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

Excellent food, excellent atmosphere. People were queuing up to get in. I can understand why. If there is a better Italian restaurant in Chester I would be supprised.

Food was amazing. Service was amazing. Tried tuna steak for the first time and oh my word I could of ate it again. The general manager was welcoming and so was his son and partner. Would highly recommend this restaurant and I will come back

We were a party of 4 staying at Leonardos hotel across the road (which I also recommend). On arrival we asked if we could be served to fit in with an event we were attending at the cathedral and were assured that would be fine. The service from Gordon was efficient yet not stuffy and the wine recommendation was spot on, with the addition of a complimentary glass of lemonade in case the wine was too dry for one of our party...a nice touch. Each one of us throughly enjoyed our meals, served hot and fresh. Can't believe how busy it was for early on a mid week evening but testament of an excellent restaurant.

Asked if I could add mushrooms to the chef‘s special pizza, they said no it would spoil the delicate taste. Also when it arrived asked if I could add Parmesan cheese they said no it would spoil the special blend.when I tucked in. I found it a bit bland. They need get go over themselves and possibly cater for the customer.

Very good food served with great panache by "Sergio" in a busy happy atmosphere. A very enjoyable Italian home cooked meal.

Good reviews encouraged us to call in for wine. However wine of choice not available and we prefer an establishment where the toilets flush and the climb to the toilets is not helped by exceptionally sticky handrails. Not for us. Back to Paysan !

Visited with friends on Friday 19th, we all had an excellent time. Fabulous food, drink and service. We will most definitely 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.

The three of us were expecting the daytime half price menu deal until the charming waitress/manager Nella explained that this only applied on Saturday and Sunday but, it being Friday, we could have the two course special menu for £25 (including a full sized bottle of wine!) instead. Basic arithmetic indicated that this deal was approximately half price. All of our food was excellent and efficiently served with the house red being very much to our liking. Well done Nella and the other staff. We will be back on our next trip to Chester in early December.

Had the truffle fries, carbonara and penne arabiata. Truffle fries not nice at all it’s a very odd taste. Carbonara spaghetti only just done and very black peppery. Penne was ok. Overall not worth the £35 we paid for the meal wouldn’t return.

Lovely meal, good service in nice surroundings.

Everything was fantastic. Brilliant food, excellent helpful staff. Reasonably priced quality food and drinks. Excellent staff.

Very disappointed. An Italian restaurant that doesn't do bolognese. Too overpriced

First day of opening after lockdown, excellent food in a nice courtyard, nice to be eating out again, nice Lasagne and a Peroni to wash it down,wife had chicken burger and a glass of red! Nice friendly staff and well worth a visit!

We didn't get anything we ordered and was charged more than what came.