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

Visited last night for partners birthday. Small, cosy restaurant, lovely friendly staff. My only complaint was the gorgeous food, which it was, was served all too fast. Food was served Tapas style, which meant our main courses came out whilst we were still eating our starters, all became a little chaotic. Would have liked more time to appreciate the food and savour the experience rather than trying to eat everything before it went cold. It's not as though they are rushing you out of the door, as they weren't, so why all the food at the same time .... Just relax a little Lorenzo.

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

My wife and 3 kids had the most amazing time here! I love tapas and it's so easy for the kids to pick at bits of small plates. Bread and oil was nice, king prawns and chorizo delicious!! We had hummus, pate and 2 pizzas! 2 guys looked after us and were very chilled and attentive

Enjoyed a wonderful lunch with 22 other ls we had such a greatbtime, service was amazin, we were well looked after and the food was delicious. Thank you so much for having us and cooking for us x x

We go to Chester most years to celebrate my birthday, 18th Dec and see the Christmas markets. 4 years ago we found this restaurant a couple of miles from our hotel, but worth the trip. We love going here the team is extremely friendly and the food is very high quality. I had the Rigatoni doice Latte and my wife had here prefered meal of Lasagne, both cooked perfectly and served in good time, ie not rushed. We will definately be back and would recommend completely.

Best Italian dining experience I've had outside of Rome! Personal touch to the service, delicious food, and very relaxed atmosphere. Can't fault it, and highly recommend. Excited to go back.

Always good food and service here. Go a couple times a year. There's a main menu and a set menu which is good value for money. 6 adults 1 child and our bill was £130 for food and soft drinks. Only downside is you have to drive there. Food is Italian tapas so small plates but order at will.

I have visited Artezzan restaurant on several occasions during 2024 with colleagues and friends. The ambience of the venue is good & we have always been made to feel welcome and the service has been great each time. The set menu, in addition to the full menu, provides excellent choice and the quality of food and the range of drinks is excellent also. Although we were fortunate that there was availability when we walked in early evening on one occasion, I suggest booking, to be certain of a table.

Really lovely owner who is friendly and informative. Great food at a great price.

Pizza was amazing. Nice atmosphere and the service was great. Well worth a visit.

My daughter Gabriella and I have been here 3 times before . Always had a good meal .So it's my 60th birthday and Gabriella booked for me , her and Joao . Food was authentic and amazing . Service perfect. Was treated like 'family'. Lovely atmosphere here. No rush to finish our meal . Will be back again for meal soon . Must have been good food for Joao cos he always moans about something when we go for a meal but no bad words about anything tonight , he was all smiles 😀

Another superb meal (family of 8) Never disappointed here, the food was fantastic again. Lovely service from Paulo. Will be back soon.

I popped in mid-afternoon hoping for a coffee, cake and a glass of wine - managed to get two of the three. Although it's a café, it's definitely more wine focused. Service was quite slow and it wasn't even that busy. The cake / pastry choice was almost non-existent, so I opted for a selection of breads with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. The focaccia was stupendous and highly recommended. I didn't eat anything else so can't comment on other food. The wine I chose was okay but nothing outstanding. Ultimately it is a 'wine café' so more about managing my own expectations.

Super neighbourhood Italian. Excellent food - lots of crab cakes and lobster ravioli at our table. Ravioli was outstanding , plenty of lobster and a lovely zingy sauce. Service was brilliant. Friendly cheerful and very helpful. Fantastic value. Location looks at first to be a bit odd but its walking distance from city centre and inside its lovely and cosy.

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.