The best restaurants serving Italian food in England

The order took over 20 minutes to come and there was only 4 customers in the shop. Then when the food did arrive, one of the servers left one of my sisters desserts at the end of the table and failed to tell us that the pan was hot, leaving me to burn my hand trying to move it to my sister. Other than that, the desert was well done and tasted great.

What a find I would give it more stars if I could. Excellent food not one thing we could fault and there were 4 of us. We all chose different starters, mains and shared a cheeseboard. Don’t drive by this little gem I highly recommend.

Booked here based on Google reviews and the first few photos of the food online. We have learnt a valuable lesson tonight never to do this again. Pretty dreadful experience right through from the cobwebs on the walls to the haphazard service, long waits and very poor food quality. 20 mins after ordering, we were told my main wasn’t available so had to change. Waited for drinks. Waited for wine. Waited for water. We waited for everything. 45 mins wait from being seated to starters arriving. Mushrooms floating in a watery cream sauce. Failed to pick up the garlic anywhere. Polpette half the size of the photos. Hard and very average according to the Italian I dined with. Asked for bread. Waiter ran to get some and never returned. Mains fared no better. Poor quality carbonara with guanciale not rendered out so just lumps of soft unappealing fat. Egg and pecorino cheese mixture through the pasta and poor effort to make an actual carbonara sauce. Half eaten and left. Likewise the amatriciana was just a tomato sauce without any hint of chili. And again lumps of guaniciale fat not rendered. Extra parmesan requested and arrived with waitress in bowl with teaspoon who proceeded to shake literally half a spoon on the carbonara and ask ‘Enough?’. She wasn’t going to leave it with us. Didn’t realise parmesan cost the same as gold. Both times the waiter came to clear the plates, asking ‘Good?’. We just mumbled words to get rid of him, not wanting to break his spirit. Table across from us got £50 off their bill as they waited so long for food (over an hour just for mains, no starters) and complained also about the quality of the food. So the experience was not just unique to us. We weren’t just unfortunate or unlucky. Amazed places like this stay in business so long. Whoever is giving them great reviews must have very low standards. After paying the £76 (incl 12.5% service), we vowed never to go back.

Absolutely shocking! Farah wants to look at his staffing! What an amazing cook but brought down by his front of house team!

One of the best lattes I have ever had!!!! The service wasn’t amazing but I find that with most of the places along the front of Hunstanton. The coffee niceness completely overruled the negative though!

A most enjoyable meal supported by good service and helpful staff. Well worth a return visit and soon!

Each time I visit London I make a point of dining at Giotto, and on every occasion I have not been disappointed. The food was exceptionally well cooked and presented as I have come to expect, at my last visit I had the Pollo alla Funghi, absolutely delicious. The staff are friendly, professional and helpful and never did I feel pressured or rushed at any time. Looking forward to returning in July.

Llegamos a Trentina antes de Navidad después de pasar un día en Birmingham. Originalmente habíamos reservado para más tarde en la tarde, pero terminamos lo que estábamos haciendo antes de lo previsto y el personal era muy amable y nos encontró una mesa incluso cuando llegamos antes. La comida fue increíble, tuvimos un trío de entrantes e incluso tuvimos una segunda porción de la focaccia, ya que era tan bueno. Los platos principales también eran deliciosos y la pasta estaba bien cocinada - tenía cola de buey y pasta de médula ósea que tiene sabores ricos encantadores. Solo pudimos manejar un poco de helado para el desierto, pero por suerte seguimos los consejos del personal con el sabor y fue fantástico (marsala all'uovo cremovo). Buena selección de bebidas también. Espero volver pronto!

Amici italiani, se siete in Inghilterra e volete gustare un caffè decente, Caffè Nero è ciò che fa per voi. Il single espresso e il single espresso macchiato non sono per niente male.

Pedí una Marinara (pizza con solo tomate) ya que tengo alergia a los lácteos. Me enviaron una margarita que estaba etiquetada como Marinara en la caja. Llamé al restaurante y acordaron enviar una pizza nueva en 45 minutos. Los llamé después de 1 hora y 20 minutos de espera y no hubo respuesta y fue directo al contestador automático. Muy decepcionado, he estado yendo aquí con mi familia desde la apertura! ¡Ahora se va hambriento como en todas partes!

Family gathering of 11 persons. Service was friendly and attentive. Food was a variety of pasta’s, risottos and meaty mains. Nothing out of this world but certainly not disappointing. Bill was quite high. .

We phoned to see what time La Gondola was closing at and were told in 2 hours. We arrived 20 minutes later to be told, they were tired of cooking for the day, so were closing up. Never again will I step foot in there. Rude woman.

Amazing food, reasonable price and great customer service! We dont go anywhere else, returning customers, would recommend the donner or donner stir fry kebab! 10/10

Por desgracia, no volveremos a este restaurante de nuevo ya que ha retirado sin gluten pasta gratis desde el menú y ofrece casi no hay opciones para alguien que está sin gluten. Cuando abrió muy cerca de donde vivo, fue una respira aire fresco - buena comida sin gluten y pasta. Poder comer que ha cambiado de manos y así que tiene el menú.

Our first visit and won’t be our last. Staff so welcoming and helpful. Had a very tasty pizza and a large salad to share. The only negative was having to use the plastic knife and fork, impossible to cut with. Did not put us off and will return after this stupid second lockdown has ended. Please do try, really is a very sweet place better than the big chains.