The best restaurants serving Italian food in East Midlands

The Angler has had a “customer confusing” time during the last five’s years as it morphed through many stages from The Mill Street Pub and Kitchen in 2019 to its current new Nepalese style dining set up. At each stage I’ve giver The Angler a try and while there were moments of inspirational magnificence from many of its proprietors, there was sadly no consistency with its menu offer, food quality or service. Considering the above (and knowing there are 6 other Asian restaurants in town)I was still happy to try the new Nepalese offering to assess its potential and I am happy to report that I enjoyed the food and the enthusiasm from the team yesterday evening. Everything we ordered was delivered to our table well cooked and well presented and everything tasted very good. I had a lamb dish which was very tasty with well cooked and tender lamb meat. The two different chicken main courses my friends enjoyed were equally delicious. We shared three starters which also hit the spot. Good tasty food. Great service and good value!! Well done to Suq & Manish and their colleagues for a good dining experience. Stay consistent with the food, service and value and we will be back for more. No consistency equals no customers!!

Very friendly restaurant and people. The food was delicious. The atmosphere was great and the food was delicious. Service was good.

We've been to La Piazza a couple of times now and both times have been very enjoyable. It has a nice atmosphere and the staff are nice too. The menu is good and although there are a couple of negative reviews on here, we found the choice, quality and quantity of the food excellent. We will definitely be coming back several times!

This was our first visit to this restaurant and we were not disappointed. No surprise there are so many good reviews. Due to time restraints and commitments in the area we maybe didn't get the full experience however, what we did get was great food, very welcoming & helpful staff in a pleasant ambience. We will be back...

Terrible experiemce.. food was not up to scratch and the staff were unpleasant and unhelpful. A member of staff named toni especially was very rude when i asked for a jug of water. Never going again. Waste of money. P.s my name is elizabeth and i asked to speak to the chef and her name was toni, when she came out as i was not happy. Colleague called her toni !!!! Vile

Absolutely fantastic evening, beautiful food served by amazing staff in a superb atmosphere and venue. First visit, already planning when we can return. Portions are perfect size and served fresh and hot, excellent quality ingredients at a very sensible price. Congratulations team you deserve the awards.

Visited on a busy Saturday evening. The restaurant was busy, but plenty of very attentive staff, so it was fine. Food orders taken quickly and food arrived promptly. Excellent selection of starters, pastas and mains. The pasta dish I had was very tasty, the best I’ve had in a long time. Would visit again, and would recommend

First time at La Torre for us, celebrating our son & partners engagement and their birthdays. The meal was nice and the staff very pleasant & helpful.

Very lovely meal! Food tasted really good, portion sizes spot on and staff really attentive and really bubbly! I have very fussy kid and nothing was too much problem for our server to accommodate my little one! Absolutely brilliant!

Family celebration at 5:30. We all commented on how good the food was. Living only 5miles away can’t understand why I have never been before. Dropped a star because the service was only adequate. Lovely hot food and plates but they didn’t have the gumption to give a cold plate to a two year old!

Visited for Valentine Night Out, excellent food, lovely staff and nicely spaced out tables , nice not to be able to hear your neighbours conversation. Lovely staff presented me with a rose at the end of the evening, lovely gesture.

Let's get this straight it's pretty decent pizza. Not the best , but the best in the area. The problem is the customer service or lack of. Tonight we rang every 3-4 minutes for 20 minutes as the kids wanted pizza and no one ever picked up the phone and it kept redirecting to some mobile. Now if this was the first incidence of this I could let it slide but it's happened the last three times we have tried to order and gave in.

This is the best Italian restaurant I have eaten in in a long time. Grown-up servers who know their job and are pleasant in manner. Sensible menu. Decently done food. Proper wine list. Only niggle was that it was very noisy. All those hard surfaces you see (and that bloke at a nearby table who was banging on about his life story to his companions.) There was some entertainment: the wine store was a shelf behind where a group were sitting. A man had his back to the shelf and periodically was asked by the waitress to pull out a bottle of such-and-such wine that she needed for another table. All of this was done with good grace, and it was fun to watch. £72, two starters, two mains, bottle of Primitivo, two coffees We loved it.

We came her for my sisters birthday. The food was made fresh and all of our food was delicious. Staff were very attentive and service was great.

Brilliant weekend live entertainment great food great staff 💯 recommend this pub really enjoyed it! Will be back soon!