Lewes, Italian Restaurant Guide

2023 Review: “A bustling Italian pizzeria with huge helpings of food like Mama makes” in the heart of the Lanes. “Comforting and joyous” – it provides “value-for-money pastas and pizzas and is ideal for outings with young family members”.

“After a difficult start” with “teething troubles” noted in a number of reports, the Italian link in the ever-growing Black Rock restaurant group seems to be on steadier ground this year. Under executive chef Lawrence McCarthy, formerly of London light The Ledbury, its primi and secondi are “very reliable”, and fans say “if it keeps up this standard Brighton will have another top Italian”.

2023 Review: “Great attention to detail is the hallmark of this Italian restaurant close to the seafront in Eastbourne”. Run by chef/patron, hospitality veteran Lorenzo Cinalli, it’s in a traditional mould and – according to a recent review from the Mail on Sunday’s Tom Parker Bowles “is one of those rare places that manages to combine the old school with the resolutely regional” including “spanking fresh turbot... up there with Scott’s, Wiltons or Bentley’s”.