The best restaurants serving Italian food in South West

We use this amazing place at least 5 times a year when we are visiting. The food is fantastic the service is fantastic and if you sit upstairs the views are fantastic. Never had a bad visit over the 10 years x

A really, really poor meal unfortunately. Pasta tasted like it was from Tesco (the value range at that) and the sauce was weak and watery with little to no flavour. The sauce was advertised to come with king prawns and when it arrived they were so incredibly tiny! Imagine the shrimp you might get from Iceland supermarket. A traditional salad of tomato and onions was barely one tasteless, unseasoned tomato and half a sliced onion - no oil, vinegar or herbs to be seen. Pizza was okay... just and the wine was good but unfortunately these were the only "positives" to take away from the evening. Very, very disappointed, no wonder they were so quiet on a Friday night. Not what you expect for £20 per head meal for sure.

We eat here regularly. Always a happy greeting, the food is consistently good and VFM and nothing is too much trouble for the staff. You will never leave hungry.

We came here on a Wednesday evening without a booking we were seated immediately as we were greeted by the door which was already such a lovely welcome. There is so so much choice!! There’s a choice for everyone we had two starters, mozzarella in Carrozza and melanzane Alla parmigana as well as a cheesy garlic bread it was delicious I couldn’t even get a photo as we just devoured it instantly we especially loved the napolitana dip with the fried mozzarella we even dipped our garlic bread into it😍for mains my boyfriend had a pizza quatro formaggi it had the perfect crispiness on the outside and the soft dough in the middle loaded with toppings, I had the penne con funghi e pollo it had a creamy sauce which was perfect with the mushrooms, there were different varieties of mushrooms inside and the chicken was perfectly cooked! We didn’t manage to finish everything so we took the leftovers home and had it the next day at work (it tastes just as good if not better the next day😍) we also ended up having dessert even though we were very full I went for profiteroles which had a very generous coating of chocolate on top and my boyfriend had a creame brûlée which was from the specials board both tasted amazing just like the whole meal we were offered coffee and drinks at the end however we don’t drink coffee so we didn’t try it but we honestly had an amazing experience the two gentlemen waiting that night were ever so helpful as we had a taste card and I didn’t realise I had to book and I had to tell them about it but they were very generous to still give us the discount but we would have honestly been happy to pay the full amount and even more as this tasted exactly how it really tastes in Italy so thank you so much again and we look forward to seeing you again soon!

We came to Ricca’s after a recommendation. We were not disappointed. The food is excellent as well as the service, B and the rest of the staff looked after us very well. This was the first time at this restaurant but it will not be the last. Very impressed.

All i can say is FANTASTIC ! The management and staff are very attentive. Loved the live piano. Food amazing and a beautiful restaurant thank you !

Celebrating a friends birthday, great service, delicious food, pork belly was to die for! Will definitely return for other nights out

This was the venue for a 21st wedding anniversary. Nice food and a lovely view along the beach.

Great food with a balanced and attentive service.

Brilliant pizza and friendly staff.

Food was wonderful! Thank you for a great evening!

We had a lovely meal at Igloo on Saturday. The restaurant was busy with a large party in but the service was still good. I had the goats cheese starter and my son had the sticky chicken. For mains I had the pork bibimbap and my son the pork banh mi burger. Everything was delicious and the portions were a good size.

Thank you so much for a wonderful lunch with my friends celebrating my birthday. Service was fantastic, atmosphere lovely, food fantastic. Great to have so much choice for the vegetarian/vegans too. I can't believe I haven't visited you before! We will be back.

Had an absolutely amazing meal at Little Italy last night. Authentic home made Italian Food that is absolutely delicious. We were made very welcome, had a great evening and will return very soon. Highly recommended!

I can’t fault the pizza I had once it arrived - but the wait and the communication about it just wasn’t good enough. It took 30 minutes to arrive without any prior warning. After waiting for 20 minutes I asked someone what had happened to it who looked surprised and said she’d find out (and never came back to tell me). The food’s good and the staff are friendly enough but it doesn’t take much to communicate properly with your customers. It wasn’t the first time this has happened either.