The best restaurants serving Italian food in East of England

On arrival for our pre booked table it was quiet but got busier throughout our meal. The decor and ambiance is nice but the food was ok , starters were nice but the mains were ok unfortunately. The wine was very good as was the excellent service .

We booked this restaurant for lunch and can honestly say it was the best meal we’ve eaten the whole we’ve been in holiday and we’ve eaten in some highly recommended restaurants. Great food, excellent friendly service and very good value for money. We loved it so much we’ve booked to go again before we go home. Highly recommended

Really disappointing and left infuriated as even we had booked online for 2pm on Sunday, we were not served, as on arrival, the waiter told us that there was a Christening party held and the restaurant was closed. When I said we have a booking, she kept saying that it says on all the social media that they are closed that afternoon. Well, I do not follow them, we just booked through the website that was running as normal. I was waiting there at the counter for my husband who was parking and the front person kept saying that it's closed. I said I need to clarify because we do have a booking made so clearly something went wrong. When my husband came, she said "well again it says everywhere on social media we are closed". I understand the glitch, but the way we were treated was below any standard and actually it was the restaurant that was at fault, but no liability taken. Shocking! Customer service and marketing at the lowest level possible.

Not enough staff and food appalling. My sister and I ordered Tuscan soup to start (which I had ordered before and liked) but it was totally inedible as it tasted sour as if it was off and we had to send it back, so just had bread that came with it. My main was spaghetti bolognaise which has very little sauce and had to ask for more. The dessert I had was chocolate cake with mascapone cream. The cake itself was heavy and there was only a teaspoon of mascapone cream served with it so again had to ask for more. So the starter, main and dessert were all disappointing. They also didn't have any mash which was meant to come with my sister's main.

I used to visit this restaurant frequently prior to Covid lockdown. I’ve finally managed to come back again as I always enjoyed the food and the service. I’ve realised this was a big mistake! Poor slow service with only 3 tables that had clients. I was finally the only client but that didn’t make the service faster. I believe it’s under new management? The pizza has been watered down. No glimpse of tomato sauce on magherita pizza. I am really disappointed and I’ll be not coming back here again.

This is our favourite go to restaurant in West Norfolk, great menu, superbly cooked and presented food and excellent service (every time).

Booked a table for a meeting with colleagues to turn up and find out that it was closed. Embarrassing but thankfully remedied by a neighbour restaurant.

Really lovely authentic Italian restaurant. Staff were lovely and the food delicious but….. it’s not cheap! If you have 3 courses you get a free limoncello. IMO I think everyone should be offered this. For example we couldn’t eat 3 courses but we did have starters, mains and drinks and our bill was still £75!! So a small freebie would have been lovely.

Lovely gelato and great flavours between both shops (Letchworth and Hitchin)

The food here is always amazing, with attentive service and a great atmosphere!! I definitely recommend to anyone that hasn’t tried it yet!

Fabulous food, freshly cooked. If you want proper Italian food, I recommend it. I had seafood spaghetti and the shellfish were all cooked perfectly. It’s obvious that quality ingredients are a priority. The wine was excellent too. A bit on the quiet side so no need to book.

Went for the first time today with a friend for lunch. Not impressed at all. My starter of deep fried brie was supposed to come with a berry coulis except it was aa tomato sauce and garnished with wilting rocket that I would throw out of my fridge. The brie had more coating than brie and I left most of it. The waitress on retrieving the plates did not even bother to ask me why I had left it The main course was tagliatelle with roasted aubergine, yellow peppers and courgettes in a tomato sauce which tasted like the one with the brie. The aubergines were tough and thr courgettes undercooked. The peppers were fine. Again I left half of it and when the waitress came to take away plates, she mumbled "everything alright" and I said no by which time she was gone without listening to my reply. Suffice to say I won't be returning.

Very cold in restaurant asked for poached eggs but would not be changed also said no mushrooms but was very recultant to take them off the order got no replacement instead very recultant to go back

Fantastic restaurant, perfect ambience. Lovely welcoming staff , could not be more helpful. The food was absolutely outstanding and will be returning very soon .