The best restaurants serving Italian food in England

Chef Rob Owen Brown runs this unique street food operation from Easter weekend to the end of October each year, Thurs -Sunday 4-9pm or thereabouts. It's situated in the grounds of a lovely marina in rural Cheshire, there are moored narrowboat here and wide open spaces for a long walk through the fields if that takes your fancy. The mainstay of the food that Rob cooks here is pizzas, but oh what pizzas they are! Thin crusts, charred and full of flavour with loads of different topping to choose from, believe me I've tried them they are delicious. He also offers a changing specials menu which could be almost anything. I've seen game offered, katsu chicken wraps, half a roast chicken with rosemary and garlic and loads of other things too. There's always puddings, waffles sometimes and cheesecakes. You never quite know what's going to be going to be on, but it will be worth a visit and be delicious. This evening I had roasted sea bream with Mediterranean vegetables and garlic potatoes, it was fabulous. This is such an unusual venue, it's hard to give a realistic view of it. The food is amazing and next to the food cart is a re-purposed narrowboat ( out of the water) which serves as a mini pub. Loads of wines, beers on tap and bottled too, spirits and a comprensive range of alcohol free drinks. If that isn't enough there's glamping, camping and a lovely onsite cafe. Just come, it's amazing xx

Good Pizza! Says what it does in the name. Visited cheese and grain for gig last night. Arrived early just before good pizza opened. Pizzas looked really good so ordered ours with some antipasti squid and halloumi fries with a Margherita and Tutti Salam. It was cooked fresh to order hot antipasti was divine and super delicious wood fired pizza. As a bonus the owners were hilarious, really friendly and fun. Not sure if this is a pop up on gig nights or not but if it is or isn’t we’d highly recommend these guys.

We placed a large order with Dolce on Saturday evening for a pizza party for over 40 people. The Manager was very helpful and polite throughout the process. The food was ready for collection on time (could have been delivered if wanted). The selection of 12" pizzas and dips was great. All the food was lovely and much appreciated by all the attendees. Would visit again.

The best in the town Very friendly staff Pizzas are amazing 😍😍😍 Nice food and fast service and delivery Highly recommend

First time visiting, we found Cafe B when out walking. We sat and had a coffee which was excellent. We noticed the food that was coming out looked delicious and decided to look at the menu. It was varied and had both hot and cold items. We opted to have a barm to take away, good choice of fillings to choose from. They were delicious. Prices are very reasonable and the staff were very pleasant. We both recommend this place.

Probamos una entrega desde la aplicación Just eat, ellos estropearon completamente este pedido de negocios, pero fueron absolutamente increíbles resolviéndolo. Pedir directamente es la mejor manera! La comida es increíble, desde abrir la caja. 👀 Se ve fantástico sabe aún mejor. Ojalá viviera más cerca para poder tener esta sabrosa bondad en mi vida más a menudo. Si te gusta la pizza. Has encontrado el lugar correcto. 🤤

As this visit to la dolce vita was in November 2024 ! It was time to add this review to one of the best restaurants I visit Through out the years.. As this is very late to add and now the restaurant is shut for good, this is To pay homage to brilliant food here.. First off was the regular canapés of Cannelloni & Croustade.. They are always a pleasure to eat over the year's.. Next was this brilliant butternut Squash dish ! The look and flavours of this was something I never thought work together well ! But it surely did. Next was another Beautiful looking plate... Cured Sea Bream, Pear & N’duja!! I know N’duja can be hot, but the balance was spot-on with this ! Plus the Pear sorbet help calm the heat down as well.. Next was the juicy, fat, chunky piece of Halibut! Cooking on the Fish was exceptional, and with a lip licking sauce to go with it! Top marks of the cook on that.. Then the regular showing of the la dolce vita ravioli ! Always in some sort of different form ! But Always a blessing to eat. And another regular staple of the Frozen Foie & Sweetcorn!! When ever this has been on the menu, I've got to get in my belly.. And this was the very last timeki had this. Next was the duck dish!! Just something about the duck at la dolce vita! It's cooked to perfection and top Quality meat.. Then we move over to the sexy dessert section 😋.. Now I just live figs as I got 2 fig trees. And find it hard what to do with them! But la dolce vita finds a way to make them into brilliant desserts. As you can tell I enjoyed this.. Chocolate & blackberry! Yes both things that work ever so well!! And it was a great way to finish off that taster menu... Then tine to relax with a coffee and a very fine Selection of petit Fours... Yet again a brilliant experience of food...

Local favourite that's cosy, friendly and family run for many highly successful years. A short blackboard menu is theatratically presented by the papa chef Luigi. The food is superb, genuine Southern Italian . Service excellent, food comes promptly and always delicious. Vino list again Italian classics and to the point. Absolute local gem, well priced, reservations are recommended as that is often months in advance!

Great tasting authentic Italian pizzas at reasonable prices. Very friendly service

Absolutely first class! The quality of the coffee really is superb and the lemon tart, oh my days! Lovely calm ambience and good service

Couldn’t see any signage that says you have to order on your phone only - so much wasted time queuing at the counter only to be told it’s only for drink. How weird. Generally very awkward experience dining in alone. Definitely set up better for groups. I was excited for the pizza as it had gotten a lot of hype but it was incredible mediocre and not memorable. Prob wouldn’t bother again.

Fabulous Italian Coffee shop with bits to buy as well.

We visited here last Friday evening for my daughter's birthday. I have to say it's one of the nicest Italian restaurants I have been to. The service from the team there was welcoming and 5 star and the food was out of this world, a really nice relaxed atmosphere also. We will definitely be back again. Thank you 😊

This place is a gem. Home cooked Italian food and very tasty too. Excellent service.

5 Stars – Absolutely Amazing! Wow! This restaurant truly deserves five stars. The food was incredible — so fresh, flavorful, and delicious. Every dish tasted like it was made with love and care, using top-quality ingredients. Absolutely first-class from start to finish. What made the experience even more special was the atmosphere — everyone was treated like family. The staff were warm, welcoming, and genuinely cared that we had a great time. Highly recommended. I’ll definitely be back!