italian food in England

4 of us came here for an anniversary celebration. Not huge place but lovely location & great ambience. We were very well looked after, we asked questions about the menu & specials & everyone was very knowledgeable. Food was all divine, beautifully presented & full of flavour. Everything cooked to perfection. Can totally understand why they are so busy here, 5 * all the way, many thanks.

Weekend away and booked this lovely little restaurant. Great service with plenty of dishes to choose from including the specials board. Would definitely recommend.

They managed to fit us in on a busy Friday ahead of a local gig at the Piece Hall. Speedy and friendly service, reasonable prices, tasty food - everything you want from an Italian restaurant.

An Italian cafe set in a pleasant quadrangle off Marlow High St. A selection of pastries and sandwiches with some hot food. Attentive staff and an Italian atmosphere.

Booked to go here for our short stay in Castleton. The food was so good we ate the following night and were very lucky they could squeeze in so definitely book ahead. Nothing g was too much for the fro t of staff and they made some fantastic recommendations. We loved the lamb and chicken shuffle truffle pasta dish. With a lot of ‘pub food’ establishments, it was really great to have food with a sense of occasion. Also had a very very nice bottle of Rioja which we would also recommend 🍷 If you’re going to Castleton - book it, you won’t regret it 😄

Great experience at this restaurant. Good menu with plenty of choice, all 4 of us had well cooked food and good service. Will return when next in the area. Food good value, wines maybe a little pricey but the list was impressive for a modest sized restaurant. Espressos need a bit of tweaking to get to a genuine Italian version but otherwise one of the best Italian restaurants we have been to in some time.

Not open at all. Had a booking but when we arrived whole place was closed up. Apparently its been closed for a few weeks.

Tasty ice cream and excellent size scoop 😋😋😋

My teen and I arrived late, having visited Thorpe Park. Although they were soon closing, we were welcomed warmly. We were told we would need to order fairly quickly, but this was ok as we were both tired after a fun day out. We ordered the meat antipasto to share. It was very tasty and great quality. Looking at the menu, it isn't low cost, but if this taster was anything to go by, it's definitely worth it. Looking at some of the photos, the food looks divine. If we are back in the area, we will definitely return

Have been a regular customer at this restaurant over many years of recent the food quality has gone considerably We have visited the food delivered cold in particular lasagne cold in the middle not just on one occasion Due to the amount of times we were disappointed we gave the restaurant a wide berth for months To return very similar the pizzas we ordered yes were tasteless and one they got totally wrong Sorry to write a disappointing review as owners and on site manager nice people but gone down hill considerably on food which you come for and pay Another evening last night ruined My comment would be careful if booking G

Always great service and fantastic food. We have used La Vela many times over the years and have always received great service and fabulous food.

Pizza was bad, lasagne was good. so so

Great menu as well as lovely food. Good variety for vegetarians and vegans in particular. All the food is made from scratch which means that even if a particular item on the menu cannot be ordered as a vegetarian or vegan, it can always be made to be! That is why my daughter was actually able to taste her first vegan lasagne and she made sure to eat every bite.

A thoroughly enjoyable experience. A beautiful old building near the river. Our food was well cooked and well presented. Staff were great. A bit dark but that's normal in an old building.

The worst and soggiest calamari fritti I have ever had served, with overlarge salad and no dressing. Large dog carpeted the floor. Italian version of Mrs Overall waited on, in character. Huge rectangular comedy plate dwarfed the already tiny tables. My Italian relatives will not be coming here.