I just walked in to get a pizza to go, and a pint while I wait, and wow!!!! Great service!!! Great…read moreGuinness! Great prices!!!! Super friendly!!!! And the pizza arrived before I finished my pint!!!! Can't say enough about this place!!! If I weren't leaving in the AM, I'd become a regular!!! Gem in the rough! Soundtrack is also awesome!!! Everyone wants Neil diamond, pizza, and beer!

Food seems good most of the time but waiting times between ordering food / drink and serving is…read morerather hit and miss.

Well what a find this place was! Chosen by a colleague for a mid-week company meal/night out, this…read moreis a cracking restaurant sitting on Ponteland's main street Just the other side of the Airport, Ponteland is very easy to get to from the hustle'n'bustle of Newcastle by car (fair amount of parking around the back of the restaurant) or by bus/taxi if you're planning to sample the beverages on offer in the local pubs. A nice alternative to your offerings in the Toon. According to their website, the restaurant is named after the famous Rialto Bridge which sits over the Grand Canal in Venice. The claim is that this restaurant sits in a similarly romantic position over the historic River Pont. Little bit of artistic license required here, not sure you can compare the balmy Ponteland evening climate to that you'll get in Venice, but it is still a very nice setting! Anyway, one can but dream. So, we were there on a mid-week evening, as a party of 18. The restaurant was fairly busy but there was plenty of room for us lot nonetheless. The waiters were typically Italiano in their nature, which added to the charm of the place, and the service was very prompt indeed. Appetisers came as a plethora of garlic breads, fresh out the oven and very tasty indeed. Our orders were taken at the same time, so the starters followed soon after. I opted for a chicken and bacon salad, but was a little disappointed what came given it was mostly salad (iceberg lettuce) with some chicken and a bit of bacon dotted about. However, the other starters looked pretty darn tasty, so think I just picked poorly! The meal was quickly redeemed by the main course. A superb fillet steak, cooked to a medium-well perfection, a delicious provencal sauce, side of chips/wedges - this was a seriously good piece of steak. A lot of our party opted for the various steak options, whilst others went for the pizza/pasta choices - have to say I'd not have been disappointed with any of the dishes that came out. Dessert was my standard choice of sticky toffee pudding. As last time, I've had better and I've had worse. Didn't stop me clearing the plate, but I'm starting to wonder how STP can be made to such an average standard. Overall, a very nice meal indeed. Few areas of improvement but am giving 4* for the steak plus the jovial atmosphere (and very nice house red as well). So, if you're getting fed up of the same old, same old offerings in Newcastle, why not book yourself a table here, get yourself out into this little corner of Northumberland and give somewhere different a go!

Nice Italian restaurant. Food is tasty and portions are generous (pizza appetizers are in fact…read moreplain size pizzas).

I have been a regular at this wonderful restaurant virtually ever since it opened - the prices have…read morecrept up a little over the years, but the lunch remains fantastic value. The dough twists are lovely, the chicken wings divine, but their minestrone is simply some of the best soup you will ever have in your life. I think I've tried all the pizzas over the years, and all the pastas too. Yesterday I had a Carnosa, cooked to perfection as always, generous to the edge toppings with a completely authentic Italian taste. The glass of house red was delicious, the service as ever, attentive and polite. Families are always welcome, but single diners are just as valued. This would be a lovely restaurant in which to introduce children to dining out properly - formal enough to feel special, friendly so that children will relax. I never ever eat anywhere else when I visit Newcastle for shopping. Why would I want to go somewhere that could only be second-best to this. The negative review here must have been the work of a malicious rival. Either that or he/she was in a different restaurant.

Great little Italian, Service fantastic and quick and always pleased to see you, menu similar to…read moremany others in the areas but great for their 2 course deals, would recommend

Visited La Torre today for Sunday lunch and it was delicious! The staff were very welcoming and…read morefriendly, excellent attentive service, the food was top notch and great value for money. We've been looking for our new regular eatery and I think we found it! Can't highly recommend enough.

Top Quality. Went to the La Torre last night with a group of 10 friends and it was very good…read more Lovely bar area to relax before meal and return to after. Staff very helpful and friendly, food fantastic with everyone served at the same time..Very happy to highly recommend

What a fantastic night, ten of us went here for a friends birthday meal and we were not…read moredisappointed. The food was amazing, the portions were big, the staff were friendly, nothing was too much trouble for them. We all agreed we would be back in the very near future! Thank you for an excellent night!

Overall a delightful experience the room was rather unique and totally European, the staff was…read moreabsolutely professional, the food was incredibly tasteful well-prepared well presented the desserts were the joy of the evening. The kitchen actually allow you to split entrées; my friend and I had 50-50 where we actually took an entrée and he had half a plate of one thing have to put another and I had half a plate of one thing and half a plate of another because we couldn't decide and so they split the plates (it's just pasta sauce easy) but who else does that? Melrose is a great little town we go there all the time even though we live in the states we always anchor ourselves in Melrose when we come to Scotland

Welcome Surprise! Sometimes you find a gem in an unexpected…read moreplace and this was one for us. Superb and authentic Italian food in a little Borders town. We had dinner without reservations on a Saturday and were well treated and well fed. I enjoyed their bread thoroughly and we shared a delicious antipasto plate.

Best in Town, good by any measure. I was told by a hostess…read morein a nearby town that if she had to eat in Wooler this is the only place she would go. I can't vouch for every place in town but the dinner here was excellent. I thought it to be of surprisingly high quality in a small town. Service was excellent even though they were very busy. (It was a weeknight but the beginning of school holidays. Call and make a reservation.) The starters and main courses were above the usual level of customary Italian. The desserts were artistic as well as tasty. The décor is an interesting sort of Bistro style and the bar well stocked. Milan is hidden down a walkway off the street so it may take a tiny bit of effort to see. Go find it!

From the owner: About Milan... The…read moreMilan Restaurant is located in the heart of wooler. It has gained a great reputation locally and much further afield, for serving fresh, innovative Italian food. The Milan is a 90 seater restaurant that caters for families, groups of friends or a romantic night out. Birthdays and any others celebration are made extra special by the friendly staff. Children are made to feel welcome with balloons and meals just for them. A word from the chef... We try to create a versatile menu using fresh produce, local where possible. Most of our suppliers are from Wooler itself or nearby. There is no doubt all tastes are catered for on our vast menu. Using the daily specials to bring new dishes to our customers as well as old favourites. All our desserts are made and prepared in house by our chefs to ensure high quality tasty treats. Doddington Dairy ice-cream is a delicious local ice-cream of which we offer a wide selection of flavours.

Friendly staff, very well priced food with a delicious, varied menu. Eaten here several times and…read morealways look forward to going, they have a take away service as well for the entire menu which is a great bonus! The only downside in my opinion is it can sometimes be a little noisy, but this is only due to how popular this place is! Recommended.

Small hotel with a restaurant to the side which serves the most gorgeous food. Service is friendly…read morenot so prompt on busy days though. Hotel rooms are nicely presented with a homely feel and look. Reasonable prices for a nights stay.

Not a gourmet place BUT family friendly, enormous portions of good food, generous drinks. We each…read moreordered a starter-- mmi rdered bread and olives which consisted of a few pieces of ordinary toasted white bread, huge container of olives, and an olive pate. Partner had a "caesar salad", which also was quite large, consisted of chicken ham, whole anchovies, over greens with a mayonnaise dressing on the side (which didn't add much). For mains we had eggplant over spaghetti, and pasta arrabiata-- both of which were quite large and quite flavorful. We then shared toffee cake and ice cream which resulted in an uncomfortable waddle home. Oh yes-- my prosecco and raspberry liqueur drink was large as well. Worth the money--especially if you don't over order like we did.

La Piazza is a nice restaurant in a nice location, with reasonably good service…read more Having dined here several times since it first opened, I would say that broadly the food is somewhere between 3 and 4 stars. In short, perfectly fine, but not spectacular. I have personally had pizza here twice, and both times have found it dry and considerably lacking in both tomato and cheese - and therefore taste. The best item on the menu used to be a vegetarian goulash, though sadly this was taken off at some point last year.

Excellent food and service. Quaint and welcoming restaurant in Penrith. Everything was delicious…read morefrom the rocket salad with Parmesan shavings to the spaghetti ai frutti di mare, to the fresh pizza. Great find!

You walk through the arch on the bust street and you are engulfed by the relaxing and warm…read moreatmosphere of a typical truly italian pizzeria. the plants in the outside patio drag you into what you think is a small italian house and when you ascend the steps up into the restraunt itself you are no loger in a small english market town. but instead in one of the finest pizzerias in italy. this small restraunt can cater for all ages as they serve up some of the best pizzas in penrith. if you are in penrith and in need of a pizza. you could always stop at the take away down the road. but if I were you. I would make the effort to step into the italian wonderland that is Gianni's Pizzeria