The best restaurants serving Italian food in South East

Great food, great atmosphere, reasonable prices.

I loved the decor including the bonkers lighting. Starters were nicely presented and tasty. I had pollo alla cacciatore which was a dream. Finished with a delicious panna cotta. Charming staff. Go!

Lovely restaurant and staff. Could not fault our meal, really reasonably priced and even better that we got to bring our two well behaved dogs too

Visited for a work dinner. Great service and prices, large portions and great atmosphere. You must order the garlic bread its amazing! You even get to play a game at the end for a discount on your meal!

I really wanted to like this restaurant as there is such an opportunity for a good place in Alton. However the experience didn’t live up to the menu which looks so good. The food lacked that something extra and the presentation was disappointing. The calamari was just presented as a row of beige rings on a plate. Pizza express do this better! The mains were OK but sadly not at the standard you would hope from a restaurant. Maybe we dined on a bad night for them and would love it if they improve the offering. The service was good and with a few tweaks this could be a great place.

Must go if your within a 100km radius

You wont to eat a greatful pizza in Wallingford: This here is the right decision! Greatest Pizza ever!

I'm not going to lie. This visit was a bit of a disappointment. Sat down to our table and ordered drinks and starters. I don't know what their version of porchetta is, but it's unlike any porchetta I've ever eaten. The only way to describe it was that it was a wafer thin ham on some greenery and 4 small slices of baguette? I don't know if there are variations of it, but I don't think it was right. Whilst eating our starters, we were asked to move the table as they had a party turn up and needed to push tables together. Maybe a rethink on seating layout is needed. Wife had arancino ragu and lasagne with garlic bread and was happy with both of them. I had the pinsa spalinga. This was very tasty and spicy, so a thumbs up for the pinsa. Unfortunately, for me, the porchetta, shifting the table and waiting 10 minutes for the bill slightly marred the evening for me.

Great italian food, all main courses and desserts were superb.

I live in San Francisco and tasted their pistachio chocolate brownies when my aunt who lives near Annare visited. I've asked her to bring these brownies every time she comes to the US. They are that good! I would love to visit the cafe and have a cappuccino with my dessert some day!

Echo all the earlier comments, great food, service and atmosphere. What more do you need? Recommended!

The pasta making workshop was amazing and wow that ragu was so delicious! Would definitely recommend.

I popped in there tonight and have to say how impressed I was with the quality of the food. For a starter, I had calamari fritti which was made with fresh calamari (none of the ‘elastic bands’ that you so often come across). For the main course I had seafood linguine, which had mussels, prawns, tiger prawn and squid. The pasta was cooked to perfection and Stefany, who is front of house, explained that it was cooked to order so does not sit around waiting to be served. The menu is limited but I think the quality is superb and I’ll certainly be back but next time take a group of friends!

Best Pizza I have had outside Italy

Easily the best pizza in England. A well overdue review (by a year) after comparing various pizza restaurants we have encountered across England. The owners are young and energetic about what goes on the plate, the price point is just right so the pizza makes you feel like you are getting way more than then the ingredients and the effort, and the pizza itself is fantastic. Proper fired pizza that’s simple and tasty, with a tomato sauce that has been cooked up and seasoned well. Worth an overnight hotel and Hastings stop just to sit back and enjoy.