The best restaurants serving Italian food in England

Lovely authentic Italian restaurant. Great service, and an incredible menu. Staff can’t do enough to assist you. Will definitely return soon.

Whilst visiting friends we decided to have a takeaway and this was recommended. I’ve always driven past this place and truth be told thought it was shut down! But, when we received the food it was delicious. Food was still piping hot even after the drive home. Kids had pizza which looked and smelled unbelievable! Good value for money, and if we are about again we would definitely order again!

Amazing coffee and homemade lemon &almond tart! Amazing place with a great atmosphere and music👌 You may feel like in your Italian grandparents house by so lovely 😍 I heard that pizza here is one of the best 👌 Owner is from Sardine 👌🙂

Take away treat for football. Exceptional from ordering online, delivery & value for money. Highly recommend & we eat in too. Bannoffe is the best...

Vine a Paulos el sábado por la noche con un par de amigos. El restaurante estaba muy ocupado y el personal era increíble y muy atento. Tuvimos una botella de bonacchi chianti 2021 entre 3 de nosotros. La carta de vinos era excepcional y había mucha variedad. Para empezar pedimos jamón y melón de Parma, calabacín y sardinas. Todo estaba muy fresco y sabroso. Para nuestras comidas principales, pedimos lasaña, lingüine de pescatore y salti en bocca alla romana (ternera), luego un par de lados de espinacas y puré cremoso para acompañar la ternera. El lasanga fue el mejor que he probado. Vino servido caliente y el camarero me ofreció parmesano y pimienta negra después de recibir mi plato. En general tuve una gran experiencia cenando en Paola. Recomiendo encarecidamente este restaurante y volveré de nuevo muy pronto. Gracias de nuevo por la increíble experiencia!

So very sad to hear that Massimos has closed. We have spent many happy times there, with lovely food. We are left with our memories, and offer our good wishes to all the family in any future endeavours. Tim and Janet.

Booked to go here tonight to celebrate granddaughters a level results only to find find they were closed .. . Booked 3 weeks ago , would have been nice to have been informed that they were close!!@ We went to Dolmus Italia and had a lovely meal were very accommodating and had a lovely meal. We'll recommend.

Good choice of Italian food. Very tasty and prepared well. We all had three courses and each was cooked, and very much as described. Staff were very helpful, courteous and attentive. We will certainly go again, maybe in the evening for the dinners.

Went to the Ropers with friends ..our first visit. Situated along the River in Horncastle Road Boston, The Ropers is an old pub now converted into an Italian Bistro. The manager was very friendly, and welcoming., and offered us home made crisps which were so delicous. Sadly my meal didn’t live up to the high expectation l had. My tempura prawns were all batter and hardly any prawn..not very nice at all.My chicken in mushroom main coarse was quite tough as Infact was my wife’s steak. Sadly a rather disappointing visit.

Fab! The best pizza I have ever had and I do not exaggerate. They gave us a free taster of bread with balsamic which augured well and the pizza reflected the same quality. Great service and I was highly honoured to visit. And we saw Mark Steel. Twice!

We popped in for a quick lunch break on Wednesday. Service very attentive, fast and lovely. Good pizzas, great value; only negative thing is the short menù... too short for me

Very quiet on a Thursday at 7.30pm, only 2 other tables ( of 4 and 2 people). The food was very fresh and hot, friendly female owner. Very good value for money on the Groupon voucher for a three course meal. My only negative was that on my calabrese pizza there was excessive diced onion which was only just cooked and we weren't offered parmazan for our starters or pasta.

Delicious orange lemonade and ham and cheese pediona (I’m probably misspelling it- but it was a lovely flat Italian bread). Affordable and a good pit stop.

A hidden gem! We absolutely love The Italian and we’ve been several times since moving to Romiley in summer 2024. Delicious food which offers great value for money. The portion sizes are always generous. Can’t fault the service - the staff have always been incredibly friendly and welcoming. We love The Italian and will continue to support this fab local business!

Parked outside with a disabled badge and one of the workers came out and started having a go at me along with her partner who had just dropped her off. Not a very nice to think not only do these type of people work in Swadlincote but really puts off customers thinking of trying the restaurant in the future.