The best restaurants serving Italian food in Dorchester North West Dorset South West

Wonderful evening, service was so friendly and absolutely excellent, and the food was gorgeous. The brilliant bonus was the welcome for our dogs...such a treat to find beautiful food in a dog friendly place!

Pizza was well worth the value. Wouldn’t say the same about the chocolate brownie! £6 for a rather small portion

The venue is underwhelming, it's underground and quite musty. The food can be really good, when they try.

Sharing fondue platter amazing too much food feeling stuffed but all good

me and my dad are regular visitors (pretty much every week) and yet to have made a review about how awesome this place is truly lovely food and great staff. all and all i recommend highly!!

Been to Lucianos (Luccios? Carluccios??) a couple of times in the last year and it's a decent place for Italian. The food has been great, with a decent pizza, fantastic beef ragu, and the best carbonara I've graced my tastebuds with the second time. I cannot stress enough, the food is FANTASTIC. Portions could do with a little more, but what I've got thus far has tasted lovely. Both times I've come in the place has been eerily quiet, so either something's up with my timing or the place is just... quiet? Regardless, the service has been timely, albeit mild-mannered, both times which isn't an issue at all. There is a 12.5% service charge stuck on as a heads-up, which you'll find in tiny text at the bottom of the menu. Not a fan of that trend as a whole, as I'd much rather tip good service and good food where it's due. My only complaints are the pricing (which is *STEEP*, especially for Dorset at £50+ for dinner for two) and the fact they took beef ragu off the menu - it was a fantastic dish and taking it off the menu is a crime against humanity. Bring it back! Either way, Luciano's food is fantastic, on the proviso that you aren't the person paying for it... But I don't know if that says more about myself or the restaurant. If the staff were a bit chattier and the British economy wasn't doing an impression of the Titanic (or things were a bit cheaper), I'd give five stars.