The best restaurants serving Italian food in England

Excellent Service from Ottely (sorry if I spelt wrong). She was lovely and very good at her job. She served us with a smile and it made money and my husbands night. Food was amazing and I would definitely come here again

First and LAST time there! Very poor service and the pizza wasn't that great AND our waiter was nowhere to be found 99% of the time! Two tables who sat after us were served their pizza before us, my husband had to ask another waiter where our pizza was because ours was chatting it up with another one like he was on his own personal time. The pizzas was ready but our useless waiter didn't bother to get them. One of the pizzas was wrong and we had to wait but that was fine because we were eating the warm one. Our useless waiter never came back to the table to ask us if we wanted additional drinks, check on the table or "how is the food".

We visited Prezzo yesterday afternoon, what a disappointment from the days when they were or go to family restaurant. Firstly I have to say the service was great, hence the 3 stars, but that's where the greatness ends. Two of us had the Arancini balls, these were 3 balls, served with a bland creme francie dip, not the Calabrese ketchup on the menu. Strangely the photo in the website shows 4 balls served with the bland dip, I guess they got it half right. The balls themselves were overcooked, dry and bland, there was no unctuous risotto filling. I ordered the Beef in Chianti which should have been served with porcini mash, but I was told they only had the buttery mash, which was fine, but really, they couldn't have got mushrooms anywhere on a Saturday afternoon? Or was it that they don't actually cook anything and had run out of the big tub of porcini mash? My husband ordered the sausage and fennel Al forno, it was obvious that it had been cut from a slab of cold pasta bake and shoved in the oven with some cheese on top, it was still in a solid square, even the waitress thought is was lasagne, no attempt had been made to even spread it evenly in the dish, resulting in a stodgy block of pasta. The seasoning was terrible, the fennel was so strong it completely overpowered the entire dish, clearly nobody had tasted the slab before serving. Moving on to dessert, we were given the menu and were told that 4 choices were unavailable,at 5pm on a Saturday afternoon, how could 4 deserts be unavailable when they hadn't even had their Saturday evening and Sunday lunchtime service? Our experience has made it very obvious that many of the items on the menu are bought in ready meals reheated to order with no actual chef on site to improvise when dishes run out. I don't think we'll be visiting Prezzo anytime soon, I can cook ready meals at home for a fraction of the price.

Came for lunch, the food was poor quality and we had to wait a long time as it was given to another table mistakenly first and had to be remade. Would not recommend.

Increíble experiencia - la comida era deliciosa y aunque el tiempo de espera era largo valió la pena! Denys era particularmente amable y servicial - recomendaría este lugar!

Best place for eating Italian food , All staff are friendly and polite. The pizza is absolutely amazing!!!! I high recommend

Vine aquí por nuestros amigos 21 calle Gran servicio de Dalia 🤩 Comida súper deliciosa, limpiamos nuestros platos Nos dio un postre complementario que nos encantó, nos burlamos de todo 😋 Gracias amigos de pizza express

Been to Capri many times before and will keep on coming back as the food is just delicious. The service is excellent and the whole dining experience if lovely. Don't think the pictures of the food do them justice – you'll have to try for yourself and you won't be disappointed!

First day of opening after lockdown, excellent food in a nice courtyard, nice to be eating out again, nice Lasagne and a Peroni to wash it down,wife had chicken burger and a glass of red! Nice friendly staff and well worth a visit!

Bueno, así que este pub sirve algunos de los mejores alimentos italianos que he probado, PERO casi tuvimos que rehipotecar para pagar la cuenta... un gin tonic y una pinta era £ 19. 50 ! ! El ambiente era increíble (viernes por la noche) y nos gustó mucho este lugar, pero los precios significaban que solo nos alojamos para una bebida. La comida no era lo que uno esperaría en un pub, pero era INCREÍBLE. Auténticos platos de pasta italiana, arancini, etc. con tanta profundidad de sabor. Qué pena lo de los precios o hubiera dado 5 estrellas...

We have been working in the area for some time, and we normally use the Premier Inn/Travelodges near by. However, this was a last minute job and I had passed La Fontana several times. I popped in and managed to book in. What a find!! Nice friendly atmosphere, family run and a first class room! Had dinner in the restaurant, and whilst there were only a few diners early evening, the food was obviously freshly prepared and very nice. Included in the price was breakfast so I indulged in the full English before setting off again. Suffice it to say, La Fontana will now be our 'go to' place when we are down that way!!

Arrived prior to concert at the Roundhouse to find it shut. Roller shutters down, no lights on. Booking confirmed by email Luckily got into Nando’s Shocking to take bookings and not be open, or at least email us to say issue :-(

La comida era buena. No estoy contento de que uno de los miembros del personal nos siguiera filmando o tomando fotos de todos en el restaurante. Nunca pidieron su consentimiento y algunos de nosotros no queremos que nos enyesen la cara en Internet. Eso arruinó la experiencia.

We had a fantastic evening. The food was super and reasonably priced. What a lovely buzzy restaurant. The drink prices were also very competitive. Excellent value and quality.

This was great for a pre-theatre dinner. The mussels starter were cooked perfectly and there were plenty of them. My friend said her bruschetta was one of the bet she's tasted. I had the pork belly to follow and I could not eat it all. It was a slab of beautifully coked meat with lots of potatoes roasted in herbs. My friend had a cheese tagliatelle that was very creamy. She loved it.