The best restaurants serving Italian food in England

Wow, this is a MUST place to visit. We went for dinner, and we had peasant and posh bruschetta to start and then the Zuppa di pesce. We have been to Italy many times and this wonderful restaurant is the real deal. Amazing xxxx Fantastic REAL Italian food, beautifully made and presented. Don’t go anywhere else… you are in for a real treat. 10/10 at the very least

Food was ok, desert was super,service and atmosphere super

Wonderful restaurant. Excellent food. Great service and a beautiful ambience. The team clearly know good service can cost very little but is worth a great deal. Food was lovely. The beer selection from Belgium is worth a trip on its own. The wine collection is a great trip around the world.

We had difficulty deciding what to have because it all looked good. Both husband and I settled for pasta, a favourite treat. Both dishes seem to be unique to Villa Bianca and they were delicious.

We were recommended this by the croucher s hotel and when we arrived we're given water then left for 10min before a waitress came over who had already taken an order from people who came in after us, I am a coeliac and when asked for a glutenfree pizza was told they had none so therefore could not eat there very disappointed as then had to find somewhere to eat. Couldn't eat in the hotels restaurant as a wedding was on there.

Seriously good. Absolutely lovely staff, superb food and a great atmosphere. Can’t wait to come back. Thanks guys.

Always a lovely time when we come here. We had the Early Bird menu which is fantastic value for money and has lots of choice. Book a table if you're planning on coming, because it's been packed every time we've been.

Customer service is lacking, not worth service fee. Not recommended dine in. I won’t go there again. I went around 11am, one gentleman working at the caffe. When I asked to take away my leftover, the staff just put a box on my table and left, even not giving me a bag. I saw him preparing cake into boxes for other customers and put them into a bag. There was only me at the caffe at that time and he seemed totally not busy.

Food was lovely have no problem with the food , but the staff made me and my friends feel awkward, uncomfortable and not welcome. The man that was wearing the blue uniform offended us and made us feel unwanted and I would genuinely never go back again (because who wants to go to restaurant where you don’t even feel comfortable)!

Took my daughter and her friends to celebrate her 13th Birthday , so 2 tables , one for the girls , one for my wife and step mum. The staff were amazing , welcoming and friendly as always, the food was delicious , they allowed us to serve my wife's home made cake , sing happy birthday etc . Couldn't nor have asked for a better time , so a huge thank you to Est for a brilliant day

Although the signs on the windows state 1 price, the business picks and chooses when you can have such deal. The rudeness of the male staff makes me never want to return

Wasn’t expecting much as we were on a tight schedule and just needed to find something decent in between Tate visit and train home. When I saw the price of the specials board we nearly left, thankfully the normal menu was a bit kinder, so gave it a go. Really glad that we did, some really nice wines by the glass (With some good commentary and biog of the wines), very good steak tartare, which would’ve been very good on its own, but came on a bed of dauphinoise potato (or similar kind of thing anyway) and Parmesan grated on top. For a starter, the steak tartar and anchovies were pretty substantial and I was wondering if we had ordered too much with the pasta and Main to come. (anchovies were terrific, and the bread they came with was good with about half a pack of really lovely butter.) rigatoni with oxtail ragu Next, very good, Glass of house Merlot, made me want to be in the mountains. Then we had home-made meatloaf with house salad. The meatloaf was probably under selling itself with that name, (I am sure there must be a more fancy Italian name for it?) it was first class. Tiramisu was (by this time) unsurprisingly good. Okay, the bill was a bit heavy, and we hadn’t intended to spend or eat quite this much, however in this postcode you could probably spend the same or more and have nowhere near as good a meal. (Based on what we ate, I would probably imagine a starter and glass of wine would be just right for a weekday lunch?) very glad we came here, very pleasantly surprised overall. (The owner chucked in a couple of amaretti at the end, too, nice touch 🥳)

Steven was amazing! Such good service, amazing cocktails. Steven made our night!

Great food and reasonable prices. Just need to add some alcohol free beers to the menu.

Had a fantastic meal on Sunday - the seafood pasta especially was the nicest pasta I’ve ever had. Thanks to Pilione for looking after us and making it such a wonderful experience. Would highly recommend visiting if you want the best Italian food this side of Italy! 🇮🇹