The best restaurants serving Italian food in Torbay South West

We visited Olive for Sunday lunch and we loved it. We received a friendly welcome on arrival both chose lamb shanks. The meal was lovely and well presented with a plentiful shared platter of vegetables. We will definitely be booking again shortly

Great food and atmosphere. Highly recommended

We have been several times and cannot fault a thing. Drinks, food, Customer Service is impecable. Food dishes are all made to requirements (spice, garlic etc). Ambience is delightful. Thank you Claire and team. As always amazing

Nettes kleines italienisches Restaurant mit einer guten Auswahl an Speisen. Die Mitarbeiter sind freundlich und zuvorkommend. Das Essen ist gut, nach 10 Minuten bereits am Tisch, was bei frischer Zubereitung schwierig ist. Ein echter Kritikpunkt sind die völlig abgegriffenen Speisekarten. Die sollten dringend erneuert werden!

This review is not about a visit. This restaurant is excellent place for eating in. However I would like to bring to your attention that due to health issues, some times the owner is unable to open. We come on holiday and book twice a year. However 3 out of our last 4 bookings have been cancelled. We have just been unlucky, but,if you are new to this restaurant just be aware that this could happen. But do not let this stop you from booking, cause once there you will have a great evening.

Fantastic meal every time. Have visited multiple times and always great. Good gluten free options. Size of dishes really big and very delicious Highly recommend!!

Just the best breakfast EVER!!!

As long standing local residents in Torquay, we are privileged to have two outstanding Italian restaurants - Amici and sister restaurant Biancos, where we regularly enjoy the excellent food, ambience and service, especially on special occasions. On 21st September my husband and I celebrated my Birthday at Amici at lunchtime. It has to be said that the food quality and attentive service was outstanding and made my day even more special. Amici's food quality is always excellent, but our expectations were exceeded by the Owner Mauro facilitating off-menu pre-order steaks, prepared and cooked to perfection by the Amici Chef. Both Amici's and Bianco's continue to maintain the highest possible standards of ingredients, creative and authentic cookery, excellent wine list and attentive and friendly service and, above all, a great meal!

I looked on line for restaurants in Paignton to book up for my sons birthday. He works in Dartmouth so we bring our caravan down to visit him a few times a year. Read reviews about La Scala and booked a table. During the booking I mentioned we were coming to celebrate my sons birthday. I was asked his name and I gave it. We were surprised to find the manager or owner, Maximillian had decorated our table , put a banner in the window and a birthday card from the staff. Wonderful, warm welcome. Restaurant is not large but small and comfortable. From the reviews I had read I expected the food to be good but it far exceeded our expectations. Lots of choice for starters and main meals . Also nice that the manager took the time to chat to us. What a relaxing experience. Water and fresh bread was brought to the table whilst we perused the menu. Once decided we enjoyed the house wine which was reasonably priced and quite pleasant. We had a mixture of starters which were outstanding and decent sized portions. We tasted each others and all three were superb. Frequent visits to ensure we were satisfied were made by the Manager . If we thought the starters were good we were amazed how good the main meals were. Warm , tasty and well presented. An absolute delight. Didn't really have room for dessert but squeezed one in. Again smashing, decadent but nice !! The ambience in the restaurant was very good, we felt quite at home and relaxed throughout the evening. Even more surprised when a birthday cake with candles was brought to our table and staff and guests sang Happy Birthday. My adult son had a good laugh. All I can say is don't hesitate when you look for Italian restaurants, this is the one to go to. It looks a little small from the outside but there is enough room to be cosy and comfortable and has an expansive menu. Spoilt for choice. Will I go again. Can't wait. Thank you to Maximillian and staff for such a pleasant evening . We will certainly recommend you to friends and family especially those that come to that area with their caravans, boats etc. A visit to La Scala should be included in any visit to Paignton or surrounding areas.

food was really good we had pizza! really great taste! unfortunately the service was almost the worst I've ever had! the waitress forgot about us and was busy chatting in the kitchen I had to shout to get her attention! I understand we were the only people in the restaurant . however the only interaction with her was to take the order and serve it. no asking if everything is OK or do we want any more drinks! once she left our food we didn't see her again for 30 minutes!

Had a fantastic meal, the food was really tasty and presented well,Cosy atmosphere and reasonably priced food. Staff are friendly, Food portion is good, and tastes yum yum the service was excellent , will definitely be back on our next visit to Torquay .