Seafood Risotto Seafood Risotto

Creamy risotto with sautéed shrimp, mussels, and clams, finished with a hint of lemon and fresh herbs.

Il Vesuvio

Il Vesuvio

112 Camden Rd, Royal Tunbridge Wells, TN12QX, TN1 2QL, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, United Kingdom

Cafés • Pizza • Seafood • Mexican


"Firstly I would like to say that this restaurant has just been refurbished, and it didn’t feel like an Italian restaurant, more like a cafe at the beach somewhere! It felt very sparse and most Italian restaurants I e been to have proper tablecloths on the table but these were plastic and I noticed one table it was tapped up underneath, in my opinion it needs to be made more warmly and have more of a family feel. The food was really nice,although I would advise anyone to make sure they double check their order as I chose chicken in a sauce really nice which came with vegetables but I also asked for a separate portion of potatoes, when it arrived I just had chicken with a few cut up potatoes and a very very small garnish of salad ! I mentioned this to the waitress who had taken our order and she said I know but the chef had given you extra salad !! Sorry but salad is not vegetables , it clearly said on the menu it came with vegetables. Having said about the above issue, the meals we all had were nice and the staff gave us a very warm welcome and because of the blip they said we could have a free pudding…..not sure if we all did or it was just mine but I never see the bill as we were treated to this. To finish the evening off we were given a lovely limoncello shot. We would definitely go back. Thankyou for a lovely evening in your restaurant"

Luigi's Italian Ristorante

Luigi's Italian Ristorante

730 Chester Road Old Trafford Manchester, M32 0RS, United Kingdom

Pizza • Sushi • Mexican • European


"This was a curate 's egg of an evening and, judging by other reviews, a bit of a one off. I hope, for their sake, that it was. We were a late booking. When we arrived we seemed to be expected and were shown to a table, but then waited for a quarter of an hour for someone to bring us a menu or ask if we wanted a drink. I then followed the lead of others in the restaurant and went to get our own drinks form the receptionist. After we had been waiting for nearly 45 minutes, and after several waves, the waiter finally came to take our order. We had been planning to have the tasting menu, but that was off. There was no apology for the wait. After a further wait, our starter arrived and then after another delay the main course. Both were outstanding. Yes, that 's right, the food was great. I had a prawn starter and a chicken main; my wife a carpaccio starter and veal main. All four dishes were innovative and excellently cooked very far from the standard Italian you get. Desserts were good too. I had to go to reception to get the bill it seemed to bear little relation to what we 'd had, but seemed about right and we just didn 't have the time or energy to argue. So, all in all, a mixed evening. To be fair, it was a fairly busy restaurant, but there seemed to be only one waiter and a receptionist. The waiter was very busy and so not as attentive as he might have been. I can only assume that they were 'man (or men) down ' front of house and, perhaps in the kitchen as well. Had they told us that when we arrived there 'd probably have been a bit of a Dunkirk spirit and we 'd all have laughed about it and accepted that they were doing their best. But they didn 't, and most people around us were getting quite frustrated. As I say, judging by other reviews, this was a one off. I really hope it was, because the food was really, really good. But if I go again, I 'll take a book."

L'Amorosa

L'Amorosa

278 King Street Ravenscourt Park London, W6 0SP, United Kingdom

Pasta • Italian • British • Vegetarian


"Listen. If this gaff was in NY and you were on holiday there and stumbled across it on some intrepid manoeuvre to Queens or Brooklyn, you 'd be raving to all and sundry about this place you found in Brooklyn or Queens that nobody else had ever heard about and was one of the best kept secrets in NY. Well you 're not on holiday in NY. But you live in London. And Hammersmith isn 't intrepid like Plaistow or some Godforsaken place. It 's fairly central and packed full of great places to eat. In fact, in this one 200m stretch of the wide pavemented bit of King St W6 I 'd say there are five very good restaurants, plus a couple of more dodgy additions. And a Pizza Hut. So competition for the local Hammersmith groat is fierce. L 'Amarosa is the place you rave about because you think you 've discovered it. Seductively lit, all mahogany, mezzanine floor and wine glasses that ting. Even the typography is seductive. This is what you want a proper Italian to be. Flowers on every table. Art on the walls that isn 't a blight on your evening. Friendly relaxed service that makes you feel like you 're the only ones there when in fact they are often full and never mob handed when it comes to staff. Le Gavroche this ain 't. But I defy the aforementioned to whip up a plate of pasta as moreish and satisfying. The owners cook and serve. And you feel the love with every plate. Excellent small local places like this can 't exist without that love. It 's too much hard work. But the chef loves his pasta, you can tell. And the maitre 'd loves serving it, you can tell. The true sign of a good Italian is one where have never heard of the pasta on offer. Fact. I suspect the good places make up the names just for people like me. Toofie. Pacceri. I ask just in case it 's not pasta at all. It 's all explained gleefully. The menu is small. Another good sign as far as I 'm concerned. Three dishes in the pasta section, plus a few in the char grilled section and some nicely put together starters. Courgette with Romesco sauce was pretty and tasty. The aubergine and tomato tortelloni had punch. The white chocolate pannacotta a delightfully elegant way to finish. But by the time you go the menu will have changed. What won 't have changed is the love. It 's an 'order two bottles and settle in ' kind of place from which, if you 're in a window seat, you can plot future meals at Potli or Saigon Saigon directly opposite. But the night will always belong to L 'Amarosa, a place Hammersmith people will want to keep secret but absolutely worth the trek if you 're from the wrong side of the tracks. A seductive, elegant reward for your intrepidness."