The best restaurants serving Italian food in North West

Popped in here for lunch on a Friday afternoon expecting an average Italian meal. Wow the food was amazing. Great Caprese salad. The spaghetti alla vongole was superb too. The tiramisu was also exceptional. We just got back from a 4 day trip to Rome and honestly this food was better than anything we had there. Great family run business and great service too. Definitely coming back when we visit Southport again. Better than 5 stars.

Amazing food and service will definitely be back

OK seafood pasta, not great. Outside seating next to busy road when we visited.

Food and service was amazing first time here and it was lovely

Excellent service, delicious food and great prices.

it is really nice and it tastes very good

Had an early Mother's Day meal with my son and daughter. They catered for mine and my daughter's special dietary requirements as the food is made from scratch. Fantastic service and excellent food. The best meal out I've had in a long time.

Popped in tonight to say thank you and goodbye and thanks for the last 5 years. Absolutely great restaurant with super gorgeous staff throughout. Good luck W & M where ever they choose to pursue ❤️😢

Superb service Meeting Mike was a pleasure and excellence in food 🍲 Rustic quality at its best …….. highly recommended

The pizza here is sooo good and better than many I've tried in Italy. So lucky to have a place like this Cheadle. Always super fresh. and very reasonable prices. 👍👍

I love this restaurant. I remember visiting when it opened and the prices were low with large portions. The prices have risen, but tje quality of the food is great. The staff have always been lovely without exception. So happy to see the restaurant flourish and for all the hard work and experience to be rewarded. I'll save up one day for the chateaubriand or the tomahawk steak

I've been going to Maray for years and I've become increasing disappointed each time I go. The portion sizes get smaller and smaller and the prices get bigger and bigger. This time the quality was lower. Hummus chips used to be lovely skin hand cut wedges, now they're just like frozen chips. Sweet potato was undercooked and bland. Sea bass was also bland and too salty. When the fried chicken came I was shocked at the portion size. Three tiny goujon shaped pieces for over £10. You used to get a decent pile of it. It was also not as crispy as it used to be. The sharing mezze was tasty but at £20.25 you'd expect bread to be included to dip into the mezze but no, we were upsold 3 pittas at £2.75 each, so for £28.50, the mezze and bread was not worth the price. The wine was really lovely though and the atmosphere sat outside looking over the docks felt very special. Staff were friendly and pleasant though as we were outside perhaps not as attentive as they could have been. I won't be rushing back and if they carry on the way they're going with expansion at the expense of their quality then it'll basically be like La Tasca and look what happened to them.

Reservamos de última hora para una reunión familiar después de ir a la pista de carreras de Las Tres Hermanas y el propietario no podría haber sido más acogedor y servicial! Lograron encajarnos todos, a pesar de haber dudas iniciales debido al gran número que éramos y luego el servicio y la comida fue de primera categoría. Sin duda recomendaría. Es una pena que no somos locales porque sin duda volveríamos!

I’ve just had a meal from the online takeaway service. The meal was ready at the allotted time and was absolutely delicious and at a low price. Superb!

Ann and Ade were the perfect hosts, and took the time to talk with us as well as serving the best Italian food. I ate the best pizza I have ever tasted! My wife had the ribs starter and a pasta main meal. Going back very soon.