A great local Italian restaurant based in Morpeth Northumberland. A great menu and excellent food…read moreand service from all the staff there. Although at times it can be a bit of a wait for a table as they are often busy especially at weekends. A bad point is that you cannot book tables for less then eight people, which means often a long wait till get a table. This can mean extra expense of drinks while you wait in the bar area for your table and often a tight squeeze amongst all the people waiting there. But overall it is worth the wait as great service and even better food.

Very good Italian restaurant with friendly helpful staffread more

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!

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.

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

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

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.

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

I was lucky to be able to book a spot at short notice but after the glowing reviews I had to try…read moreit. Walking in we were led upstairs in a peaceful corner. The menu didn't have a huge variety but I find that usually a good thing as gives more concentration and focus on dishes. I had enjoyed some mussels the other night so had them as a main here and my partner ordered a chicken wrapped in ham. To supplement this a house salad was ordered. The food did take a while to arrive but I thoroughly enjoyed mine but glancing at partner's it did look uninspiring and dry. Jealously we glanced at a lady who had ordered and epic looking pasta dish which she exclKmed was the best thing she had eaten in a long time lol I really think it is sometimes pot luck aka on what you order. The ice cream to finish was lovely in kinder, strawberry and vanilla. Overall nice atmosphere but could feel the staff under pressure .

Having had our previous restaurant booking cancelled due to 'technical difficulties' at short…read morenotice, we knew we had limited time to find a restaurant on a sun-kissed, hugely busy bank holiday in Whitby. Thankfully we happened on Cosa Nostra, a large multilevelled Italian restaurant on Church Street and they had a table free! Shown to the upper levels of the restaurant, it was a good place to relax away from the hustle and bustle on a busy May evening. The menu had a decent variety of traditional and more unusual dishes from pizza to pasta, fish dishes to calzone. Not feeling at our most ravenous, we opted for two standard dishes, linguini carbonara and linguini ragu, washed down with a pint of draught Peroni, accompanied by some garlic bread. When the dishes arrived, wow, the portions are enormous at this place! Two large bowls of pasta and a generous pizza sized portion of thin crust garlic bread. The carbonara was spot on, the creaminess of the sauce contrasted perfectly with the saltiness of the bacon, the garlic bread heavy on the garlic, as it should be and the ragu full of earthy tomato flavours. Gamely though we tried, we couldn't finish any of the components, as we both were just recovering from a cold. The head waiter was so concerned with our lack of progress, he offered to pack us up a doggy bag! Reassuring him the food was spot on, we vowed to return when our appetites renewed.

This place was recommended by the host where we were staying for holiday - referenced as a good…read morevalue. It worked out that we needed lunch, so we gave it a shot! They have a lunch special, which fortunately, was also good on Saturday. I believe it was 8.95, three courses - soup or potato skins, a pasta or pizza, and coffee or ice cream. This is a crazy good deal. I had the soup and three skins for the others. Soup was good, nothing amazing, but no complaints, and the potato skins were really, really good. They also come with a couple dipping sauces, which are also good. Really smart marketing here to get rid of potato skins. My wife and I each had the carbonara, which was good. The kids enjoyed their pepperoni and cheese pizzas. The coffee was not good, but the ice cream was. (I'm not going to complain about mediocre coffee with a deal this good- should have chosen the ice cream). The ice cream is vanilla - that's the choice. The kids also chose sodas, which seemed to be included in the price. Service was friendly and it seemed like people were dressed up to go there. The place is cozy and has lots of space. The credit card system was down, so we had to get cash from the ATM across the street, but that was the only issue we had. I assume that doesn't happen much. We would definitely eat here again, particularly for lunch. You can't beat that special - Wow!

We were looking for a place to eat within walking distance of our Air BnB, and Italian food sounded…read moregreat to us. Reviews were mixed, but we decided to give it a try. We are glad we did! We started with reasonably priced drinks, then got two pizzas for table appetizers. They both had crisp and chewy crust with flavorful sauce and toppings. The pizzas came out pretty quickly. Shortly thereafter, our entrees arrived, piping hot from the kitchen. We got three different chicken dishes and two pastas. The chicken came with a side, and we all chose the salad over chips or vegetables. The salad had mixed lettuces, peppers, peas, and a few other fresh ingredients. The chicken dishes all had healthy sized portions and great flavor. It was moist and easy to cut. I didn't try the pastas, but was told they were delicious. We had made last minute reservations online and were seated in a roomy booth quickly. Prices for everything were very reasonable and the portions were just right. The restaurant itself was clean and orderly. Our only complaint was the noise level. Music was playing loudly, so people had to talk loudly to be heard by their table mates, which increased the noise level even more. They were busy, but were still able to be attentive to each table's needs. We would definitely go back if we ever find ourselves in this town again.