The best restaurants serving Italian food in Bristol, City of South West

We visited for the first time this weekend, having walked past the restaurant dozens of times in the past, after a glowing recommendation of from a friend. We weren’t disappointed! A fabulous meal with a modest but well chosen wine list. Top-notch friendly service and a laid back atmosphere. We’ll be back!

The Staff were racially motivated, I ended up getting major food poisoning, The food was cold. I do NOT Recommend

We’ve always been huge fans of Ciccio, especially since discovering his pizza van in the back streets of Brislington during the pandemic, and were so proud to have him cater our wedding at the weekend. We trusted his vision and let him choose the menu, and couldn’t have been happier - fried fish, pastas, meats, cheese, arancini, pizza, cannoli. Truly amazing. The most authentic pizza around and our guests couldn’t stop talking about the food. Grazie di cuore Ciccio, Becca and Lucian

- Quoted my fiance after he ate his first vegan burger in his life. We have met with our friends there last Saturday. That was the second time for me there and could not agree more with my fiancé. The fact that he loved it tells everything! Their burgers are tasty, and you can ask them in a GF bun, which is the best-selling point for me! We tried: the Moving Mountain with vegan cheese and added extra BBQ Jackfruit topping. The soy patty was delicious & perfectly seasoned. He went for the Veg Burger in Crispy Crumb because he loves a crunch! Double patty, extra jalapenos with very hot sriracha and cheese. The garlic aioli and rich tomato sauce on the side were dreamy! We added normal and sweet potato fries too! The food feels fairly priced, and the service is generally pretty quick. Not to mention our food been served by the lovely Chef, named Istvan. Your health is in a good hand there so you should check out that place if you have not already!

The inviornment was so great and cozy and the food was brilliant. Simin greated us so warmly and friendly. It was fantastic

Been twice and loved it both times. Food is amazing. Service is excellent. Delicious! Will be going back.

This place has been on our list to visit for ages now and last Friday in a late Birthday celebration we went for lunch. On a miserable rainy day we spent a few hours here enjoying fabulous food. Sonny Stores is a really laid back place with friendly staff and amazingly delicious food cooked with love. To have a taste of the variation of food at Sonny's the server advised the two of us should share a dish from each course. Turns out that was excellent advice and we'd recommend that plan to people eating here. We had the Pumpkin Fritto to start, pasta course we had Pansotti and main we went for Cull Yaw Shoulder finished off with a coffee and Tiramisu. The Fritto was awesome, the pasta was perfect and some Focaccia bread mopped up the juices & oil. The Cull Yaw with carrots and drunken poatoes was so tender and tasty, a proper plateful too. Coffee and Tiramisu conpleted our meal. To accompany the meal we shared a bottle of red wine and the total bill was a reasonable £100. Overall we'd give Sonny Stores an easy 5 stars. Not sure why it took us so long to visit but we won't wait so long to go back. Thanks folks for such a yummy enjoyable lunch.

Great pasta and great atmosphere

Fast, food was excellent, nice boss

They provided a delicious dairy free meal for me at the last minute! I was part of a big group and when I asked which dishes were safe for me to eat they went above and beyond to help me. I ended up with penne Arrabbiata with rich tomato sauce and loads of chilli and olives- it was so good. The staff were really friendly and helpful, they really couldn’t do more for our group. I’ll definitely be back! Thank you so much!

Popped into this restaurant for a beer on the way back. Definitely quirky and a warm feeling to the place. The staff are really friendly and accommodating. The beer tastes really good and they have a high food hygiene rating. The beer garden is really nice. The grass is kept to a high standard and the children’s play area is epic. Great for the kids while you enjoy a beer in the garden. Will be stopping by here for some food next time.

They offer authentic Kerala food at a reasonable price. Even the price is much lower as compared to some other similar restaurants. It has an ambient atmosphere and enough space to dine in. Also offers toddy and other drinks as well. You might find it a bit difficult to reach there using public transport as it is quite far away from Bristol city centre. If you have your own vehicle it won't be much of an issue. Great place to dine with family and friends.

Beautiful ice cream and fabulous staff. I had some time to kill, so I decided to sit in today. Ice cream was fantastic (as usual) but special kudos to Izzy she was really lovely. Smiling, wishing everyone a good weekend. She’s a real credit to Swoon :)

Lasagne the best in the UK Don’t listen to the negative crap on here take it from me it’s 10/10

Food was exceptional came here for lunch lovely atmosphere prompt service and the food was amazing