The best restaurants serving Italian food in Exeter South West

Took lunch with my 4 year old grandson and wife on the 21/5/ in Exeter. The first impression were very “chic” venue as we hoped. The service was rather Pedestrian although ok. We ordered just one Pizza, and hot drinks, as we had planned our main evening meal already. The pro firstly: The pizza was pipping hot, and flavours were absolutely delicious! In fact, the best we’ve tasted since our New York trip in 2019 eating out in one of their finest Pizzeria’s! Cons: We were not give a sensible choice of seating with our grandchild. We were seated on bar high stools, looking out the window line abreast? We subsequently became aware of ample table seating downstairs after starting our meal. Only one tabled was occupied at the time. The Pizza was served on a platter, but no cutlery offered considering we were sharing? No serviettes were provided. No child plate offered? We had to request these items unnecessarily.... I also expected of any good Restaurant to be asked “ how we were finding our meal” as a common courtesy.  In hindsight not the place to take children I feel, but as an adult venue it’s ticks all the boxes. The Waitress clearly needed to spent more time being astute when dealing with customers, rather than socialising with bar staff..... A very nice place mildly spoilt, by disappointing customer service.

Fabulous artisan pizza. Amazing crust with innovative toppings from their own cured meats. Good desserts as well

Very good pizza 🍕👍🍕👍 and the due the Way you want

We loved the atmosphere and the Pizzas were DEFINITELY the most delicious we have experienced during our 4 years in the UK: outstanding flavour, with a crispy base. Well done!!!

Celebrated My birthday here with family and friends, the food was delicious. The service was excellent and the atmosphere was just perfect. Would highly recommend, everyone enjoyed their meal. We couldn’t fault it. It was just perfect thank you so much for looking after us so well. Rachel xx

Great service, amazing food and at a great price! Definitely the best Italian in Exeter. Really enjoyed our visit and will be coming back for more!

Tuve un delicioso almuerzo recién preparado aquí. Hay una amplia variedad de alimentos para elegir. El servicio fue rápido y amigable. Los precios son muy razonables. Allí hay un ambiente relajado. También puedo recomendar el delicioso desayuno allí. El café está muy limpio.

Went here as a final meal of our holiday. We have eaten all over the world and we have to say that our meal this evening was out of this world. The flavours were simply glorious. The service was brilliant as well. Italian food doesn’t get better than this. Thank you for making our evening wonderful !!!

I visited Zizzi with my daughter last week for lunch, and we were so disappointed. We ordered a pizza and some drinks, but the quality of the food was really poor. The pizza was absolutely horrible, and it seemed like the starter was literally frozen and then thawed out by the chef before being served—it just didn’t taste fresh at all. As for the drinks, they were just sparkling water with syrup, which they called a cocktail, but it had no real flavor. Good food should be about quality and care, and unfortunately, this experience missed the mark entirely. We definitely won’t be returning.

Unwelcoming atmosphere. Nobody at the door so we just picked a seat. We sat down for more than half an hour and no one came to our table. Not even a hello, 2 members of staff were wondering round the restaurant and there was only 2 other tables sat in the whole restaurant. Rude! So we just got up and left.

Can't comment on anything, as we were refused entry due to not booking - could understand if it hadn't been completely empty, at 4 p.m on a Sunday. Spent our money somewhere else, that were only too happy to seat us despite being really busy!

Rosti is a fantastic cafe with a lovely and warm atmosphere. The staff are always friendly and helpful and the food is consistently great. I would highly recommend Rosti to anyone looking for great service and tasty food!

Ordered food, accepted order and never delivered. Submitted a delivered response to the app which I ordered through which makes a refund incredibly difficult.