Newcastle Upon Tyne, Italian Restaurant Guide

“Still going strong after all these years”; for “real Italian food” (the “usual suspects” plus “some interesting Sardinian specialities”) you “can’t beat” brothers Roberto & Walter Pani’s recently refurbed “old favourite”, launched in the mid nineties.

A “brilliant traditional Italian”, in Jesmond, whose “fabulous” ambience, “cheap but great quality food” and “consistently good service” ensure that, even decades on, it’s usually packed to the gills.

An Italian restaurant and deli in Jesmond; ingredients are imported from Sardinia and Lewis, creating a (possibly unique?) fusion of flavours from the Mediterranean and the Outer Hebrides.