Read Reviews About Manchester Restaurants

Italian Restaurants in Manchester

1. San Carlo Italian restaurant in Manchester 40 King Street West - M3

“The glitterati come out at night” to this “vibrant”, “see-and-be-seen” Italian in the city-centre – by day more of a “bustling” venue for working or shopping lunches. The “quality” cooking “can be very good if you pick the right dish”, and staff – when they’re not looking after the celebs – can “display some excellent old-school skills (eg perfectly filleting a sole at the tableside)”.

Price £59

Food Good

Service Very Good

Ambience Exceptional

2. Rosso Italian restaurant in Manchester 43 Spring Gardens - M2

It can seem “overpriced”, but most feedback remains all-round complimentary about Rio Ferdinand’s stylish Italian restaurant and cocktails bar in a “wonderful”, swishly decked-out grade II listed building.

Price £79

Food Good

Service Good

Ambience Very Good

3. San Carlo Cicchetti Italian restaurant in Manchester 42 King Street West - M3

Limited reports this year on this busy and breezy city-centre branch of the glossy Italian chain, and its Venetian cicchetti formula – such feedback as there was however rated it well across the board.

Price £51

Food Good

Service Good

Ambience Good

4. Piccolino Italian restaurant in Manchester 8 Clarence St - M2

2016 Review: A “stylish”, “light and airy” Italian brasserie, close to the Town Hall, which offers “consistently good food and drink”; it still “manages to be individual” despite being part of a chain.

Price £49

Food Good

Service Good

Ambience Good

5. Pasta Factory Italian restaurant in Manchester 77 Shudehill - M4

Founded by friends from Turin, this two-year-old pasta shop and restaurant is just a stone’s throw from Ancoats, FKA Manchester’s Little Italy. The main event is homemade and “excellent”, and there are “top Italian beers” and wines to go with it…“what’s not to like”?

Price £51

Food Good

Service Good

Ambience Good

6. Vapiano Italian restaurant in Manchester Unit 13 The Corn Exchange, Market Sq - M4

2017 Review: “Love the concept but it can be a scrum at the counters!” This global Italian fast-food franchise, (founded in Hamburg, with UK branches in Soho, Southwark and Fitzrovia) offers a food court format with salads, pizza or pasta prepared in front of you. It can be a bit of a bun-fight, but it’s cheap, and “the food quality is generally good”.

Price £30

Food Good

Service Average

Ambience Good