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

Honestly maybe Chesters best kept secret. We love small plate restaurant / bars but this one nailed it. We tried 8 plates, all amazing, daily menu and the wine pairings were bob on. No reservations just roll up and enjoy! Great vibes

I was really impressed by all aspects of my visit to Augusto!! Friendly and knowledgeable staff, and really tasty food!! I went for the special of the day, which was pizza with a squash base (you need to try it!) smoked Scamorza cheese and Italian sausage, which is really impressive. It was fairly quiet, so i got to speak to the staff and was treated like part of the family. Will go again without a doubt!

Food was ok was good but nothing special, the area I sat in was really dark couldn't even read the menu. Staff were friendly.

Fantastic authentic food, I travel to Italy a lot and this was so authentic. Foccacia was light, calamari good portion size and salsiccia and gorgonzola pizza incredible. Was very busy , not the place for a quiet romantic meal but found service utterly charming and reasonably priced.

We stumbled across Carbonara at No 49 by chance, when we visited Chester, and what a hidden gem it turned out to be. We dined there for lunch and ordered from the lunch menu. The service was fantastic, and the food was delicious and authentic. The owner chatted to us about the food, as we were asking a few questions, and even showed us around the upstairs of the restaurant, where you could see all the old beams etc. Great place and one we will be visiting again when we return to Chester.

Fantastic experience at Pesto at the Yacht! Delicious food, friendly staff, and a cozy atmosphere. Everything was perfect – highly recommend!

Delightfully different Mediterranean menu from a range of different countries, well cooked and presented. The Artezzan has a lovely buzz to it and the service was just perfect. So why only four stars when everything else was five. Well we were given the table for only an hour and a half, not enough time. Shame really.

Great coffee. Excellent Bara Brith!

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

Amazing food and friendly service can't complain even left with a goody bag chose from the pesto menu for 3 plates each chicken wings (spicy) and another 2 delicious options would recommend to anyone

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.

We were enjoying the tasting menu until the belly pork came which was inedible as it was so tough. We told the waiter and he said he informed the Chef who said it could have done with longer cooking and sent her apologies. The rest of the meal was pleasant. As we could not eat this course I felt we should have been given a refund for it. We paid £80 each for seven tasting courses of which we could only eat six. I asked Fabrizio and he said that he would not do this and that I could talk all night about it but he would not reduce the bill. This is not what I would expect from any restaurant but obviously he doesn’t care about his customers being happy. It spoiled our evening as we felt unfairly treated.