The best restaurants serving Italian food in Thorpe Hamlet Norwich East of England

Would not recommend: Drinks: Coke - Flat Lemonade - Flat And charging 95p for ice and lemon in the water! (Can buy it at the shop for that much!!) Food: Focaccia was lacking seasoning Calamari was clearly out of the freezer Pizza was decent but was wet and soggy (?too much cheese) Gnocchi cheap bought gnocchi Comparing the price to the food it should be 50% off at all times Overall pretty disappointed for a restaurant that looked promising - looks nice but is cold and echoey through the doors

Food was hot and tasty. Starter sharer was just right size for two.Service fast considering how busy they were. Would definitely dine here again. Only thing is both servers were in jeans !

We visited Bella italia riverside as a date night as oppose to going to red lion street. We didn’t pre book but we were swiftly seated. It then took around 10-15 minutes to even get a drinks order and by this time we ordered our food too. Drinks orders should be taken 1-2 minutes after seated. Our starters arrived very quickly and the garlic dough balls were delicious. Soon after our mains arrived and our starter plates have not been cleared. We ate our mains and after finishing we waited 20 minutes before I decided to order dessert via the app. Meanwhile the front of house staff was chatting to an individual table whilst others were ignored. Multiple tables were in need of clearing or ordering. Our desserts arrived and the runner cleared our main plates. The runner was very friendly and polite and was more than happy to help. Running drinks and food and cleaning tables in between this boy was fantastic. The service was very poor and I was disappointed in our dining experience. Much prefer red lion street staff much more efficient!

Cold food and portion size is awful, Won’t be using them again, avoid