This lovely Italian restaurant is part of the Glendale Hotel just behind, and is a favourite with…read morelocals and visitors alike. Serving up all your favourite Italian fare, this is a restaurant where you'll ind all of your comfort foods: pizza, pasta, cabonara, gnocchi, salads and everything you could hope for. But, because this is an independent place with a more-than-average inventive chef, they also have a selection of other combinations to try. As Sarah mentioned, the portions are pretty sizable; the more the better! This is a very popular spot for local romantics as it the place has a particularly intimate feel to it. Also, in the summer, they have an outdoor area where you can sit and soak up the last of the sun. Unlike many other higher class restaurants in Penarth, the prices here really are reasonable, and you get a whole lot of food, taste and welcome for your money.

There is always a warm welcome at the Villa Napoli and the dining area is spacious without losing…read morethe intimate feel you would expect from a cosy, family-run Italian restaurant. The menu offers a good selection of traditional Italian fare and the specials board always has plenty to offer the more adventurous taste buds. the servings are plentiful and you will be pushed to have room to be able to sample some of the rich home-made desserts on offer. My particular favourite is the Fettucini Alfredo which is served in a thick and creamy garlic sauce, topped off with a portion of home-made garlic bread which is literally dripping with garlic.

Wow!!! This place was very very delicious! The service was impeccable. I let the server chose my…read moredish for me because I couldn't decide, and I was not disappointed. What's great is they explain what pastas they have for the day and show you an example of each cut before the meal. I highly recommend a stop!

First time in Cardiff and came as a suggestion of a friend and i have to say it was A-mazing. I had…read morethe Bolognese and it was great I recommend it. My friend had the Minestrone and he was of the same opinion, the food is great. The service was very good. Portions very good too. And if you are wondering, i never give a perfect score because i dont believe perfection exists. But hands down and with my eyes closed i recommend this place. I will be back.

First time in Cardiff. Discovered Cafe Citta, but there are only 16 Yelp reviews for Cafe Citta,…read moreshocking. It's a fabulously popular and busy place that serves fantastic food! The place was packed and bustling. It's a small place full of lively diners. WOW, the four of us ordered different things and we loved all of it! I chose the seafood pasta, hubby ordered the carbonara and our friends ordered the lasagna. For starters we had a garlic pizza and the polenta with bolognese. Oh, every bite of dinner was delicious and I wanted it to be a never-ending meal. We love finding fantastic Italian food when we travel and we succeeded! Service from the entire staff was genuinely kind and caring! Kudos to Cafe Citta and the entire staff and chefs! Highly recommend!

Food was incredible! Our server was also very friendly and helpful, and we both had a delightful…read moretime. The gnocchi was outstanding! Highly recommend this little hole-in-the-wall.

Tasty Italian food in a pleasant location. Good for vegetarians eating out with meat-eaters.read more

Penarth Esplanade is a strange place and I can never decide if I like it or not. The not part is it…read morebeing one way so if you miss where you want to go you have to drive all the way around to get back to where you want to be. The restaurant was family owned and run which is just as well during a recession as you can pay family members less. I love to eat veal and they sold it here sadly it was not UK reared but from the continent but taste buds gave way to better, selfish, sense and I ordered the veal - there were about 5 different types of dishes to choose from. The whole meal was lovely and the staff were great. Romeo's will be on my list to eat in again if i am ever in Penarth.

Absolutely wonderful in every aspect: initial greeting to a great red wine list at realistic costs…read more Our first visit to Wales and Cardiff and Yelp helped us find this hidden treasure. It is certainly well worth finding. An Italian restaurant with amazing Welch lamb dishes as well as Italian prepared fish and exquisitely prepared pasta. We truly loved this small cuisine. Very happy!

Excellent food and the staff were very friendly. Will definitely return the next time we visit…read moreCardiff.

Wonderful food and service. Great decor…read more The plain pasta with tomato spice sauce was excellent. My vegetarian daughter loved it. Everything we had was very very good and fresh.

My kids wanted Italian... I was apprehensive…read more. I was wrong.. It was very nice..13£ 2 course lunch... We had wine, calamari (wonderful) Mussels (wonderful), salmon (really wonderful), I had tortellini..good.. The apps of fishcakes and sausage and cabbage ..just awesome.. I would recommend

BEST PIZZA IVE EVER HAD. pasta was great and so was the lasagna. raspberry sorbet was to die for…read more profiteroles were the best. the espresso was good. the service was good. Although, the music was very loud but there was ample outdoor seating. 10/10!

Having spent an excellent day in Cardiff for the first weekend of the Rugby World Cup, we had…read morepre-booked a table at a restaurant overlooking Cardiff Bay for our evening meal, as we expected the place to be very busy post-match. The Bay area is well stocked with bars and restaurants, so we had passed a number of other options walking in from the taxi rank, wondering if we had made the right choice. Emerging onto the main waterfront area, we were quickly reassured that the view was going to be worth the cab ride alone, as a milky September sun was setting in an almost cloudless sky. Signor Valentino's is located on the first floor of Mermaid Quay with tables both inside and on a veranda balcony extending around the building, offering a fantastic view over the Bay area. We had booked a table for 7.30, but had decided to chance it for an earlier sitting, arriving just after 6pm. Having checked with the maitre'd, he happily agreed and let me select the perfect table on the elbow of the veranda, with the best possible view of the Bay. As we sat there, drinking in the vista, it wasn't too long before we were presented with menus and a drinks order taken, with two very friendly staff looking after us. The house wine was very drinkable and that sustained us nicely until the main courses arrived - my Tagliatelle Verona was a generous dish stacked with chicken and pepperoni pieces, very tasty and just the right size. The oven baked salmon was also well received, as was the Pollo Nero chicken breast. After that, we just about had room for a three spoon single dessert choice, so we plumped for the profiteroles, which were quite small but quite delicious. The bill (with two bottles of wine) came to just under £30 per person, which was well within expectations. The service throughout was excellent - the waiters came when asked, with no sense of "hurry up" to make room for new arrivals, which was possible given that we were in prime seats. Overall, this was a very good choice for an evening meal - an outstanding location, coupled with great service and good food.

My go to Italian restaurant! It's a family run business and they not only have a huge variety of…read moreoptions, the food there has never let me down. I'd always recommend to try out the homemade pasta they do and their arancini.

Had a pizza and spaghetti bolognaise. And the house wine. All were great. Book a reservation…read morebecause the place fills up fast, almost all tables filled by 19:00.

I'm not entirely sure what Demirios classes itself as because the menu has a little bit of…read moreeverything. It offers a taste of Wales, Spain and Italy, so get your head around that if you can. I've only sampled the taste of Italy the few times I've been there because it's hard to go wrong with pizza and pasta and to their credit it's been fantastic. The setting is kind of like an 80s Italian, pseudo flashy but bordering on tacky. During the summer they have a rotund man with a keyboard and mini pa system singing bizarre Italian/Spanish/Welsh hits outside the restaurant, It's almost ridiculous but I love it. It must be a hit with the A crowd because last time I went I saw Rhys Ifans and his entourage ordering a huge amount of champagne for the beautiful hangers on. Sadly though, I was not invited.

A boyfriend of mine once took me here for Valentine's day and after that I was tempted to never…read morevisit again. We were crammed in, surrounded by couples who looked like they really didn't want to be talking to each other and there were so many red heart shape balloons I was nearly sick. Said Boyfriend did not last much longer after that. Anyway I did eventually go back in the summer because it's outside section just made me feel like I was on holiday. The Welsh/Spanish/Italian menu is interesting and your guaranteed to be torn between at least two dishes. I went for fish and was really happy with what I got. Not the cheapest place to eat in the bay but not ridiculously overpriced either and good for a quality meal. Our waiter was also really fun and helpful.

We had very delicious meals there this evening. It is in the lower level of a row house. Great…read moreatmosphere. Nice selection of mixed drinks and wines. Meals are served pretty promptly. Staff is very solicitous. It was a wonderful way to end our stay in Cardiff. I can't recommend it enough to try out this restaurant when you are in Cardiff. After a day walking around of a walking tour, it was just a hop, skip, and jump from our Hilton Cardiff hot

After a day of sightseeing, we were looking for comfort food. Giovanni's on Park Place was the…read moreright answer. The pre-theatre rush was over, so Salvatore gave us his full attention. The bruschetta was fresh, and Salvatore provided a steak knife, making it easy to carve small bites. My date's minestrone soup was perfectly balanced, not too much broth, not too much veg and pasta. I had the mushroom ravioli with crumbled salsicchia sauce - comfort food, check! My date's Festa pizza had a nice thin crust, too much for one person, but very tasty. We were too full for dessert this time. Yeah, next time we're in Cardiff, I expect we'll be back. And leave room for dessert.