The best restaurants serving Italian food in South East

Friendly local Italian in Carisbrooke which was walking distance from our holiday let so we gave it a try. Overall a pleasant enough dinner, £23 bottle of Sauvignon properly chilled, attentive service, free bread. Decor is rather dated though not as off-putting as photos had suggested, the pasta dishes were tasty and - oddly perhaps - came with a choice of salad or vegetables. The latter (including roast potatoes) would seem more fitting with a Sunday roast than a plate of penne but were nicely cooked and great if you want to really fill up. My chicken with pepper and seafood was a disappointment - somewhat dry chicken breasts in a gravy that wasn't nearly as rich as one might have hoped and generally lacked flavour despite some interesting ingredients. Perhaps I was unlucky. Certainly the place seemed popular and maybe I should have had a pizza.

Food was hood had to wait in car park for more than t mins

The staff was friendly and attentive which perfect compliments the welcoming atmosphere, it gave me a sense of familial bond. I would recommend the garlic pizza bread great for sharing but in my opinion it’s too good to share, pair that with the calamari and you got yourself a tantalising starter. If you are a carbonara lover like myself it’s only right you get the carbonara Al - forno pair that with a pepperoni pizza to share for a hearty and filling meal. Don’t get me started on the desert they were fresh and delicious got all 5 choices how greedy, my personal favourite was the sticky toffee pudding and the cheesecake was absolutely delicious.

Found this little place in Didcot, and it’s amazing! Delicious pizzas and great service! Highly recommend

What a delicious food! And the owners are very very friendly. Serving a big group it is not easy and they have done perfectly!

Food was ok, not particularly hot and in my opinion overpriced. £15+ for a small portion of lasagne is far too much, especially when you’re expected to pay over £5 extra for a small portion of veg sides.

Came to Piccola last night for a birthday dinner for my fiance. Absolutely blown away with this place! Food was Incredible, atmosphere was perfect and the lady running front of house was so friendly and really made us feel at home. We will be life long visitors

The food was lovely. Service was quick and friendly, especially our server Thomas who made sure everything was amazing :)

This is pur second visit since this fantastic place has re started its BYO Friday and Saturday Evening Resteraunt again. Food is super fresh! Pizzas are incredible! Excellent value 2 or 3 course fixed price options across the menu. Ambiance great, front of house excellent. What can I say, just get back down to those who used to go to the Evening Resteraunt BYO and to those who haven't been yet, try it! We will be back again very soon.

Came here for my work Christmas party and Naomi was so amazingly helpful!!!

Staff always welcoming, quick service & hot food make this restaurant one we keep returning too. Highly recommend.

Very near home. Not worth cooking if you want a cheap Italian style food. This is my nearest place

We hired The Real Pizza Company for my youngest son’s school leavers party. We had to, as we did the same for our eldest son 2 years ago and everyone raved about the food. They didn’t disappoint a second time. Amazing service and fantastic food. Cannot rate them highly enough. Thank you to all involved.

Booked for a large party and everything was fantastic. The service was seamless, the food was excellent and the atmosphere was great. We really enjoyed ourselves and I would recommend Luigi’s whole heartedly. Thank you all.

Unfortunately the rice was stodgy again Nd inedible for us both.....