The best restaurants serving Italian food in Central Bedfordshire East of England

I visited before for lunch with my dad and as we’re both Italian it was nice to find somewhere authentic. When I went for dinner (I have coeliac disease/I’m gluten free) I forgot to ask for gluten free pasta. When it arrived I realised, so apologised and asked for the GF version. The staff replaced it and apologised to me, I explained it’s me who should be apologising! I’d taken one bite before I’d realised, and the waiter came to check I was ok. They were so kind and didn’t charge me extra so I gave a decent tip. They allowed me to bring a cake, as it was for a birthday, and they brought the cake out singing Happy Birthday!

Brilliant deli - reminded me of the Italian delis in London's Soho from my childhood. Great spaghetti and Guanciale which we just happened to need for a recipe. And in Dunstable of all places

We were craving some really good pizza and decided to give this place a try from the reviews. Did not regret at all, even drove from St Neots to here. We got the bundle with a vegetarian & Athens pizza. Both were top tier! Some of the best pizza we’ve had. Will deff come back.

Very pleasant, service bubbly and professional. Really good evening. Well done team, important that the evening went well. It did!

What a lovely restaurant excellent food service was a brilliant good portion of food at a very reasonable price, happy friendly services.

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Popped in for breakfast . A really well cooked tasty small full English .Wonderful mushrooms , great Sourdough . Great coffee . Thank you

A lovely dessert place. I enjoy the ice cream and cookie dough. Not badly priced.

Absolutely delicious. Went for lunch and had 3 courses. Staff and food were great.

Not easy to get a table on Saturday evening and no wonder - I tasted the freshest mussels in my lifetime.

Stopped off for a bite to eat had bacon buttie nice thick bread and a good portion of bacon staff were welcoming and helpful

Came on the off chance that they could fit us in, which we did. I had the pan fried bream and it was the best fish I had ever eaten. The staff were really nice and professional. The portions were an OK size and they were a decent price. The seating was nice and inviting and the decor was really nice. We visited twice and as I was visiting, the bream will be forever in my dreams.

Fab food. Great service as always! We had a great evening. Food was piping hot. Presentation was lovely. Great menu selection. Variety of reasonable drinks.

This is the worst food I have ever had delivered. Absolutely disgusting. Never again.

I’ve been to the “cottage bar and bistro” twice in the last couple of weeks and have enjoyed the food on both occasions. I had the mussels to start followed by spaghetti with seafood. Both were nicely cooked with fresh seafood and very delicious. Previously I had calamari and sea-bass which were also lovely. The portion size was perfect for me. The service was efficient and the chef was able to offer an alternate for our friend who had specific dietary requirements. I will return as there are other dishes on the menu which I’d like to try.