The best restaurants serving Italian food in Bargate Southampton South East

Dinner with friends before a visit to the theatre! What a lovely find……great food…..service and friendly welcoming service! Food was absolutely delicious! Can’t wait to return

Lovely little spot, sat out in the sun for breakfast and it was a delight. Staff were very welcoming and attentive. Food was first class, would love to come back.

Good atmosphere and friendly service. The food was ok.

Ok its 4yrs since i was last here and the food remains excellent it just Disadvantaged by the parking arrangement, ie parking watch you know the company £60 pound fines etc etc Totally unnecessary in my opinion and just makes the evening difficult. My only other gripe would be how they serve the food ie as it gets cooked so as in our case say 3 of us were on our second dish before one of us got their first again it doesn't really work and makes it awkward and is not good manners is it! Staff are excellent though and the general ambience is good. My advise Bacaro would be find a better spot :-)

An unlikely spot for a top restaurant but don’t be fooled please give it a go because inside it’s warm and friendly service and authentic Italian food

Visited on a Friday for an evening meal. Authentic food cooked well. The staff.were welcoming and friendly. I would certainly recommend La Tavenetta.

It was our anniversary, and Ennios made it so perfect for us from great service to fantastic food and wine , All the staff took time out of there busy shift to come and talk to us which makes you feel special. Can not wait to come back

Exceptional service, every single time. Peter in particular was very friendly and helpful.

We met friends, that we hadn't seen for ages and had a wonderful lunch We all enjoyed it tremulously. We enjoyed the singer, but wished our table had been a little bit further away.

I visited with my sister last Friday. The food was very overpriced for the execution. Mushrooms on a wedge of bread, mushrooms has no seasoning at all. I then had the ribeye steak which was saturated in salt, I tried to continue eating this but physically felt sick after 1/4. This came with a mushroom which was rubbery and unseasoned undercooked fries. I ordered 2 oysters and 3 arrived at the table. We were sat right next to the kitchen window and the chef then creepily said the extra one is from me…… when asked how my meal was I didn’t feel comfortable being honest with the chef right there. As we were leaving a table behind us then started to complain about their steak too!

We went in got sat at a table then got moved as a bigger table came in. Then I got my drink and the glass had a lipstick stain on the side of it. When I asked the lady for a new glass she looked at me funny and inspected the glass. Our server was quite blunt and rude. With the food the pasta with the meatballs was very cold and rubbery, also the fudge cake was cold even though it’s meant to be a warm pudding.

It was a Monday lunch so not busy anyway, big shout out to the lady who waited for us, really friendly and helpful thank you very much.

Clean and tidy but had a cheap feel. Serviettes disintegrated on the first use. Penny pinching! Service was very good but the food wasn't great. The house burger was apparently good but the chicken burger was tiny. The roll was fine and nice salad filling and accompanying salsa. Side salad excellent. Chips were unseasoned and there was no salt and pepper on the table. Penny pinching again. Ketchup came in those little sachets which, even as a man, I find tricky to undo without making a mess. Didnt have brown sauce. Penny pinching. Wouldn't take much to improve to a better standard

My favourite local italian. best pizzas ever. Very accomodating to kids and toddlers even if they make some mess. Good selection of vegetarian options.

Great place for pizza and wine. Friendly prompt service with tasty Italian food.