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

Firstly this restaurant has moved from silverdale and is near carnforth opposite the longlands…read moreHotel at Greenlands Farm, its a cafe by day and italian restaurant from 6pm. Well what a find and totally by accident, only been open in its new location for 3 months. I cant praise this place enough, the staff and owners were very friendly and very helpful and for the Pizza Oh my Word! amazing ! Pasta was also fab, all made using the freshest ingredients. They also had 10oz fillet steak on which we are told is excellent so may try one next time, they had a good fish selection on as well. Cant wait to go back, visit as soon as you can - you wont be disappointed

Quite simply the best food we've had since arriving in the Lakes. We were attracted by the…read morelunchtime special £8.50 for soup of the day and any main (pizza/pasta) on the menu. It would be fair to say it exceeded our expectations the tomato and basil soup was served with bread and genuinely excellent. Followed by carnivore pizza which again was excellent with really high quality ingredients Italian meats, spicy sausage, fresh chilli etc. I would have been thrilled with this quality of food doran evening out never mind lunch. Staff were very pleasant and the restaurant though small was immaculate. I strongly recommend you give it a try.

Excellent italian food and friendly, efficient but not overbearing service. Plenty of choice…read morealthough they seem to be slightly biased towards sea-food as three of the four specials were fish based. There were five of us and we chose a variety of dishes,I had red mullet, ratatouille and green (pesto?) mashed potato, whereas my son had pizza. Mine was absolutely delicious. So was the cappucino brulee that I shared with my wife. Everybody else was very pleased with their choices too. Quite a small premises with straightforward decor and ambience, but clean and well run. Definitely worth a visit. I believe you pay a premium for eating in Ambleside but we spent slightly over £20 per head and I think that this was most reasonable overall. I hope that you enjoy it too.

Great Pizza and penna scampi and vino! Go where the locals go! We had a great time meeting our…read moretable guests and visiting the friendly wait staff at this cozy, local Italian restaurant. I had red wine, veggie pizza and more. Penna scampi was good too. Get the desserts too! We will be back if we are in town!

The service was wonderful but it took forever to get our bill. It is a tiny restaurant and the…read moretables all jam close together. So, hearing other peoples conversations is unavoidable. The food was good. The lasagna was the best meal by far. The chicken Alfredo was bland and unflavorful. It needed salt desperately. However, there was no salt on the tables, only pepper. The salads were okay. Nothing special.

OMgoodness... the last time we were here, this place blew us away…read more Three long years later (thanks COVID), nothing has changed! It's a miracle. The Best Italian Food in the Uk as far as I'm concerned. Check out my previous review and my photos- it says it all. Thank you Dodds for sticking it out and emerging back at the top of your game.

This place is a real gem in Cumbria. They have an actual wood fire oven, use extremely fresh…read moreingredients, and their dough is just perfect! We got three pizzas and all three had delicious and unique flavor combinations. I ended with the pavlova which is honestly one of the best pavlova's I've ever had. And I didn't even get to the back patio which is just so charming as it overlooks a playground in a beautiful green field. Definitely make your way over here if you're in the area.

We dropped by after hiking Scafell Pike, and expectations were low, this being a small village and…read moreall, but the food and service was spectacular! I would've expected something like this at a reservation-only restaurant in London. The special pizza (caramelised onions and chorizo with mascarpone and chilli) was amazing. We sat at the bar and watched the food being prepared and served, and everyone was super professional and each plate was inspected by the chef before it was seen fit to be sent out. This place was fully booked on Saturday night (18:45) so I would recommend making reservations.

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!

Carlos is an amazing restaurant with great atmosphere there staff are very welcoming there food is…read morecooked perfectly there cod goujons are another level. I also like there dough balls they have loads of dessert options.

Carlo's has got to be in our opinion the best italian restaurant in south scotland, the food is…read morefantastic the service great and the staff really lovely. The owners are very approachable and always ready to see to any requirement you have. It is i feel a wonderful place to go if you have a special occasion, look forward to our next visit. the platts

Second night in Whinfell Forest and off to Bella Italia. As starters a bruschetta, meatballs,…read moredoughballs and mushrooms followed by four pasta mains and a cheesecake and cookie dough as dessert. Good quality food, friendly service and as a nice novelty those robots that bring the food. A very pleasant meal out.

I was sure I'd reviewed this place when we came for my wife's birthday in 2014 at which time we…read morewere very impressed by the ambience, the staff and the food. It appears I did not :( I just wanted to say that in order to put my review in context. We ate here again a few weeks ago and I was really looking forward to it as I have oft been heard to say 'it's the only good Bella Italia I've ever found. Boy, was I disappointed. Gone is the nice décor and that pleasant ambience replaced by a cafeteria style layout. Gone are the very pleasant, helpful staff instead we have people who just do their job (and in telling my son that they were booked solid until mid evening when the place was found to be deserted I'm not sure they even want to do that). Gone was the better than average food with standard, slightly bland chain restaurant food brought on as a substitute.