The best restaurants serving Italian food in East of England

Amazing food as always. 3 of us had pizza, 1 had the calves liver and one had seafood pasta. Everyone commented on how good their meal was. Service was also good and not intrusive. Desserts that followed were also top class, including the non-mass produced tiramisu. Polished off with some good teas and coffees. Overall a great experience. It's not the cheapest place I've ever been to, but given the choice and quality, added with the great service, I think that makes it good value. Would recommend to anyone, not just italian officianados

The best Italian food in Epping . For any occasions we always goes there. Tasty food, reasonable price. Proper authentic Italian. Grazie

Great pizza as well as great staff.

Brilliant restaurant, feel really safe there during the Covid 19 virus. Fabulous food and excellent service

We were visiting Bedford --where I grew up. This was a Groupon deal, and it was excellent value. From the minute we entered, we were looked after. The staff were helpful, friendly and knew what they were talking about. Our food was the best Italian I have had for a long time. So if you have the chance pay them a visit. They are close to the Embankment and there is some parking close by.

A LOT of people are reviewing the wrong establishment here. If you think you dined here in the evening - you did not. You went to Il Vino's RESTAURANT on St Andrew's Street towards Hertford North Station. This is a café that closes at 5pmon Fore Street in the town centre Been here numerous times, nice spot for lunch after a stroll round Folly Island and Hartham Common Park, they do excellent medium size pizzas (amongst many other things), and the prices are reasonable. Good service, piping hot food, tables outside for the vapers and smokers, and a room at the back for additional space.

Have eaten here in the past and enjoyed it but the last two times we've attempted to eat here we've walked away empty handed. The last time we were sat down and subsequently ignored and the time before that we weren't even acknowledged even tho the place was nigh on empty. We've given up on them now, as you walk out there's a Chopstix which is cheaper, tasty and they don't play hide and seek with you.

Not sure why this restaurant has good reviews. Starters were good but it was just prawns. No one enjoyed the main courses. My main was inedible, it was octopus and it was so tough, you couldn’t chew or swallow it. Sent it back but it was the same the second time. So I had no main course and ate what my partner left. The seafood in his was very over cooked, I would think it had been reheated. They seemed to have people in reviewing the food. There were a few tables they were making a fuss over and we were neglected and service was slow. The only redeeming thing, was the cocktails were good but food and service were bad.

Sheer perfection! Arrived at 9pm on a Friday night after a 2.5 hour travel. Welcomed with open arms but told the kitchen was closing at 9.30 - not a problem. We were still given plenty of time to choose from the (amazing) menu and drinks were brought over swiftly. The food (meat feast calzone and Mediterranean Mezze) was to die for! Beautifully presented and SO much! We did regret ordering fries and mozzarella sticks too but only due to the amount of food we ate. Two mains, two sides and 4 drinks less than £65. I described to the waitress that it felt like being on holiday. Now all we need is a reason to return. Thank you so much to all the team.

Great food, very large portions, friendly staff.

Absolute rip off merchants! Delivered less than what we paid for, wouldn't feed my dog what food they served! Wouldn't help when we tried to sort issue! DO NOT USE THESE CON ARTISTS!

Atmosphere. Pretty standard, nothing special. Service. Extremely slow and lacking at all phases. I've never seen 2 people stood around talking while waiting 10 minutes to have our plates cleared. I've also never seen someone sit down at the table they're cleaning and wiping down... I've also never known a waitress to not know the menu... Such as the Cannelloni... That doesn't need the "what pasta would you like with that?" question. Food. Ordered off the specials board. I'm not sure of the definition of special. I ordered the Tiger Prawns in a garlic, white wine, and butter sauce. TLDR. Bland, flavourless (unless you like butter). Prawns dubious and overcooked. The Prawns had three issues. Firstly an identity crisis. Having worked as a fishmonger for a few years, they looked and tasted suspiciously like King... But they were so overcooked (Shapes: C is Cooked, O is Overcooked), and drenched in butter they could have been anything by that point. The sauce was just butter. There were pockets of garlic, but I'm not sure if the white wine had been added - whoever added it knew how to cook with it. Tiramisu desert was also bland, and had clearly been sat in a fridge for a long time.

Italian restaurant, where I would say that the only Italian thing is the pizza, the pizza chef and a waiter. Unfortunately they are Italian restaurants up to a certain point, too much towards local taste. Good pizza, pasta worth reviewing because it's loaded with chilli and garlic So-so service, high prices for us Italians

I love Ask, love the pizzas and the gf gnocchi, but unfortunately, they have taken the gnocchi off the menu over winter. This is a mistake as its the best takeout they do. The pasta dishes were very disappointing, and this is the reason I've only given 3 stars for the food. The pizzas, though, are always great. Perhaps if they bring back the gnocchi, I'll revisit and give 5 stars again.

This restaurant was really amazing. It’s a shame not busy - food was amazing and they respectfully listened when I said I was on diet and they did a lovely roast salmon with salad. My daughter nearly licked her spaghetti plate clean. Just perfect!! Thanks