The best restaurants serving Italian food in North West

Being here earlier in the year, loved it x hubby surprised me with a little sneaky night away & we got a pod😛 img always wanted to stay in a pod ! Was super clean the shower was amazing & at first thought it would be could but boost the heating up was red hot!! The bedding linen etc were exceptionally clean honestly I can’t wait to go back!!! The staff, the locals are really lovely people ….. my only concern is I’m writing this & Steve & team get so booked up I won’t be able to get a room xxx we’ll find guys x bagel of a place x ❤️

Una comida realmente encantadora. Ambiente agradable y acogedor y un equipo brillante que no podía hacer lo suficiente por nosotros! Sin duda volveremos cuando visitemos Didsbury de nuevo!

Really enjoyed our meal at Locanda last weekend. Food was hot and very tasty. Relaxed atmosphere and great service from Ben who was attentive without being annoying. will definitely be back.

Wonderful every time we visit! From Caprese to pizzas, pastas and meals, consistently good. Fab food, fab atmosphere!

Always exceptionally friendly service, good coffee and interesting food choices. We went for breakfast the other day and I had the 'Spanish style eggs' which were exceptional. Go to Olea and order the Spanish style eggs! You won't regret it.

Increase of price, and was made to pay a £10 ‘table fee’ which I wasn’t told about when I ordered or made my booking on top of it all, how’s the table fee costing more than most things on the menu?? The restaurant next door (which I assume is theirs also) doesn’t do this😭 Seen your reply, and nah that isn’t my receipt. Only had one shisha and just a can of redbull😂went from £22 to £32 because of the table fee, we was given a table near the doors, we did ask if we could have a different table but wasn’t given it!

By now I’ve eaten most of the food in the menu and this is by far the best Italian food I’ve eaten, including what I’ve had in Italy! Everything is great but even the classics like the Carbonara absolutely sing!

Popped in for breakfast as wanted to put money in to local business rather than McD’s etc and the board outside stated 2 breakfasts and 2 teas £12 which seemed reasonable. The breakfast was well sized however the sausage was bland as was the grilled tomato. Bacon and beans were good. The pot of tea wasn’t the best. At no point did anybody pop over and ask us if we were enjoying our meal or if everything was ok. The decor was tired with marks on the walls and the door was filthy. We were in early and the place was empty so wasn’t as though the grime had built up in the day and would have took a minute to wipe it down with a damp cloth at least. Also the table cloth was stained. When went to pay it was £15.88 and not the £12 as advertised outside but couldn’t be bothered challenging as it was the missus’s birthday. Won’t be going there again as just not good enough.

Visitamos Cibus recientemente un viernes por la tarde y la comida era genial. No puedo esperar a volver un domingo para una cena asada, ya que la última vez fue la MEJOR cena de carne asada que he tenido y he probado docenas de lugares a lo largo de los años.

Absolutamente increíble lugar! ¡No puedo fallar nada! La mejor comida, el mejor servicio todo a excelentes precios. Usted no encontrará ningún lugar mejor, el personal es increíble! Gran lugar en general

Amazing food, amazing service would recommend it to everyone. Quality products used which is evident in the taste. Very popular so order early to ensure they don’t sell out!!

What a welcome, the food was excellent and the service second to none Salvatorie was an excellent generous host and Chris's food was amazing, we had such a good evening we went back the next night to sample the pizza, which was excellent, we wanted to sample the sweet menu but were too full, we will next time. Well done to you both for creating such a lovely restraunt and fantastic atmosphere you had better believe we will be back. Highly recommend

Absolutely terrible experience!! Really wish that I had read the bad reviews first. I had been really looking forward good authentic italian food done properly after recently discovering this place. We made our reservation and arrived 5 mins before, after standing in a queue for over 5 mins, we were asked to wait outside until our table was ready which was about 15 mins.... It was busy and we just accepted it for what it was. After we were sat down it took a while for the most miserable life hating waitress to come to us and take our order. We ordered, drinks took a while, starters took longer than I thought, they were pretty good even though they didn't have what we originally wanted. Then....the wait began.......from ordering food, it took 1 hour for it to arrive, we had to shout the miserable girl to order more drinks.....they never arrived, she just went on to clean tables. we noticed that people who came in after us had eaten and gone...... all four of us were getting very bored, hungry and just sat there not in a good mood as we were just being ignored. We were just about to get up and walk out and then the food arrived.....well, some of it did. one of the kids had to wait about 5 mins longer for her pizza.....we then had to send it back to get it cut up for her..... After seeing all the pics they post and videos of their carbonara, i was really looking forward to someone around here who does a proper one (and wanted to compare it to mine) i was quite underwhelmed.....the portion seemed to be half of what other people had and what was in their pics and the guanciale was hardly cooked! The pizza was ok but nothing special for a margherita, a proper margherita should be a taste sensation (Rudy's are amazing), this was just average. The lasagne was far too hot for a child, took her ages to get it to an eatable temperature, the wife's pasta was ok, nothing special. Our drinks still didn't turn up but by this point we didn't want them, we just wanted to get out of there. Not once did they ask us how things are... I'm not one to complain about things normally, I just put up with it.....I wanted to but I couldn't get anyone's attention as they just seemed to keep walking past up with their heads in a different direction. I thought rather than lose my rag in there, I'll do it via their Instagram messaging just to raise my concerns. I did the day after and I'd say I was quite polite about it and just pointed out our poor service and we were disappointed. They read it and no response. I messaged again a few days later and the same again.......zero response. I then read the reviews and see that others have experienced the same. Seems like the owner/manager is only interested in the positive feedback and things on Instagram etc. I have told others about my experience and it has put them off going as they don't want to risk poor service and I will continue to do so. If they would have responded to my message I would have given it a second chance and put it down to being busy but to ignore people who have come and spent their money for absolutely shocking service, I cant get over that and hope it soon catches up with them and more people realise I'm more annoyed with myself that I didn't realise I had paid an optional service charge on the bill......fuming!!!!! Worse service EVER for what is in my opinion a very very overhyped place... Anyway, rant over, if you have read this I hope you don't go....or at least have a better experience that we did

I booked a table for 6 for my wife's birthday through Mezzepotamia's website. I received a booking confirmation when I booked, but when we got to the restaurant the owners advised that they are closed for renovations. Unfortunately this isn't the first time a booking has been cancelled by the restaurant without them letting us know. Needless to say, we won't be booking a table there again.

Fantastic food which is well presented and plentiful. Husband and Son has the Mixed Grill which was huge but they both said it was tasty. The staff are attentive and very friendly and nothing was too much trouble. Would definitely recommend eating here.