The best restaurants serving Italian food in East of England

Very friendly staff,excellent environment,great welcome. Very varied menu and excellent size portions. Can get very busy so we always book to guarantee seating

We stopped for a light lunch. The sandwiches were very good (both quality and quantity); excellent value for money. The Guinness was good as was the Wainwright's The outside tables give a fabulous view of the boats passing under the old bridge.

We have been going to Witham Prezzo for years and always find its great experience. It’s definitely the best one in the area both in terms of food quality and level of service. Our fav servers are Liv and Veronica, always so nice and attentive! Until the next time :)

Can not fault from entry to leaving all good, food was enjoyable , my only issue with prezzo is different people pay different prices for the same item due to having voucher of not

Order from prezzo from time to time mainly when there is a deal on through one of the many delivery sites. The pizza is always great quality and tasty and they have white pizza Bianco options that I really like. The garlic bread with caramelised onion is always lovely too, this said if we had to pay full price I would buy elsewhere as there are various pizza options locally. But if there is a deal and its the same price I would recommend you give it a try.

Always a lovely experience here, staff are always so polite and helpful and food is always 10/10!! Me and my partner come to this restaurant every 2 weeks maybe twice in a week it’s so good

Had been recommended to visit. Atmosphere of staff was not a happy team, but efficient. Starter:garlic bread was lovely Main chicken appollo appeared like it was a ready meal, not that tasty. Chips:very poor. Took on the appearance of oven chips Dessert: pancake, disappointed it was not warm, in fact it looked and tasted like a fresh shop version and certainly not made on the premises. Pour quality chocolate sauce. Better pancake at a farm shop in honingham with excellent presentation and taste. We were presented with our bill followed by a prompt “ are you ready to pay” For what we thought would be the real Italian experience, we were disappointed. £40 including 1 sift drink. Better eateries on the same street so we won’t be returning.

We opted for pasta and although I know what we ordered, I am not overly sure what we got ! My favourite dish normally comes with a sauce....this was just overcooked pasta. Very very disappointed. Paid and left and will never ever go back.

A friend and I went for a meal last Monday 30th January. We arrived at 8.15pm and our order was taken very quickly, but not one thing was right. Both my friend and I ordered the vegetable and pasta soup, which on a positive note was delicious. However, my friend did not receive his at the same time. He waited patiently, then after ten minutes asked where it was. The waiter apologised, admitting he had forgotten. I had finished mine by then as my friend had asked me not to wait for him. For the main course, my friend ordered the vegan spaghetti bolognaise and I ordered pizza. My friend said his meal was tasteless and could have been hotter, and my pizza was barely warm, so I sent it back. I was promptly told that nothing could be done as the kitchen was closed (at 10 past 9?) so I mentioned that surely he still had access to a microwave. He commented that they don’t usually put pizzas in the microwave (Erm - I wanted it warmed up) but he did. For too long, though, as it was tough and inedible, so left it. We also asked for a jug of water. Along came a small jug despite there being two of us, and two dirty glasses, so we asked for two clean ones, which were then provided and should have been provided in the first place. Back to the jug, it was clearly a jug for one and not enough water for a whole glass each. For dessert, I ordered tiramisu and my friend ordered cheesecake, both of which were fine, but we had expected dessert spoons to eat with, not teaspoons… We had a 25% off voucher, which was why we chose Prezzo, but we will not be choosing the Buckhurst Hill branch again. The staff seemed in a rush to get rid of the customers who were left, so we didn’t order coffee, nor did we leave a tip, nor will we be returning, despite not being charged for the pizza I didn’t actually get to eat. Appalling service from a well-known and reputable chain.

We came to Colchester Dough & Co as we had been given a £60 gift voucher from Dough & Co headquarters for 3 absolutely disgusting takeaway meals from Maldon Dough & Co shop. Burgers not cooked properly, didn't get dirty fries we ordered, just cold chips. Maldon manager refused to deal with us, so went to headquarters instead, who were very helpful. Vowed never again to go to Dough & Co in Maldon and so we ventured to Colchester one instead. Wow, what a complete difference I am glad to say. Service was fantastic, very friendly and helpful. Food was excellent, the garlic bread was divine, soooo good. The rest of our meals were really good too. Would definitely recommend Colchester Dough & Co and will definitely go there again! But don't bother going to Maldon Dough & Co unless you want food poisoning!

Great place to come to drink and dance the night away.

Not great value for money , food was bland , service diabolical, really dissapiinred

I Stay at this hotel all the time and have used the Marco Pierre white restaurant a lot. Have held off writing a review up to now but I think it’s time to come clean. Sadly, the quality of the way the food is cooked is not what you expect a restaurant of such an esteemed restaurant patron to be. I generally have the 12oz filet steak, or pasta. I must have had a steak here 10 times over the past couple of years and I’d say that it has only ever been cooked correctly as requested once, it’s either over cooked, undercooked, but never how I’ve asked for it. It even turned up once completely sliced which I sent back. If you are staying at this hotel, I wouldn’t recommend the food here, a pizza maybe but that’s difficult to mess up. There are better places to eat in the high street and have a better experience. Now that you also have to pay car parking it turns out to be a very expensive dinner experience trust me.

Bueno, así que este pub sirve algunos de los mejores alimentos italianos que he probado, PERO casi tuvimos que rehipotecar para pagar la cuenta... un gin tonic y una pinta era £ 19. 50 ! ! El ambiente era increíble (viernes por la noche) y nos gustó mucho este lugar, pero los precios significaban que solo nos alojamos para una bebida. La comida no era lo que uno esperaría en un pub, pero era INCREÍBLE. Auténticos platos de pasta italiana, arancini, etc. con tanta profundidad de sabor. Qué pena lo de los precios o hubiera dado 5 estrellas...