The best restaurants serving Italian food in Wealden South East

We live locally and love visiting Cuculo regularly to pick up cheeses, salamis and other Italian treats. Their wine selection is also carefully curated by one of the owners, James, who organises wine tastings (including via collection and zoom during lock-downs!) and even wine tours in Italy. On a Thursday and Friday evening you can pre-order a delicious pizza and enjoy a glass of great wine whilst waiting for it. I can highly recommend their Salare red wine! Do visit as it’s lovely and we’re very lucky to have this cracking deli and wine shop in Heathfield.

Fantastic sandwiches, incredible cakes and very helpful staff, would absolutely recommend to a friend. I haven’t tried the torta caprese yet but will have to give it a go soon!!!

As a food truck it was a great idea. Offering different food options than the pub, the pizza team are so much fun and chatted to us while we waited for them to prepare our pizza right in front of us. And it was so full of flavours, a good dose of garlic in the sauce. Highly recommend as the are also operating at different venues in the area.

Such friendly staff and a really delicious pizza. It was a pleasure to visit. Massila Bay is excellent value for money and offers a great menu choice. We love it.

Always made very welcome. Food is very good.

We had a brilliant lunch here today. The food was all delicious - far better than a lot of meals we’ve had in Italy. The namesake Poco pasta was particularly good. Some lovely local Sussex sparkling wine. The staff were really friendly and welcoming too. We had our 5 month baby with us which doesn’t usually get you the warmest reception but they were very hospitable. Would highly recommend!

Lovely restaurant and staff doing a great job. This traditional Italian is always reliable - taken over by new people and just as before has reliable tasty Italian food and great service. Good pizzas, pasta and lots more Italian favourites. I had a tasty salmon in tomato sauce and tasty veg. The tiramisu is also unmissable ! Well done to all. X

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.

A warm welcome on a Tuesday evening. Good range of reasonably priced Italian dishes. We ordered pizza, which were perfect and served promptly by the friendly owners, who are clearly and justifiably proud of their restaurant. We would certainly recommend if you are in the area.

A lovely Italian meal on a weekday evening. Very friendly helpful staff. Nice ambiance. Excellent bruschetta. Great fresh pasta. VG wines. Parked on street opposite free.

Visited for the ice cream -Latchetts gelato (saw the strange flavours on TV). £4.90 for a double tub with wafer. Very nice. Heaven farm itself is not much of a farm a few chickens wandering and small bird avery.

Nice food doner kebabs are great sizes meat could be cut thinner..overall good experience