Canton, Italian Restaurant Guide

“Consistently excellent” Italian food is the draw at Calabrian-born Antonio Cersosimo’s city-centre restaurant, a fixture for 20 years – “it’s been going for such a long time, is locally owned, independent and you get a real view into genuine Italian dining and food”.

“A must-visit if you ever find yourself in South Wales, with every dish a masterpiece” is how some diners assess Sergio and Pasquale Cinotti’s ambitious venue, which was the AA’s Welsh Restaurant of the year in 2022/23. It’s a stylish contemporary dining room complete with muralled ceiling and funky ceramic tableware. Choose your tasting menu according to whether you want a ‘short’ journey (four courses), ‘medium’ journey (six courses), or ‘long’ journey (ten courses) which are £65, £85 and £160 per person respectively. Feedback was again limited this year – more reports please!