The best restaurants serving Italian food in Cheshire West and Chester North West

We have eaten at Lorenzo’s a few times and the food has always been amazing and the atmosphere in the restaurant is great. I booked to come for a meal on New Year’s Day (my wife’s birthday) through the website (which was incredibly easy to do). We arrived slightly early to find out we had the whole restaurant to ourselves - there were no other bookings. Lorenzo went that extra mile and it made it an extra special experience for us when he could have quite easily cancelled the booking and had the day off. The food was sublime and the Gavi was great. Lorenzo’s hosting skills were second to none and as well as cooking our beautiful food he came and talked to us- it was magical. If you’re in Frodsham and looking for a place to eat- you couldn’t beat Lorenzo’s.

Chef Rob Owen Brown runs this unique street food operation from Easter weekend to the end of October each year, Thurs -Sunday 4-9pm or thereabouts. It's situated in the grounds of a lovely marina in rural Cheshire, there are moored narrowboat here and wide open spaces for a long walk through the fields if that takes your fancy. The mainstay of the food that Rob cooks here is pizzas, but oh what pizzas they are! Thin crusts, charred and full of flavour with loads of different topping to choose from, believe me I've tried them they are delicious. He also offers a changing specials menu which could be almost anything. I've seen game offered, katsu chicken wraps, half a roast chicken with rosemary and garlic and loads of other things too. There's always puddings, waffles sometimes and cheesecakes. You never quite know what's going to be going to be on, but it will be worth a visit and be delicious. This evening I had roasted sea bream with Mediterranean vegetables and garlic potatoes, it was fabulous. This is such an unusual venue, it's hard to give a realistic view of it. The food is amazing and next to the food cart is a re-purposed narrowboat ( out of the water) which serves as a mini pub. Loads of wines, beers on tap and bottled too, spirits and a comprensive range of alcohol free drinks. If that isn't enough there's glamping, camping and a lovely onsite cafe. Just come, it's amazing xx

Wow, wow, wow. Visit if you can 👍🏻

I will set the scene. It is 3.00pm on a Thursday afternoon. Only 1 other table dining at this time, and they were clearly about to leave. We are staying in the area on business and have walked past it many times. A day off and a stroll out to try after reading the reviews. So we are, what I assumed to be an unexpected welcome table for 2. Wrong. We were shown to a table for 2 at the back under a speaker. We were given menus, and a drinks order was taken. No draught beer, only bottles, in an 80+ seater restaurant? The drinks were delivered promptly. After 15 minutes, yes, 15 minutes, I got up to go and ask if there was any chance of her taking our order? The order was actually taken while I was in the loo! The food was delicious. Salami pizza and salmon tagliatelle. A complimentary limoncello was served with the bill. Will we return? Doubtful. Even though we are here for another 3 weeks.

Old school Italian very attentive staff. Had a Gnocchi and Arrabiata both nice flavours.

Great food and lovely atmosphere. The thinnest pizza crust ever and it was amazing. Totally recommend

A lovely meal - all dishes were really great. Fresh salad, tasty food. Also, fantastic service from Kate who was excellent. Thank you

Lovely food. We even got a complimentary glass of Prosecco to celebrate our engagement! Would recommend

My bf and I tried this place on 15/2/25, Saturday, they have loads of bookings but we were able to squeeze in. We were attended to by a lovely server, I was seated facing the oven area. I saw a pizza on a plate for a good almost 8-10mins but the 2 chefs there didn’t call the attention of any server.. and it was for my boyfriend.. but prior to that i was told that mine will be behind without much explanation though i chose a different pizza base. When it came, i couldn’t put my finger but i knew something was not right.. then i checked the bottom of the pizza, it was still very doughy..my bf made me wait for the server and it took us about 3-4 mins until i caught her attention. And i showed her, she apologised and said she’ll get me a fresh one.. also at that time a female chef was behind my bf talking to the 2 other male chefs. The server showed the female chef and the server went to the back kitchen. But i told the server i would prefer a dough similar to my bf. ( as she said she’ll get me a fresh one) NOTE: it took quite a long time for mine to arrive hence if she’ll get me a fresh one, i’d rather have a quick one coz my bf is almost done eating already. Then 1 of the guy chefs started attacking me, “questioning my judgment about the dough, telling me it was really like that small and thick, how would i know if i have not tasted yet”, i was calm telling i know a dough, and i know a cooked one and told it was inedible.. then the female chef and the server came in. And i said i a feeling overwhelmed, and the female chef took charge the situation and asked me what do i want and they’ll give. And I just lost my appetite with the whole situation.. an take note up until this time. NO APOLOGIES were given. I decided not to make a fresh one and just cancel as i am really uncomfortable. She said not possible, and I told will just take the pizza and l left my bf to take his as well and left. Horrible service. We all make mistake. We just need to be humble enough to accept if we make mistake to grow from it. Per my bf, the server was the only one apologetic about everything. As she knows customer service, apart from her. Chefs are chefting🤣🤣🤣 Will never come back

Been going here for quite some time and the place is always impressive. Service is amazing. Food is fresh and tasty. Atmosphere is just lovely....

Luis was absolutely fantastic. My partner called him in advance to book a table to suit his personal needs. Luis offered us a few different options and was so kind and understanding. I can’t praise him enough. The hospitality was extended by his colleague Daisy who was also lovely and catered to all our needs. Recommend an Ameretto Sour :p

Veenos is perfect for a great wine and bite to eat.Pratima was a perfect host explaining the menu and wines selection.As it was mid week the offer was a bottle of wine and free grande platter. Both wine and food were excellent. Thank you Ellis!. Lovely evening thank you ladies.

We were a group of 7 friends, celebrating a special occasion. We had a fabulous meal at Pacinos. We had 2 courses each and all the food was freshly made and delicious. The staff are all lovely too. We will defo be back.

So we moved up from London in August 2023 and have been wanting for tasting menus since, its out couples thing. Danoi was our first "'tup Norff" menu post getting settled. The restaurant is all about the tasting menu. Of particular note is the wine pairing which picks up very nicely on the on the soil and water properties of the Tuscan region paired really well with great food. In general the premium wine pairing is worth going for - we tried both Classic and Premium on our visit, we noticed only one exception here. Of particular note for us was: The La Vellutata (Potato Veloute/black caviar/white chocolate) paired with 2021 Langhe DOC "Nascetta" - this was the classic collection exception - it was excellent and especially pulled on undertones of glacial run off water filtered by CLay and Glacial deposit - took me back to mountaineering, a great memory. The Beef Tartare served with a mustard Gelato was a new taste for us and both loved it. The pairing with the 2015 Langhe DOC "Quatr Nas" made us both pause to appreciate what we had just had. Another pairing worth a mention was the Ox Cheek paired with 2016 Barlo DOCG "Vigna D'la Roul" The cheese course is technically fantastic but for me was too much, we should have shared one between 2. It was worth being stuffed senseless though for the pairing of the 2016 Barolo DOCG "Vigna D'la Roul" Overall a fantastic experience. We did also visit the family's Gelato shop the next day, also worth a visit and really made us see where the Mustard Gelato came from - a great extra detail forming an overall fantastic experience.

Why did this place take an on line booking, confirm it,, AND NOT Tell us you were CLOSED!!!! Angry. Cost us a taxi fare and a ruined evening