The best restaurants serving Italian food in England

I came to baffi for a special occasion as I was recommended this location from a good friend of mine and it didn’t disappoint . The customer service from the staff was amazing well mannered and patient with my family , in addition to this they even recommended an amazing choice of pizza for my brother who was quite indecisive . Finally the time it took to make our pizza was excellent fast and fresh . Pizza was well cooked with a nice amount of crunch to floppy texture which allowed for a beautiful mouthfeel and just when it can’t get any better the pizza had an impeccable cheese stretch just made my day . In conclusion if you’re looking for an amazing pizza for a fair price come to baffi . Try to avoid Cafe Riva .

Comida de buena calidad con buen servicio y camarero joven bien entrenado. Las escaleras al restaurante pueden ser una prueba. Sin embargo vale la pena la subida por la comida y el vino

Excellent food with great service. I wasn’t sure about going based on the pictures on trip advisor. I was pleasantly surprised and loved my dinner! I highly recommend Luigi’s!

Excellent lunchtime meal. Chain restaurants can be very hit and miss This one has to be considered excellent. Service was perfect. The place was absolutely clean and the food was nicely prepared and served hot Would be very happy to return. Well done to all the staff

We've eaten here before but rocked up on spec tonight prepared to be turned away if they were busy but we were accommodated quickly despite them having a big party coming in. We had to wait less than 10 minutes and we're given a complimentary glass of prosecco, very thoughtful and great customer service, we really felt valued. Food was fantastic as usual but it's the service that makes the difference. Relaxed, valued and well fed, what more do you want? Especially with all the new restaurants in Sunderland who are charging ridiculous money for boring food Thank you Marcello's you are a Sunderland success!

I'm not big on ice cream, but man this was good. It's pricey but worth it. There's a wealth of options including chocolate gifts too and they stack the ice cream scoops well. Very professional staff.

I have been wanting to visit this place after all the hypes about best pasta in town and so hard to get the table here. I ordered papardelle for myself and my friend chose Tortelloni. Tortelloni was so salty that i shared my pasta with my friend so that she can finish her food with some balance of salt. Then we decided to order Linguine hoping to taste better but then Linguine also turned out to be full of salt. Thank god we had some Montepulciano throughout oresle we couldnt have finished anything. I dont understand, how the chef in duty was cooking those tortelloni and linguine. Both of them were so salty. That is not acceptable and i am rating based purely on my first time experience. However we finished our very salty palette with tasty tiramisu at the end.

BRILLANT BRILLANT BRILLANT BRILLANT loved it soooooooooooooooooo much really enjoyed going there and I’m 100% sure you will enjoy it so DEFIENTLY GO THERE!!!!

Muy buena la pizza napolitana acompañada de una copa de vino italiano. La atención y el servicio fue bueno a secas. El precio es aceptable.

Now called the Italian kitchen.......ordered a takeaway, 2 garlic mushrooms, 1 margarita pizza, 1 calazone pizza, 1 chips.......over £36 for a takeaway, calazone not much bigger than the size of a large hand, strangest taste of a pizza we have ever had, the ciabatta that the garlic mushrooms came with was on the bottom so that was very soggy, not our idea of nice food, staff were lovely.

It is fair to say that that we had a mixed experience here. We went as a family group and some members of the group really enjoyed their meals, but others found the food poor. My own meal was a large portion size, but felt like a definite case of quantity over quality. Another member of the group felt the same, and said her pizza was very stodgy. But the person that had the steak really enjoyed that. The staff were friendly but seemed uncertain and lacked confidence. It was very quiet on the evening we went, and there was a very sterile atmosphere. Perhaps some music would help, and some attempt to make it feel more cosy with the decor - it is all quite bland and there are still Covid social distancing stickers on the floor. All in all it felt quite average. Certainly room for improvement. If you find yourself here, maybe have the steak!

Decent coffee better than most multiples

Had a bad experience here, food and service lovely but didn’t expect to be harassed by drunk patrons at 10.30am, the man in question was being served alcohol with no food and unsurprising started to kick off. There weren’t enough staff to deal with him so a fellow diner had to take charge and manage to persuade him to leave when upon he continued to rant and rave at us all from the pavement. I don’t know the law regarding alcohol service before midday but I didn’t expect it at this time of day and won’t go again despite the lovely position and food, the management are putting the staff at risk as no one came to assist the two female staff on site.

Eaten here maybe 8/9 times and every time it’s always spot on. Thank you for making my birthday special

With a big party of 15, the staff were fantastic with everything. Mimmo went out of his way to ensure it was a fun & memorable evening. We all thoroughly enjoyed the food and how traditional the small restaurant is, very reasonably priced.I’d definitely recommend Etnas for an enjoyable evening, thankyou!