great food and excellent service. the staff was so friendly even though my baby was crying all the…read moretime. The food was great and the portions were big. i highly recommend this restauran.

The food is very good as well as the service. The only issue is there are some menu items come with…read morechillis and yet the food is not spicy at all.

Consistent quality with decent service. I thought the food was good and it's always busy when we…read morewent in. Would go back again!

What a lovely location and it is such a pity they don't capitalise on it. An Italian restaurant…read morewith a split personality. My pasta was over cooked. The beer selection is non existent and the wine is equally as poor. Personally give it a miss or have a small plate and a glass of wine to enjoy the view from outside.

Great food, good atmosphere, amazing value for money. highly recommended. :)read more

Love it , local Italian, friendly eat in or take out , excellent food , excellent service, good…read morequality produce, local specia

From the owner: At Bobby's Italian we serve great Italian food. Traditional stone baked thin crust Pizzas with a…read morefantastic choice of toppings. Authentic Pasta recipes using only the finest fresh ingredients our Spaghetti Carbonara is a particular favourite, or you have a steak or deluxe homemade burger from our Char-grill.

We are being generous here…read more A Saturday lunchtime. We needed a quick meal...why not here It was dark, very empty and presumably with busy waiters...it seemed difficult to get attention or order but we manged in the end Two burgers and some water...only bottles at £3.20 apiece...not amused. Total £26.20 Then the burgers arrived; not what Michael Winner would have called historic...though they did seem to have seen better days...eat up and go... Not again, only in desperation

I rarely leave reviews on Yelp, but I really had to for this place. My wife and I arrived in…read morePortsmouth for one day to catch a cruise. We had been traveling all day and hadn't eaten. Frankie and Benny's was right by our hotel, so we decided to try it out. It was a big mistake. I ordered a pepperoni pizza and got (quite possibly) the worst pizza I've ever had in my life. I didn't mind the pie was very misshapen. The dough was very hard... almost too hard to bite through. There was no rise to the dough and it had a very salty taste. Clearly, it wasn't made right. Pizza dough only consists of four ingredients and it shouldn't be too difficult to make a decent crust. Overall, the pizza smelled like burnt vinyl. I've had better pizza that has been sitting under a heat lamp all day at a carnival. The only thing worse than having to pay for this experience was actually having to eat as much of it as I did. As a side note, the place was busy with customers, but the overall cleanliness of the dining area left a lot to be desired. Don't say you haven't been warned!

La Fenice is a good Italian restaurant…read more However, it has all the makings of a GREAT Italian restaurant if it could succumb to a few simple tweaks. I went there with friends recently. The vibe of the places squeals 'style', the friendly smiling attention of the servers likewise. Then we we given the menus. The combination of low light, nothing specific illuminating our table and pale grey printing on the pages of the menu meant... well, it meant we couldn't actually see what was on offer! I am not making this up when I say to read it we had to spark up a smartphone and hold it over the pages and then lean in as a combined trio to pore over the contents. So simple suggestion 1:- Quickly reprint the menus using good old fashioned black ink and save your diners the embarrassment and awkwardness of having to squint like a very squinty thing. Simple Suggestion #2:- If you must play music over the speakers, please, please, PLEASE play something that is in keeping with the stylish vibe of the place. I will remember La Fenice's craptastic selection of horrible saxophone solos, cheesy light jazz rubbish, out-of-tune wailers and (at one point an utterly bizarre choice of) German oompah band music FAR longer than I will remember the food I ate there. And the food is good. One of our party had a pizza which looked inviting and was polished off in its 14" entirety whilst the other two opted for the risottos (mushroom or chicken) which came out from the kitchen hot and steaming and very tasty indeed, garnished and accompanied perfectly. The food served to the tables around us all looked terrific and almost everyone seemed to be having a nice time... even if eyebrows did collectively raise when that oompah tune came on. Le Fenice's website - just discovered - states that fish is their speciality. I wish I had known that on the night as its been a long time since I've had a good Italian fish dish. Sadly, the design of the menu meant I never even saw this kind of offering to choose it. Like I said. A good Italian restaurant with all the makings of being a great one. Worth a try if you take along a flashlight/torch and a sturdy pair of music-blocking earplugs!

I love this restuarant! The staff are so friendly and helpful and are able to cater for any special…read moredietary needs. The food is basic Italian, with a couple of English dishes (Steak etc). The price is very reasonable, and the size of the portions is huge! The lunchtime menu is especially good value for money. The atmosphere and decor of Fenice is very clean and modern, it's quite small so on busy nights you might need to book. I reccommend this place 100% it's lovely in every aspect!!

Amazing place! Haven't had better food, service, or a fun time since I've been on the Isle of…read moreWight. The owner and the staff are just brilliant. I can't recommend this place enough. We were visiting family while over from the US and this place has a fantastic atmosphere and great food.

Wonderful food and ambience; enjoyed a Negroni, Barbera d'Asti, pizza and pork cutlets parmigiana…read more Also good service and overall hospitality

Great authentic Italian restaurant real treat not to go to a chain and have the feel of a family…read morerun restaurant with great food and atmosphere.

We both had the goats cheese winter salad at lunchtime. It was nice and we were satisfied as a…read morequick bite but very glad we used my taste card as not worth the full price of £10 per salad. Friendly service. Large restaurant to cater for busy times without feeling over crowded.

Visited Strada in Gun Wharf last year for a friends birthday. There were 30 of us and the…read morerestaurant asked us to pre order so they could prepare for us. When we arrived we were shown to our table upstairs, it was very out of the way from the rest of the restaurant which was ok seeing as we were a large group. We had one member of staff looking after us and it was taking over 30 minutes to get a drink brought to us. In the end, we all resulted in going downstairs to the bar ourselves and buying drinks and bringing them back up. When the meals finally came (1 and a half hours after we first arrived), lots of the orders were wrong which we were very annoyed about after they insisted that we pre order. In the end, they ended up giving us 50% off the bill which did make us a feel a little better but the night had not gone well. I have also visited the Strada in Reading and have to say, it was a complete contrast. Food, service and staff were excellent and couldnt fault them at all.

This beautiful, family run restaurant is run in such a beautiful way. Real Italian food from the…read moreVeneto region in Italy and a huge emphasis on friendly service and comfy surroundings. There's loads to choose from on the anti-pasti (starters) menu and last time I ate there I had the Insalata Caprese which was actually quite filling. For main, I highly recommend the Pappardelle Cinghiale which is pasta with a wild boar meat sauce. You can't find that in many places around here and its one of my favourites. Try it with their house red wine and you won't be disappointed!

The cricket season will soon be with us up at the Castle, which will mean more frequent visits to…read morethe Osteria during the lunch break. What better place to be.Lovely castle, lovely town therefore lovely Pappardelle's! I am an Espresso addict, and it has to be a double, whereas my wife likes the Lemon and Ginger tea here. Whatever your preference this place has it all.. Recommend the Pesccatore sandwiches(salmon, spring onions and creme freche), you should be warned that these can lead to severe addiction as they are mmmmmmmmmmmm! Follow these by a Pain Raisin/Choc and you will have difficulty not having another one. If you do, you will have even greater problems getting back up to the cricket ground!! Can't wait.then go anytime, you'll enjoy it!!