The best restaurants serving Italian food in Norwich East of England

Fantastic food and brilliant waitress called Sharon

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!

We were wandering around Norwich looking for somewhere to eat on a freezing cold evening and came across Pinocchio’s. Service was very good and the risotto was the best I’ve ever tasted. I struggle to understand why there are so many negative reviews for this excellent restaurant. Would definitely go there again.

Have just had lunch with husband and daughter in law and granddaughter, it was lovely, not too busy. The food was very good, in fact my granddaughter chips where so hot that she had to wait until she had finished her pizza before she could eat them. The person serving us was very helpful and pleasant and chatted to my granddaughter, grace who is 2 nearly 3. Overall a lovely experience and would definitely recommend it to family and friends.

The food was great however the staff seemed stressed and busy. We waited a long time for our order to be taken. The restaurant itself has been crammed with tables. Not only did the staff seem to struggle to get hot food around. As a customer, but it felt very claustrophobic and canteen like. We could literally lean back to back with the people behind us.

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