The best restaurants serving Italian food in Shepway South East

Ordered through just eat, after 1.5 hours we called and the restaurant seemed to somehow have no started the order, was sorry and the food came about 40 mins later. One Pizza we ordered was for the kids to share, but they werent able to eat it as we had to put them to bed due to the time. These were expensive pizzas, £16 each roughly, the photos looked like high quality pizzas and at that price you would expect a decent pizza as its not something that should be hard to mess up. I started eating it and there was a very unusual taste. I had never tasted anything like it before on any pizza I have ever had, the cheese have a very weird consistency, texture and taste. I realised a few bites in it tasted like the dairylea cheese triangles, I havent eaten one in decades, but thats what it was like. I genuinely didnt eat any more of it, it was just so weird. My partner had a salmon pasta dish which was fine, but I paid £60 for food that came so late my kids werent able to eat it and no one ate either of the pizzas, I picked off some of the pepperoni and put it in the bin. I hate giving a bad review, but honestly I feel like in this case it was so unusual that maybe this feedback will be helpful, maybe something was off that night or they had to get an inferior cheese etc. but it was absolutely the strangest pizza I have ever tasted. I do feel like the delay was a genuine mistake and the guy who I spoke to did deliver it himself as he promised, honestly if the pizza was ok, not even anything special just actual mozarella, I wouldnt have reviewed, but this left a bad taste in my mouth literally and figuratively so I wanted to offer the feedback.

Have dined here on more than one occasion and it's been satisfactory but with the odd hitch. Last year, the dish ordered was available and later the server returned to say it was not available - this can happen and it's not the end of the world. Last month, I ordered the lasagne and whilst well cooked it had a peculiar acidic taste which I assumed was a citrus "twist" and speciality of the house. Afterwards, however, noticed quite a lot of digestion discomfort. Am left uncertain as to a future visit. Staff were helpful and friendly.

The pizza here are great and they also have other wood fired non pizza goodies to order if pizza isn’t your thing. Also the online ordering system works flawlessly.

Early evening visit on a warm summers day found the outdoor seating already full. Plenty of spaces indoor though. Good choice of beers and food provided is by "pop-up" kitchens. On the day, The Kent Sausage Company" were in attendance.

The staff were so helpful, we were celebrating our grandsons 3 birthday and nothing was to much trouble. The added bonus was the food it was delicious 😋