The best restaurants serving Italian food in South East

Best local pizza outside of New York! Always very friendly and accommodating. Definitely worth a visit or two or three!

Although not a restaurant, the food is of restaurant quality, I think. Little seating next to the van, but a nice little spot to eat mid-shop. Pizza was delicious and not badly priced either. Would definitely reccommend. Not sure if they do drinks? I didn't see a list for any so if they don't already, would reccommend drinks being available.

It might look like a cafe on the outside (if you can find it), but there’s a proper restaurant with a proper kitchen on the inside. A small but varied menu, good portions and tasty. The chef was out among the guests, taking orders and asking if all ok. Well placed confidence. We would definitely return.

We had the most wonderful lunch at Sauce and Flour! The restaurant has an authentic rustic feel. The menu offers a range of Italian starters and homemade pasta mains. Food was executed excellently at a very reasonable price (they would be worth 50% more to me). The staff were attentive and friendly, ensuring that we had everything we needed without being intrusive. Overall, Sauce and Flour is an outstanding restaurant on all fronts - no wonder it is hard to get a booking! Whether you're looking for a casual lunch or a special meal, this place is a must-visit.

Fabulous Dining Experience With That Authentic Italian Feeling In The Heart of The Centre of Sheffield Highly Recommended

Went here for supper with a friend who is known here and uses a wheelchair. The service was kind, understanding, welcoming and attentive. Our pizzas were very good - very authentic - and reasonably priced. My tiramisu was also very good indeed. What a pity I live so far away from this place!

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 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.

Fab fathers day lunch, brilliant value for money and delicious food. Our girls loved it, and lovely staff. Thank you

As I was planning a weekend in Brighton, I did some research on Tripadvisor and drew up a shortlist of five outstanding Italian restaurants. Some of them offered high-end Italian cuisine which is fine but there are always certain dishes I look for when considering an Italian restaurant and they didn't offer them as menu options. Given this criteria, I decided upon Cibo and was not disappointed in the least. I decided to book a table well in advance and it's just as well I did as it was very busy upon arrival. The greeting was friendly; the service attentive and we were shown to a table near the kitchen. We both elected to start with tricolore which was exactly as it should be: each constituent ingredient being superb. My wife then went for the pollo al funghi which she absolutely devoured: had she have had the nerve, it's possible she would have licked the plate! I chose the canelloni which was spot-on: not too tomatoey, very tasty and seasoned to perfection. We rounded-off our meals with my eternal Italian dessert choice tiramisu and bannofee: both were great examples. Even the chilled-to-perfection limoncello was just right. Washed down with a fine vegan Ombrellino pinot grigio, Cibo played its coup-de-grace and we left well-satisfied, even pleased that the high standard of food, drink and service had come in just over the £100 mark. That may sound expensive but it proved to be excellent value for our meals and the overall experience.

Omg a real jewel! Fantastic atmosphere and the food will make you want to sing. I love it that the menu changes, so next time you go there, they may have something new and different

Free Pizza while working the Elections… thank you Nigel for your generosity! Pepperoni pizza was delicious and highly recommended the spicy honey!

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 serves very good food and has a good wine list, there is a fair range of wines available by the glass. The staff are friendly and the right level of attentive; the service was fine. The venue is smart, certainly a step up from many around here. There is a fixed price menu and a la carte choices too. We had the fixed price, the portion sizes were perfectly fine. The menu had some less commonly seen items, I had a very successful dish of Cornish sardines, while my wife had pancetta which she said was delicious. Overall, we definitely enjoyed our meals and our time there. Slightly on the down side, the room can be quite noisy if there are children present, and we had 12% added to our bill as a service charge (although we were only a group of three). This latter might be becoming more common, but it seems a bit off to me.

Our first visit to Vesuvius Garforth and we were really impressed. Authentic Neapolitan style pizzas cooked to perfection. Staff were very friendly and professional. A lovely experience. We’ve just got back from a holiday in Italy, we only visit Neapolitan style pizzerias and we’ve eaten pizza in many regions of Italy, including Naples. The pizzas at Vesuvius Garforth were as good if not better than anything we had before. Well done to everyone at Vesuvius, you should be very proud of your pizzeria.