The best restaurants serving Italian food in North West

We used to love Ciao and was hoping for an amazing Italian. Social just lacked that friendly, Italian feel. Service lacks warmth and personality. It was quiet enough to take the time to smile at least and engage with the customers. Food is nice enough but cold and not presented brilliantly. Tiramisu had hair in it and rubbish bag left in the hallway as you walked to toilets. One of my little girls banged her head and the bar staff just looked over and carried on laughing and chatting. Ciao used to make the children feel special and that’s why they wanted to eat there! Food is expensive for what it is.

Fab evening spent in Little Italy. The restaurant has a wonderful ambience, with lovely atmosphere. The restaurant service is first class, proving a good selection of wine gorgeous food and excellent service.

Reservé el restaurante para una fiesta sorpresa de 50 años para mi esposa. La noche fue perfecta con comida y servicio fantásticos.

He estado yendo aquí durante los últimos 17 años nunca tuve una mala comida siempre tuve filete de filete azul podría poner su cuchillo a través de él como mantequilla esta noche entrante encantador personal encantador fue a poner mi cuchillo a través del filete y sentí como si estuviera aserrando lo tomó de nuevo y fue dicho por el gerente para que estuviera azul haría frío por dentro aunque nunca fue antes de que saliéramos a celebrar mi 60 cumpleaños no una buena noche no volverá

Good portion sizes and decent enough quality for a cafe. Would have liked some salad or something to go alongside the tuna melt as it was quite stodgy

Second time here for the bottomless brunch, probably the best value for money one I’ve been to in Preston. The food is amazing, Prosecco/cocktails are good quality and the staff are lovely, can’t do enough for you. Highly recommend.

Just walked out without ordering. The place looks ok, quaint, independent, decent looking memo. Was shown to a table upstairs but after 15 minutes of no further attention was starting to get a bit annoyed. When the couple seated next to us had their order taken before us (and another earlier arriving party) we decided to leave.

I loved this place, always visited when we stayed at the Cresta Court airport hotel down the road. Always a friendly welcome, fabulous food, incredible cocktails. We were so sad to turn up and find it closed. I've recommended this to lots of my friends. I hope it will re-open one day as it was really missed on our last visit

We’re regular lunchtime visitors. All the food is excellent and the baked potatoes are the best I’ve ever had. Delicious fillings and skin lovely and crispy. The wraps are superb as well and very substantial. The dishes come with a lovely side salad, sweet chilli dip and coleslaw. Night time menu is also excellent and highly recommend the meatballs. Our boys love the pizzas. BYOB is a bonus as well. Great service, great food and great staff. Can’t recommend highly enough.

Booked to go here tonight to celebrate granddaughters a level results only to find find they were closed .. . Booked 3 weeks ago , would have been nice to have been informed that they were close!!@ We went to Dolmus Italia and had a lovely meal were very accommodating and had a lovely meal. We'll recommend.

Very quiet on a Thursday at 7.30pm, only 2 other tables ( of 4 and 2 people). The food was very fresh and hot, friendly female owner. Very good value for money on the Groupon voucher for a three course meal. My only negative was that on my calabrese pizza there was excessive diced onion which was only just cooked and we weren't offered parmazan for our starters or pasta.

A hidden gem! We absolutely love The Italian and we’ve been several times since moving to Romiley in summer 2024. Delicious food which offers great value for money. The portion sizes are always generous. Can’t fault the service - the staff have always been incredibly friendly and welcoming. We love The Italian and will continue to support this fab local business!

Welcomed, seated, ordered drinks. Busy. Music far too loud. Food ordered, ten minute wait. Delicious. One grumble - portion size - immense. Wish there was an option for a more moderate size - same price, just less waste. Friendly helpful staff.

Such great food and atmosphere A hidden gem