The best restaurants serving Italian food in South East

A great selection of freshly made Italian food. Highly recommended 👌

Had been recommended this Italian by a local for a family birthday. Greeted warmly by restaurant staff, water on arrival, attentive service. Unfortunately we were next to a table that various suited/booted parents dropped 9 of their free-range charges with a handful of timid 'grown-ups' whilst en route to the Club, I suspect. Food was excellent, the staff was amazing dodging these young teenagers leaving chairs untucked in the staff's wake whilst they slammed toilet doors, daring each other to run in the kitchen and generally getting under people's feet. When they did sit down, volume control was clearly not in their gifts. Thought the restaurant staff did an excellent job at trying to make our meal an enjoyable experience despite the crèche like conditions other diners had developed. Would definitely go back but perhaps on a school night when hopefully these youths are not there. The restaurant was far from a let down but the locals certainly were.

So pleased that we found this little gem in TW. The outside does not do justice to the authentic high quality food this little family restaurant provides. Lovely, friendly owners who are delighted to talk about their food and history. Its very small so probably need to book for dinner. Give it a try.

The food at Little Italy is always good but lunch today was the best yet . Papperdelle pasta with chicken , sundried tomatoes , spinach , onions , pesto , olive oil , mozzarella, and black pepper Bella Bella , you won’t be disappointed, Francesco always serves authentic Italian cuisine , pay this little restaurant a visit , we’re always made welcome x

This is a lovely restaurant, I assume by a family. The food was wonderful and the staff very polite. Pricing of the food was spot on and reflected well with the proportions and quality of the food presented. This is a restaurant that relies on positive feedback for customers like me. And because of what I experienced it’s has to be positive. Next time I am running the Brighton marathon and stay in Steyning I will definitely go back to this lovely little restaurant.

I put a negative review here. However credit where credit is due, the restaurant reached out and we are all good. Sometimes it’s just a misunderstanding…

The food was lovely. The atmosphere was very welcoming. The staff was kind and friendly. La Stella is a highly recommended visit. Thank you for such a lovely time.

We ordered 16 takeaway pizza's including gluten free and vegan. They went down great with the team! Very tasty gluten free, so much so that left overs were taken home. Would highly recommend if you are gluten free and/or vegan. (the non gluten free/vegan pizza's were great too!)

Had lunch here with three friends on August bank holiday Monday during the Sandwich Festival when the restaurant was fairly busy but not packed. We all ordered pizzas and then waited a very long time noticing that other customers who had arrived later were being served before us. One pizza arrived 25 mins after ordering and we waited another 10 minutes for the other three. All came on disposable plates with flimsy disposable wooden cutlery which proved incapable of sawing through the tough pizza base which had not been pre-cut into segments. After breaking two forks and making no impression on the pizza base with the knife I asked for metal cutlery and was informed that they had none. When I explained the problem and expressed my unhappiness the waiter shrugged his shoulders and wandered off leaving me no option but to tear my pizza into pieces with my bare hands. Thereafter no member of staff paid any attention to us and I had to go to the counter to order desserts and pay the bill. If you insist on eating here I recommend bringing your own cutlery.

Four of us visited for our son’s birthday on a midweek evening and were all hugely impressed by the quality of the food and portion size all washed down with a very gluggable Valpolicella. It was a fairly quiet night and yet four different dishes were delivered piping hot in surprisingly good time and at a very reasonable price. We will definitely visit again to try some of the other food from their appetising menu.

Lovely food and friendly staff!

I love these guys, they are amazing people and the coffee there is very good quality! ❤️

This is a great restaurant with lovely food and attentive happy staff. I had my daughter’s birthday celebration here. There were 25 of us and all the food came out together, piping hot and delicious. The staff couldn’t do enough for us. We will definitely be back. Thank you M2!

Tasty food and very pleasant service. We highly recommend... Thank you and we wish you many more satisfied customers. NL-SK family. 😀👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

We have been 4 times recently and have been so well looked after. We have really enjoyed each meal we've had. The prices of food and drink are very acceptable.