I would call it a dining experience. I've taken some friends here and we had a great time…read more The food is delicious. The service is a bit random, but if you give someone a wave they will attend to you. You are made to feel like part of the family. It is one big open space, so it can be noisy, but this does seem to contibute to the atmosphere. Alberto is a character and little off the wall, but to eat here was a pleasure.

Alberto himself runs this place! The atmosphere is very welcoming. There are 2 menus - a printed…read moreone and a hand written specials sheet (choose from this one if you can!) Excellent food - subtle and simple just as it should be. A great wine list. I'd advise that you book ahead - it gets crowded!

It seems the folks working here pour their heart into the business and it shows. Food was great,…read moreservice was absolutely top notch. Seating was fancy in leatherette chairs and couches. Felt posh and nice. Pizza with salad in the middle is brilliant (they of course have a no-salad-in-the-middle option) and was totally fun. Super nice to kids and kids menu is fantastic. Would eat here again in a heartbeat. Only downside was toilets seemed a little worse for wear, but I won't knock a star for that since everything else was excellent.

From the owner: It's a family run business, after working 20 years in the food industry, we decided to follow our…read moredreams. Our mission is to provide food and service of which we would expect ourselfs. Opening 7am for breakfast Closing 11pm

I came here twice for dinner with coworkers while working in the area, as the restaurant was a…read moreshort walk from the hotel we were staying at. The food was pretty good, and the portions were generous. Nothing too fancy, but the prices were reasonable relative to the quality and location. The first time I came, I split a mushroom and sausage pizza with a coworker and also got the soup of the day, stracciatella. The pizza was large (I definitely wouldn't have been able to finish it on my own) and the soup was tasty. The pizza did get a bit soggy partway through, but it was still pretty good. The restaurant had a wide variety of desserts; I picked the lemon sorbet, which was a sufficient size since I was already full from the pizza, and was very enjoyable. My second night here, I got a ravioli dish with beef bolognese sauce; again, it was tasty and the portion was generous. I was just barely able to finish it. There was a good amount of outdoor seating; since I was here during a heatwave we never dined inside so I didn't get a look at the interior. All the staff we encountered were friendly. Overall, a decent and reliable place to get Italian food in Watford.

The is very good and the staff is great the ambience it's a bit noise but normal because all the…read moreItalian restaurants are the same

They got the order wrong, gave cut up spaghetti as a dish, and mixed in meat to a vegetarian meal…read more Would never recommend ever again.

Absolutely, positively the best Spaghetti Aglio Olio e Peperoncino i have had. This is one of my…read morefave pasta dishes and few restaurants get it right. This place does! We also tried the penne arrabiata and it was fantastic as well. We will be back and we highly recommend!

Stacks - Really…read moregood! When I realised Stacks was part of Frankie and Benny's I was like oh dear, this is going to be rank. But..... it was actually really tasty!! I went for the Big Cheese, not disappointed with the levels of cheese and also a sauce dip of cheese sauce to the side, yummy! Cajun fries didn't look at that, but were well tasty. It arrived quickly too. Definitely happy to go back and try their other burgers out!

Fantastic! Charming interior with multiple dining areas…read more Wait staff is very helpful and attentive. We had three different severs throughout our evening. Pasta - homemade pasta and sauces are delicious! We tried a few appetizers plus the servers recommendations : Meatballs Special Appetizer Insalata Caprese Con Buttata Focaccia Al Rosemarino Fettuccine Luganica Lasagna Tiramisu Every bite was amazing!

Our journey through the Italian restaurants of St Albans continues... We started with the gamberoni…read morepiccanti. Super tasty, wish it had some more shrimp in it, but it was good. (I may have eaten the remaining tomato sauce like a soup.) We are huge fans of aglio olio e peperoncino. It's a simple dish that is hard to get right. We both had to give this a go. It definitely missed the mark- it wasn't spicy at all. We could barely taste the garlic and the peperoncino was non-existent. Whatever it was tasted pretty good, it just wasn't what we were expecting. We got a penne arrabiatta to go and it was okay. Overall, food decent, wine good, service mixed. (Maybe give it a go not on a Sunday and skip the pasta? The steak dishes looked so good, as well as the pizza.)

Best kept secret in St Albans!…read more The food is excellent, if you're a fish lover I recommend the seabass dish from the set menu. Sometimes I find a set menu to be restricted, but there is a wide range of dishes to choose from at Zaza's. Every Tuesday is 'Classic Italy Night' - two courses and UNLIMITED wine for £19.95... yes, unlimited wine! I thought the offer was too good to be true, but they have a table in the restaurant with open bottles of red, white and rose. You simply take your glass to the wine table and help yourself. Verdict: always had great service and good ambience.

Delicious Italian food and great service. Big group of us were accommodated here. The pasta dishes…read morewere excellent as well as the starters (goat cheese with balsamic tart is delicious)! Dessert was great as well. Worth coming back.

Pizza was good but not worth the 1.30 hour wait starter chicken wings where cold and the portions…read moreof chips had not a lot of chips

We love staying in St Albans as there are so many Italian restaurants and we plan to try them all…read more Tonight was Bellacino's turn. Beautiful restaurant with some of the most awkward seating I've ever seen. We were seated at a corner table and my chair was surrounded decorative tree. There was a wicked draft coming in the window- which was easily fixed with the drink menu. Sometimes these little details matter, but tonight it did not. The food made us completely forget the quirkiness of environment. We started with the gamberi alla bursara (yum) then penne arrabiatta for the main course. Instead of the usual peperoncino, they used a green pepper. It didn't taste like arrabiatta usually does, but dang... it was great. I planned to take a few photos, but got caught up in eating. We will definitely be back.