The best restaurants serving Italian food in England

Excellent cuisine and service. Beautiful interior design and warm ambience. Recommend the cobb salad, smoked salmon and wonderful cappuccino at breakfast. Ask for Maria who is lovely; all the staff were friendly and helpful. Highly recommend.

Una delle migliori pizze mai mangiate e,da italiana, ne ho mangiate tante. Personale molto cortese e disponibile. Servizio super rapido. Ottimo posto, lo consigliere a tutti.

Dropped in for a few drinks during charter day. Drinks kept flowing and pizza and loaded fries to die for! Special mention to Gracie-Mae for her lovely friendly service

it was the best food i have ever eaten loved it ill definitely come again. the drinks were perfect aswell and the place is clean keep it going

I love coming to hills kitchen. Such a lovely, warm atmostphere and the customer service is simply amazing. The food is fresh, yummy and portion sizes are very generous. Recently with the covid pandemic i pannick eating out however at Hills i feel very safe. It's very clean, The tables are a distance apart with plastic seperators inbetween. Honestly would come here every day if i could!!!

Really good early Saturday meal, a relaxed atmosphere and great service. Graham was particularly welcoming and attentive.

We previously ate here last October and it was perfect food was beautiful and the staff were so attentive the gentleman server went above and beyond and was brilliant however the same could not be said for today. We arrived through the door downstairs with no one to greet you so we waited a good 10 minutes wondering if we just sit down anywhere when we finally saw a member of staff he simply said ‘upstairs’ no greeting or directions just ‘upstairs’. When we’d got to the second floor there again was no one to seat you the waitress didn’t even acknowledge we had walked in so we again were unsure if to sit down or not but saw a lot of others sat so we proceeded to the nearest table where the waitress finally came over and chucked menus on the table, again no greeting or pleasantries exchanged, I managed to ask if where we was sat was okay before she’d left again which was annoying as we clearly needed a high chair for our infant daughter which she didn’t even acknowledged to either say ‘would you like a high chair or if you need a high chair they’re located X’ I had to send my partner searching for one. She took our order and we wasn’t waiting too long for our drinks but the food seemed to take ages. The food was nothing to write home about it wasn’t the same level that we experienced last time and for the prices you pay you expect a lot more I felt like the food today was the same level you’d expect to get from a Witherspoon's. The service we received overall was really poor, the waitress even booted the high chair on her way past to another table and she didn’t even apologise. Really disappointed with our visit to Capri at the container this time, we won’t be returning.

Five of us here on a beautiful summer evening. We sat outside, which was delightful. The staff were really pleasant, the food was quite excellent. The service was really terrible, however. They took our drinks order immediately after we sat down at which time we ordered garlic bread for the table to share. They had lychee juice on the menu, which two of the children ordered. Not available. After being at the table for 25 mins. I went inside and asked if someone could take our food order. As they took the order we reminded them that my wife’s glass of wine had not arrived. We order some starters to share and, when these arrived, the waiter told us he had forgotten our garlic bread as he had ‘been distracted’. Main courses arrived 65 mins. after we sat down, which was simply too long - they seemed to be concentrating on the steady stream of Deliveroo/Just Eat riders. Won’t be rushing back.

Really great customer service. On the night my partner and I ate here, we weren't informed that it was cash only when we made our order as there was a fault on the card machies. When it came time to pay the bill we were told that they could only accept cash. I was ready to go home, leaving my partner as collateral :) to get the cash, but the Manager was wonderful. She told us that as we had not been told before ordering, she felt the service provided to us was not adequate but she was sure the food was great and that we would be back in the future so told us the meal was on the house. We told her again it would not be a problem to get the cash, but she was so sure that the quality of the food spoke for itself and that we would be back that she insisted. I thought this went above and beyond and we are absolutely going back because indeed the food was pretty amazing!!

Way better than other pizzerias. As an Italian and a restaurants expert in my view 500 is way better than any other pizza place in London. Having recently moved to Portobello, on Easter Sunday I went with six friends and family to the local 500 where on all counts I found the same quality of their Notting Hill Gate branch that was my favorite London Pizzeria when I lived there. This shows that the 500 pizzerias are consistent in products quality, service and atmosphere. I ordered a classic Margherita that was as good as any that I have had in Italy. Not in the least rubbery, chewy and extra thin or thick as most other London pizzerias serve, I’m afraid. It was just perfect. All the others were equally satisfied with their choice. One of us had a lasagna that according to him, who is a well know Italian chef, and unusual for a pizzeria, was as delicious as the one that he makes in his restaurant in Monza.. The place is small but cozy with a warm Italian country style interior that straightaway makes one feel at home. On entering we were welcomed in typical friendly Italian style by their likeable manageress who with her staff attended us admirably. For dessert I had a delicious panna cotta covered with raspberry coulis, while all the others were happy with their choice. For wine e had a Sauvignon Blanc plus a glass of red for one of one of us, and surprising for me they also serve a very tasty Sicilian orangeade that I didn’t know. Prices were adequate and affordable for a place located in one of the busiest touristic areas in London where rents are spiraling high. If I have to put a tiny criticism is that they didn’t have decaffeinated coffee that evening. This said their coffee was of the finest possible quality. I feel very lucky to have found this lovely pizzeria next to where I live. As, out of gratefulness, I always mention the names of the staff of the restaurants where I go who serve me well, I wish to thank the manageress Natasha, her assistant Federica and all the rest including the pizzaiolos who did their best to give to us a memorable pizza experience definitely worth repeating Full kudos to 500, a one hundred per cent genuine Italian Pizzerias. Piero LF.

The best Italian food! My lasagne was perfect, my partner had venison ragu which again was perfect. The setting was stunning as well. Look forward to eating here again

So unbelievably sad to see the end of this fine establishment! I have been a customer since 1980. Simply wonderful! Mario's front-of-house skills coupled with Gianni's cooking (and drumming) expertise meant a night here was always a special occasion. In fact, although it could be argued that a restaurant should be judged primarily on its culinary qualities, it was the combination of service, food, ambience and bon homie that made Mario & Gianni's stand out. Birthday meals, romantic meals and company meals - all were hosted here with aplomb! A great loss to Hazel Grove. Footnote: I went to visit Gianni at the hospice when the cruellest disease of them all was taking him. With characteristic joviality, he said he was looking forward to meeting David Bowie and Elvis. 😊

Now called Calvers, a stunning lunch, with three different pasta dishes, all authentic and a great wine selection. Superb attention and service throughout from Molly and her team. Thank you

If you want to indulge yourself into a relaxed meal with good Italian food, here you will have it. Having been restaffed, service is very nice, which adds up to the experience. I will repeat it!

nice place, friendly and coffee and pastries very nice. pleasant staff and clean at the time of the visit. smokers can sit outside toilets - look like zillion years old and well past their sell by date - why have they not been updated?