Maybe the best Italian dinner I've had in the UK, and as a snobby Londoner it causes me physical…read morepain to write that. Stuzzi is a too-good-to-be-true trifecta of wonderful food, excellent service, and reasonable pricing. The menu is small sharing plates, as many places are these days. With a group of four we got to have quite a lot of that menu. The tagliatelle in ox cheek ragu was a marvel of simplicity. The arancini completely changed my mind about a dish I've always considered an overrated way for a restaurant to dispose of extra risotto. The wine and cheese were superb, chosen for us by the charming wait staff. The digestif menu features a small but punchy selection of grappas -- never a given at British Italian restaurants and always appreciated by me.

I've been to this place a number of times and on each occasion it was excellent…read more Very friendly staff who are happy to tell you about any of the food on offer, a cosy and relaxed atmosphere with some pretty good music playing, great food and just an all round enjoyable and informal eating experience. They also have a nice selection of Italian deli bits and bobs for you to take away with you. We found some of the charcuterie and cheese impossible to resist. The idea is to order a few tapas sized portions of various dishes and then mix and match with your eating partners - and it works a treat. Not quite full? Order something else - the kitchen is efficient and we have never waited too long. Now that we are semi-regulars the staff have got to know us to some extent. I am very much into my wine and I take some care when ordering a bottle any place I go. At Stuzzi when they ask me what I want to drink I now just ask them to 'bring me something interesting' and that is exactly what they do. They have never let me down. Every time the wine that arrives at the table is well selected - delicious and not unreasonably priced. This is a restaurant that wants people to enjoy the wines on offer so the prices are sensible - in so many places these days the price of a decent bottle is ridiculous, but here you will find the opposite. If you want fine dining and silver service that's not what this place is about. It's too laid back for that and it's now what they set out to do. Instead you are served excellent food in an unhurried environment, and that vibe always seems to be found at every table. Fun, tasty, easy.

Excellent food and service, really friendly staff. We had a really lovely evening here and would…read moredefinitely go back!

Omg this is my forever place in hsatigate food wine service atmosphere is all fabulous. I highly…read morerecommend and will come each time I am back.

Best Tuna steak I have ever had, "just sayin'."…read more L'Albero is a small restaurant in Harrogate trying to make it among all the chain italian restaurants. "Winning" in my opinion, but I'm biased because I prefer "mom and pop" places to chains. The waitress was happy to find us room on a Saturday night after several attempts resulting in long waits for a table. Service was very accommodating, available, and friendly! The place can get a little cramped when busy, but what do you expect on a Saturday night? The staff were happy to accommodate special requests on the menu as well. Recommend going a good three courses at this place because portions are comparable to a typical fine dining establishment and exquisitely presented as well as prepared. After a superior meal I was pleased to find out the chef, Franco, is actually italian, and was able to thank him personally for a fantastic meal. I will be back, if you are looking for an upscale authentic italian experience, this is your place!

Had dinner here with a group from work. The seven of us found the experience to be excellent. Great…read morefood, good selection of wine, and great service. I don't have a thing to complain about. The chef Franco made me feel like I was in Italy again.

In a lovely Northern England town dotted with tea houses, fine wine shops, tailored mens and ladies…read moreclothing stores, Italian restaurants are not hard to find. Indeed, we ate at three Italian restaurants while recently in Harrogate for a convention and I chose to review Sasso because of the three it had the best reputation amongst 'those in the know'. That being said, it wasn't what I expected. We were taken downstairs to a large dining room which seemed to be set up for catering and parties and the place didn't have a cozy or warm feeling to me. The food and service were okay, it's just that nothing really stood out as being memorable, and for the price, I would have preferred the owners to have gone a bit farther to introduce to Harrogate a more refined menu than what was on offer in virtually all the other Italian restaurants in this lovely North England town. Perhaps my criticism is not so much a dislike of "Sasso", but that of all the restaurants we tried in Harrogate, this one has the ability to stand out and shine. For a town that boasts some of the finest shopping in northern England, it would be worth the risk to raise the bar in the preparation and delivery of fine Italian food.

A pretty disapointing Italian meal, decor not that smart.. but 'smart ' prices…read more Far too wide a menu too produce good food, we should have known, anyway Cured meats at £7, well pretty poor. For main course went to Rabbit, it was quite a size wrapped in parma ham, but dry and the vegetables uninspiring. Wines a little overpriced, service was not exactly charming.

After a car parking snafu, we tramped into Vivado hoping for a really great experience and meal…read more What we got was fine but by no means exceptional. The menu has plenty of vegetarian options, all of which sound very good indeed. We only had a couple, both of which were pizzas, a pasta entree, and an Italian sausage entree. The pizzas were fine but pretty bland. The cheeses did not seem to be especially fresh, and certainly not very interesting, as they reminded me of the grated cheese we use on our homemade pizzas. The lasagne was, again, perfectly acceptable, but not as good as the lasagne one of our party had at Pizza Express earlier in the week. The Italian sausage entree was very good -- good charring and red wine sauce -- but really no more complicated than an old fashioned English sausage 'n' gravy dish. So while it's not a knock-your-socks-off kind of place, Vivado is perfectly acceptable. I wish their food were as interesting as the taps in the men's bathroom; you'll see what I mean if you visit!

We decided to visit Vivado's after reading reviews on my iPhone app called Around Me, we were…read morestaying in Harrogate for a couple of days and was walking by, and liked the look of the varied menu. We decided to go in and book as it was a Saturday night, as it turn out it was a wise move as we just managed to get a table. when we arrived we were greeted the very friendly matradee, we had a very short wait we were then shown to our table, our food order was taken and although the restaurant was very busy the food arrived very quickly. I had the Fettuccine Pollo which was very nice and my wife had the cannelloni Ricotta & Spinach which also tasted good. So on the whole a very good experience would recommend

What a disgrace !! This place is shocking. Went with my wife…read moreand 2 kids , ordered 2 margarita pizzas and 1 garlic pizzas. 50 minutes later we are still sat there with no food. They are busy just cleaning and setting tables for new customers and ignoring the existing ones . Plenty of folks sat shaking their heads. We got up and left, and the chef told us only one of our pizzas was in the oven - are you ***** kidding me ! Don't go here unless you want to starve to death.

Avoid this place. I…read morecan't even begin to explain just how bland and just take how awful this place is! The service is inexperienced and not anywhere near reasonably professional. The service was rushed, inattentive, surly, didn't know anything about setting cutlery, it was just awful! The food was bland, using cheap ingredients, badly prepared and overpriced. As just one example, the chicken was clearly processed chicken out of a bag, and tasted of nothing. As another example, the prawns were clearly frozen prawns and not fresh. When you compare this to Jamie's Italian, and you know you're paying the same prices for fraction of the quality you get at Jamie's it is very very very disappointing. Waste of money. Avoid!

Perhaps this is not the best Italian food in the UK, but I just LOVE the charm of the dining room…read more I feel like a bit player in an opera when eating here. I've eaten at Pinoccio time and time again, and was reasonably satisfied each time. My dining mates (from Texas, which might explain this comment) were quite dismayed that the pizza came to the table unsliced... and was expected to be eaten using utensils. Oh well, they are from Texas.

Pinocchio's was fantastic! Sadly, I do have to refer to it in the past tense as it has now closed…read more All I can say is that they had the best pizza, only bettered by the atmosphere. The place is missed.

One thing we found out on our recent visit to Harrogate is that not many non-chain restaurants open…read moreon a Monday. Thankfully Gianni's does, and we managed to book a table effortlessly online via Toptable. Set just outside the main centre of Harrogate, Gianni's is a bright modern restaurant, with a sizeable bar, and very friendly, efficient staff. We were shown to sizeable round table even though there was only two of us, this was a nice touch, sometimes two person tables can feel a little cramped. The whole restaurant had a spacious feel, and was equally suited to couples, groups or families with children: the restaurant was about half full on the night we visited. We chose the early bird menu, £12.95 apiece for two courses, a sufficiently varied selection of dishes. After we had chosen our mains, we were given a complimentary bread basket, with a varied of freshly baked breads, served with a black olive tapenade and a spicy tomato dip, a lovely start to the meal. For my main, I had a mushroom based ravioli with a creamy tomato sauce, topped off with parmesan, full of flavour and a big portion, washed down with a giant 660ml bottle of Peroni, perfect! My wife had the salmon accompanied by the ratatouille, one of the best pieces of salmon she had ever eaten. Obviously you have to have a dessert, its almost compulsory, I went for the mixed gelato, an unusual choice, but a great combination of interesting flavours. My wife had had the homemade profiteroles with a jug of warm chocolate sauce! Finished off the obligatory coffee, Gianni's was a chance find, but one which we will definitely visit again next time we visit Harrogate

This was our first dinner experience in Harrogate, and I was actually a touch disappointed--mainly…read morewith the service. I'm not sure if it was coincidence or not, but my husband and I felt like we were ignored while the other patrons were well cared for. Not sure if it's because we were tourists or what? The food was overall pretty good. The bread and olive tapenade in the beginning was delicious. My husband ordered the lasagna which I felt was lacking in flavor. I went with a classic margarita pizza which was delicious. The best part of the meal was the gelato we ordered for dessert. We got both the mint chocolate and coffee crunch flavors. So tasty!