The best restaurants serving Italian food in South East

Best local pizza outside of New York! Always very friendly and accommodating. Definitely worth a visit or two or three!

Although not a restaurant, the food is of restaurant quality, I think. Little seating next to the van, but a nice little spot to eat mid-shop. Pizza was delicious and not badly priced either. Would definitely reccommend. Not sure if they do drinks? I didn't see a list for any so if they don't already, would reccommend drinks being available.

It might look like a cafe on the outside (if you can find it), but there’s a proper restaurant with a proper kitchen on the inside. A small but varied menu, good portions and tasty. The chef was out among the guests, taking orders and asking if all ok. Well placed confidence. We would definitely return.

Just had a lovely comfort food meal here. Lamb special ragu for starter, cheesy lamuche (I think) with -well effectively pancetta. And salted caramel tart and chantilly cream. I had an old fashioned, a bottle of montepulciano and a pudding wine. Delicious. And the first time I’ve been told a restaurant is fully booked - I was sat in the window - and it was totally true. The restaurant was packed so I should book in advance.

He estado en los 3 lugares que poseen en Sheffield y son simplemente fantásticos. Cada uno hace algo ligeramente diferente. El café es fantástico y los hermanos que los dirigen son muy buenos chicos. Grazie Mille

Went here for supper with a friend who is known here and uses a wheelchair. The service was kind, understanding, welcoming and attentive. Our pizzas were very good - very authentic - and reasonably priced. My tiramisu was also very good indeed. What a pity I live so far away from this place!

Wow the people here are so delightful. We were lucky to find this cafe amongst many others that did not look as inviting. The toasted sandwiches were superb, the rolls equally delicious but best of all were the home made cakes. Bonus- excellent coffee served in beautiful cups and mugs. Wonderful cafe.

We live locally and love visiting Cuculo regularly to pick up cheeses, salamis and other Italian treats. Their wine selection is also carefully curated by one of the owners, James, who organises wine tastings (including via collection and zoom during lock-downs!) and even wine tours in Italy. On a Thursday and Friday evening you can pre-order a delicious pizza and enjoy a glass of great wine whilst waiting for it. I can highly recommend their Salare red wine! Do visit as it’s lovely and we’re very lucky to have this cracking deli and wine shop in Heathfield.

Fab fathers day lunch, brilliant value for money and delicious food. Our girls loved it, and lovely staff. Thank you

Gran sensación al restaurante y el personal era amable y encantador con los clientes. Visité antes de ver un espectáculo en el Brighton Centre y la comida salió rápido y caliente. Tuve bruschetta y fuera de Italia, fue lo mejor que he tenido. Fresco, sabroso y muy bien cocinado. Seguido de esto con pollo Al Fungi y esto también fue excepcional. Mi pareja tenía gnocchi y eso también fue perfecto. Volvería a visitar la próxima vez que visitemos Brighton.

Free Pizza while working the Elections… thank you Nigel for your generosity! Pepperoni pizza was delicious and highly recommended the spicy honey!

Omg a real jewel! Fantastic atmosphere and the food will make you want to sing. I love it that the menu changes, so next time you go there, they may have something new and different

We visited Veeno today for lunch. We had the best meal and we’ll certainly be back. I can’t believe we haven’t discovered this gem before. We had garlic bread and pizza, both of which were the best we’ve ever tasted. They came with olive oil and balsamic dip which was gorgeous. They also gave us some truffle oil to dip the pizza crusts in which was soooo good and different. They had a huge selection of wines and their house red was delicious. I had to have a second glass 😋. Can’t wait to return to try more of their menu. Thank you for a fanatic relaxing lunch x

A group of us went to Clava on a wet Saturday afternoon an enjoyed the tasting menu. Only one word comes to mind to describe it "superb" There was nothing that was put in front of us that everyone didn't devour! I especially liked the venison ragu with fettuccini. The lunch was a culinary delight and we will be making a return visit in the new year.

Please support this amazing local business. I love a good pizza and these are just the best I’ve ever had. The staff are lovely too and are always happy to slightly customise my pizza due to dietary requirements. Great place, give them a try.