Il Calabrese - Menu

Excellent food customer service Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: £50–60 Recommended dishes: Coffee Cake and Lemon Cake

This charming little Italian restaurant offers a straightforward menu that is executed beautifully. The husband and wife duo running the place are incredibly friendly and engaging, even while managing a bustling crowd. We can’t wait to return. Food: 4 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 4

Limited menu and generally poor; watery/overcooked pasta. Pizza was good though and loved the nduja paste. Shame as it is in a great location and supported by great staff. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: £30–40 Food: 1 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 3 Recommended dishes: Pizza View menu

After trying a few times to get in to this restaurant, we discovered why. The service and food was fantastic. A proper Italian experience and so welcoming of my family. We will definitely book again next time we are holidaying here. Thank you! Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: £20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

During our recent stay, we were able to secure a table at the restaurant, and it was an exceptional experience. We dined early in the evening when the restaurant wasn’t too crowded, which we appreciated. The food was fantastic, particularly the arancini starter. I've noticed some comments about portion sizes, but I don’t see it as a significant concern; the portions were more than enough for us. I highly recommend this place. Service: Dine-in.

Popped in for lunch, a definite return to place. The platter of antipasto was super, far too much for one, but so good. There’s a very good pizza menu, but we opted for crab pasta. It came looking and smelling very good. Not many ingredients, but definitely the best crab pasta meal I’ve had. I like simple but delicious when it comes to my fish and seafood. We had a salad bowl between us, it complemented the pasta wonderfully. Top it off with tiramisu, home made of course absolutely glorious meal. Vegetarian options: Dietary options were available and vegetarian options. View menu

Booked for a meal for family of four whilst on holiday. Based on most reviews and photos online were quite looking forward to our visit. Although the place is clean and nicely decorated the pasta dishes we received for the price were extremely small (leaving even those with smaller appetites in our party still hungry) and average in terms of ingredients and flavour. The focaccia bread was over priced for the portion and not as fresh as it could have been. The menu is extremely limited compared with small Italian restaurantswe have visited in the past. I would by no means say the food was awful but for the price paid overall for the meal we were left dissatisfied.

Fantastic food!!! We had the vegetarian pizza which was one of the best pizzas I’ve ever had. The chilli spaghetti dish with anchovies was delicious and would also work well with prawns. The kids menu had good options at a good price. My 4 yr old loved the spaghetti with tomato sauce, it was a smooth rich zingy tomato sauce which was very tasty. Portions were a good size and everything was reasonably priced. Great service by the staff, as we were seated a bottle of water was placed on the table, without us having to ask. Very thankful we were fitted in at late notice, after we had arrived at another restaurant and were not impressed with the menu options or £12 for a child’s sausage and chip...

The menu was quite limited, featuring just four pasta dishes and four pizzas for the main courses. While this alone wouldn't have been an issue, the quality of the dishes we selected left a lot to be desired. My pasta was bland, lacked seasoning, and was overcooked. The portion was small, but I was grateful for that on this occasion. My partner chose one of the four pizzas on the menu—the Sicilian. Unfortunately, the crust was overcooked, and the toppings had an unpleasant taste, making it inedible; she ended up leaving most of it untouched. We had hoped for an authentic Italian dining experience, which shouldn't be difficult with such a limited menu, but we left feeling like we should have... View menu