The best restaurants serving Italian food in North West

Our party booked ahead and preordered, the place had only a few other customers so it wasn’t busy. Meals only started being served after an hour and a half with no apology or explanation. When the food did come some orders were missing, some meals were inedible, some only arrived after other people had finished eating. The manager/supervisor did not come and apologise or offer explanation, he stayed away downstairs. When he was approached about taking a meal off the bill due to it being inedible, he said there was nothing he could do as a good will gesture apart from remove the item from the bill. Two of the meals were inedible and the quality of the others served was on the whole quite poor. I am so surprised as this place used to be so good.

A huge thank you to Davide, Eleanor and the team for making my mum's surprise party so special. You were incredibly accommodating, patient and welcoming. The food was lovely, too, especially that tiramisu!

Booked this for my birthday today as I had heard so much about it. It was so disappointing. It was Mad Friday (I blame the parents) Atmosphere was non existent. Half the tables were empty. Food was very poor - we all had pizza and it was the worst I have had in a long time. I am on Slimming World and was prepared to blow it for my birthday as a treat, I am so disappointed. We are trying all the restaurants in town and so far this is by far the worst, we won’t be back £90 for 3 pizzas (small tart type, mine was very doughy), 1 chips, 4 beers and 2 glasses of wine

Delicious food, the vegetarian options were exceptionally good, friendly staff, great value for money, would highly recommend

Honestly the worst spaghetti bolognese ever have had ! And the tomato garlic bread was freezing and they didn’t even bother to cut it and had hardly any tomato Stay well away £30 just down the drain

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.

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.

Always amazing. Pizza is so good, best we’ve had in ages.

Visited here again, it is ok, very average, the pasta sauce was quite meaty tasting, which was surprising for a tomato based sauce. It was an arrabettia sauce, but very little meat and just filled with baby tinned tomatoes.

I visited the Slice pizza at Oxford Road station (not the one pictured on here), and I'd just like to say what a lovely experience I had. I was greeted by a lovely young man wearing glasses, I think his name was Wilf. He was friendly, professional and nothing was too much trouble. It's really lovely to experience such good customer service. I would visit again in light of this. Pizza was also delicious. Thanks

Really enjoyed the food, much better than a usual takeaway pizza. Picked the order up and the shop incredible, assume Italian owner listening to great relaxing Italian music. No complaints from us.

Wonderful authentic Italian food. Friendly staff. Reasonably priced. Can’t fault the service. Even the toilets were immaculate.

Came across Cheshire Market by chance whilst visiting the city. Decided to eat from from here and so glad we did. Whilst waiting to order a customer came to compliment them on the Carbonara. We had mushroom risotto and gnocchi, best we’ve ever tasted. Would love to eat here again.

When we arrived the restaurant was extremely busy, so we had a quiet drink at the bar, nice table for four. Food was excellent all courses. Yes we have a wait between them, but we like that when dining out. One lady did moan quite loudly and aggressively at the staff about the wait, which was uncalled for, but some people are just rude. The staff are excellent. We had a fabulous night and will be returning again very soon.