Ristorante Italia

May 03, 2008

Go now, before everyone else finds it!

It's good just to have a few restaurants on the East side of town, avoiding the town centre traffic, even better when they're this good.

We were met at the door by the manager who greeted us by name having already checked the reservations for the evening, and we received very good service throughout. The decor is simple but stylish, the main investment having been made in bringing over 2 genuine Italian chefs (always good to have a spare). I can recommend the pasta with lamb and rosemary ragu, and not only was all the food delicious the quantities were just the right size too. The staff couldn't have been more friendly, when my husband mentioned he'd spent time in Rome the chefs were brought over to meet him, and we also met the owner of the business, a very friendly man who you can tell from his mannerisms etc spends a lot of time in Italy!

The Italian flat breads were particularly good, from which I suspect I shall try the pizza next time if it's cooked in the same way. I'm not sure how authentic the tiramisu was, there wasn't the taste of amaretto or marscapone I would normally expect, but I suspect they probably struggle to find all the ingredients they need here so I was willing to let them off. Even if not very traditional, it still made for a very tasty chocolatey pudding.

Cost was good - we had a nice bottle of pinot grigio with the meal, which was reasonable, but without this extra expense the 3 course meal for 2 would have come to less than Rs2000.

I suspect this place could become very popular very quickly....

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