The best restaurants serving Italian food in Cherwell South East

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 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

This place creates the most incredible pizzas for a brilliant price! Once you’ve tried it once, you’ll never go else where again. Keep it up Cal

What a great bar! Children loved the Entertainment. The food was great. But more importantly the company was the best. Thanks Sharon and Ian for a lovely afternoon. We will certainly be visiting again 🤣🤣

The BEST pizza and best service! 10/10

Amazing food portions are huge so under size kids orders even adults portions crazy size really nice food staff really helpful if call or any problems if order using their site it's great can add drivers tip to order deffo place to order from in banbury I ordered chips BBQ chicken strips and regular chips as can see from pic how big portions are

Amazing coffee and Banbury cakes, service with a smile sold out of an amazing van! Well worth a visit!

La Foglia allowed us to exclusively hire their incredible restaurant to celebrate my 50th birthday with 30 friends & family for a 3-course lunch on a Saturday afternoon. We had use of their restaurant from noon until 5.30pm. Natalia and all the team were incredible; friendly, professional and so accommodating in every aspect. The set menu options were brilliant and allowed us to cater for toddlers, vegans and everyone else in between. Every guest was extremely impressed with the quality of the ingredients and the skill in both cooking and presentation. There was not one complaint from any guest about any course. I had the steak as my main and the quality was evident in every bite. Cooked to perfection (rare) and serviced with a delicious peppercorn sauce, that is so well balanced. The veg here is always cooked to perfection too with carrots/cauliflower/broccoli always crunchy and never soft. Their rosemary potatoes wedges are lovely too. This wasn’t my first time here; I often use it for both personal and business visits. It is, by some distance, the best restaurant in Banbury and you will have to drive a long way from Banbury to find another restaurant that can match it in all aspects (service, quality of ingredients, presentation). Thank you La Foglia for making a special day, extra special.

It was my first time at this place, and wow! I loved the service, the food, and the atmosphere. The person who attended to us was very kind and detailed when explaining the menu. I 100% recommend this place. Thank you for the great service!

I had never been here before A friend and her Daughter had So decided to go for Sunday lunch They had lamb I had beef. Well presented excellent food Loved the sweet as well

I came here a year ago and was blown away by the presentation, creativity and taste of the cocktails. Since then it’s become progressively worse, with the menu becoming ineligible the second time with a rude server, and third time (last night) the menu becoming actually legible but with more standard cocktails. The cocktails were still good but not worth the elevated price. Alex the bartender is great however. Mixed feelings given this place seems to have moved away from the direction of focusing less on the presentation of drinks, which is what I felt made this place really memorable and appealing in the first place.

Disgusting raw chewy calimari food was sat out for ages before it came to us poor service rude chefs and waitresses avoid avoid avoid

Very quiet and friendly also a friendly atmosphere dog friendly and the food is amazing I would come back here any day.

El servicio fue rápido y amable. La comida era muy deliciosa. Tenía la Pasta de Gambas (no recuerdo el nombre italiano real). ¡Yums! Si vas a Bicester Village, almuerza allí. Estarías contento.

AVOID!!! Went some years ago and it was fantastic but to say it’s gone downhill Is an understatement! We went this evening for valentines dinner and it was crap! It’s being run by kids who are more interested in chatting with mates than serving paying customers. A few of our issues: Food was bland and underwhelming. For starter I had “Gambas pil pil” a lovely dish that I am familiar with. Except instead of gorgeous succulent prawns cooked in olive oil with garlic and chilli - I was served prawns with chunks of chorizo in a tomato passata sauce. No mention of the chorizo on the menu btw so good job I’m not pescatarian! Hubs had the hummus which was tasteless, but luckily we were both starving so we continued. Mains were just as disappointing. Over cooked steak and strange garlic butter accompaniment. For dessert, as I’d ordered off the v-day menu I had a desert included which was a few tiny strawberries with chocolate drizzled across the top - described on the menu as chocolate dipped strawberries with jersey cream… no cream in sight. In addition, at 7.30 on a Friday evening they had ‘miraculously’ ran out of wine glasses so my Merlot was served in a champagne flute. Where all the wine glasses had miraculously gone is a total mystery considering the place was over half empty! We waited over 30 mins for our mains to be cleared and then had to ask to see the desert menu… there appeared to be 4 deserts to chose from but the bread and butter pudding was listed twice, and we were told they’d ran out… leaving very little choice. The main guy who greeted us and served us a little was always in a hurry to get away, and when we left the pub after paying a shocking £110, he was sprawled out on the floor on his phone and barely even looked up… no goodbye, thank you for coming. Oh and to top it all off, the ladies loos reek of stale fags. Safe to say we won’t be returning and if you’re reading this I advise you avoid the place too!