The best restaurants serving Italian food in Ashford South East

friendly welcoming staff good coffee and light food a good place to stop and rest in a friendly atmosphere

Always enjoy Italian coffee here. Fab cakes and pastries. All lunches that were being served looked lovely. Blankets are provided for outside seating in cold weather. Friendly and prompt service. Great place.

The management team and the owner are responsible and working with care providers customers the most important outcomes. Well done !!!

We went to celebrate a birthday, we were a party of eight with one member of our party Dairy free. Our meals were delicious the service was very good . Overall 10 out 10 we will definitely recommend and return .

Lovely! Visited Montalbano without a booking, and the staff were SO helpful and accommodating in providing vegan-friendly dishes. Lovely to see an independent restaurant busy mid-week, clearly this is a popular spot :) Yummy food, yummy wine, wonderful service, thank you!

We arrived at opening time 5.30 just after my husbands Hospital appointment hopeing for a pleasant place to eat. the place was empty. The starters we ordered were very nice. My husband ordered Halibut which was dry & poorly cooked which was not charged for thats fair enough. My risotto was cooked with basmati rice & by the look of it had the same tomatoe sauce stirred through it as my starter. The waiters & waitress were very sullen not at all friendly like Italian restuarant's iv been in where there is a really warm atmosphere. When my husband ordered a liquor at the end of the meal the waiter said you have 15 mins then we need the table. I couldn't believe their rude attitude. Appalling I won't be going back.

We stayed at the Travel Lodge in the centre of Ashford, just to go to this place. Friendly staff brilliant food. 25 chicken wings, 2 pittas, salad,chips and a bottle of Pepsi for £19.99. Gone up £4 since last year,but hey everything is going up. No complaints with the medium peri peri on the wings, they were just on the line between hot and Ouch. We ❤️ them. Maybe the size has gone down a bit,but the flavour was super! We will return once more!

February 2025: this is the third vegan/plant based pizza I've ordered from Domino's. No problems with the first 2, however, today the pizza was disappointing. I suggest that a new quality checker is found as this one was obviously blind to the few pieces of real chicken on a plant based pizza they couldn't see. Whilst I understand Dominos don't care about cross contamination, as they warn about it, there is no excuse, when it's quality checked before being sent out, to miss a few pieces of chicken on a plant based pizza. To be honest if following basic food hygiene guidelines for food establishments, I'm not sure how a few pieces ended up on there in the first place. This could be easily rectified by using separate gloves, even separate areas and placing the pizza up high so non vegan ingredients can fall onto it. Very disappointed. I don't think I'll bother again. I'll order from elsewhere. It's such a shame Papa John's went as I never had this issue there. December 2024:First vegan pizza here. It was really tasty and clearly vegan. The Italian base was really nice. Unusual seasoning, but it really worked. I'd order it again. The chips were a bit disappointing but the pizza made up for this. Speedy delivery too. Great experience. Thank you.

Disappointing! Beef was tough, pork tasteless. Veg, not great. Deserts some good others disappointing. It was for a special occasion which was not. I felt for my family who payed good money for a mediocre meal. Service was good but will not be back.

That’s the best Pizza Express we’ve had in ages, super service and food after a long time was amazing! Will be going to the town centre from now on not the Ashford Outlet. Happy customers, we have been coming to pizza express for over 30yrs!

Pizza express has been around quite a while now but this is my first time going there. I didnt realise it was soooo good! Our server, Isabella was so cheerful and had a smile on her face all the time. Ryan, Anish, Arul and Yuji who were behind the counter were efficient, friendly, and cheerful despite the dinner rush. Kudos to the team. Good food, great staff, and awesome deals!