The best restaurants serving Italian food in West Midlands

Best place... food is Amezing... ambiance is so beautiful... staff is helpful nd friendly... highly recommend this place

Absolutely gorgeous! The waitress was lovely, super helpful about the vegetarian dishes! The food was absolutely delicious, great price too. Would highly recommend.

Service was excellent. Good variety of starters and mains. Food was piping hot and delicious. Nice atmosphere. Would definitely return

Yes, it would be nice if you updated the timetable displayed on the internet...which mentions that the pizzeria is open until 11:30pm...;) and actually: surprise!!! it is closed from 16:00!

Food was tasty and very well cooked

My wife and I had the pleasure of dining at this restaurant on 19th May 2025. The restaurant, on this occasion, was the venue of a fund-raising evening organised for the benefit of Henley Community Library. Despite the restaurant being full, staff were at hand to greet and seat us as soon as we arrived. We were also greeted by the proprietress, whose name was Bilen who made us feel very welcome. There were a number of salads to choose from and I had both the cold pasta salad and the chicken salad. The chicken salad was particularly exceptional. I could say the same for the mains. I had small portions of their Seafood Pasta and Lasagne and both were equally good. I was quite full by now and was contemplating just moving on to a coffee. Bilen persuaded me to try the Tiramisu which she said she had made. I was so very pleased that I did. It was one of the best I've ever had. Our table was served by Binita and Nafisa who were not only attentive but were both genuinely friendly. We were also introduced to the Chef Amir who came to ask if we everything was to our satisfaction. A quick mention also of Resham who soldiered away in the background helping out. All in all, it was a most memorable evening made possible by all the staff of La Dolce Piazza.

Service was amazing, very attentive and friendly. We went at a relatively early hour but we were not disappointed. The food itself was beautiful and came very warm and relatively quickly. I thought my meal (veal parmigiana) would not be enough, but I was satisfied in the end as the portion was more than enough. My partner had the lamb fillet and he was also very happy. The atmosphere was very relaxed and enjoyable. The restaurant was very clean and orderly. We'd be very happy to return in the future. Highly recommended.

Vivere is a little hidden gem, due to not being on the high street but still easy to get to. It’s a great place for a meal, there was a good variety and choice of food and it was all excellent. The service was great, lovely meal was had by all.

Me and my best friend came here on a whim before a night out and we had a great experience at this pizza place! The food was delicious—crispy crust, fresh toppings, and just the right amount of cheese. Our server, Christal, was fantastic—friendly, attentive, and made sure everything was perfect throughout our meal. We'll definitely be coming back!

Thank you so much Emir Maitre D and Your Team for a wonderful Family Evening. Superb ambience Fabulous Customer Service and Truly Scrumptious Food. Very reasonably priced delicious food. Excellent presentation. Great selection of Drinks and Cocktails.

I have been dining at Laghis for a long time. This was probably my last time though. We were told the restaurant was closing down soon. This is a sad news for me. I have had so many nice memories of good dinner with dear friends in Laghi's.

Very poor experience, got sat upstairs, after ordering swiftly the staff forgot to bring the wine, and tbh they were not really interested, ordered the prawn linguine, at best it was average, poorly presented, possibly “slop” is a good description. Had similar experiences before but gave it another go, this time was the last however.

Jack was the best host and great on the cocktails!! Well done jack

3 children and 8 adults. Unfortunately it wasn’t a great experience today. The food was lacking and the service more so. The food was average with a filet steak dish that chewy at best and a let down from previous experiences. The service was the biggest issue. There were only us and one other table at this time. We had to wait for both mains and starters and the mains kept our toddler waiting whilst the rest of the table waited. We had to ask multiple times where the dish was and when it finally arrived our child had had to eat from our dishes so no longer wanted to eat their own. We had to ask for second drinks and for a restaurant who had both a pre order and only around 15 people to service total in the building, it is so wrong that this was the experience we had. The tea in fairness did offer us the toddler meal free and 10% off. However the meal still came to just under £300 ( without alcohol) and for that price I expect so much more and would definitely try one of the other Italian restaurants around. My advice would be for the price and lack of standard to spend this sort of money in a different venue.

I love an independent restaurant and feel they deserve support . That said I do have higher expectations from them because they’re more interested in success , generally . This was one is ok . I couldn’t help wonder why I was served my fish with roasted potatoes and mashed potatoes . No other vegetables , odd , a bit of a carb fest I thought . Tasted fine though. As we came to dessert , we perused the menu and we were told the Tiramisu was home made so I ordered that , well I don’t think it was as it was okay but frozen in the middle and the owners nose was visibly growing as we left , I could see it . We didn’t stay for coffee , but visited the loo before we left and saw the soap dispenser was so dirty I thought my hands would be cleaner with my own sanitiser . So more thought and a little more attention to details could have turned a pleasant evening into a tremendous one .