Restaurants
in Greater Manchester and the Northwest region

Italian Restaurants in Manchester

NOTE:
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Alphabetical listing:

• Albert's Shed
  20 Castle Street, off Deansgate,
  Manchester M3 4LZ. Tel: 0161-839 9818.
  
  
• Amalfi
  NOW CLOSED
  (formerly the location of "Est! Est! Est!", Bury)
  703 Manchester Road, Bury BL9 9SS.
  Tel: 0161-766 4869.
  Part of the Mama Amalfi resturant chain, serving Italian and French style cuisine with seafood and vegetarian dishes.
  
  
• Apertivo
  18 Fountain Street, Manchester.
  Tel: 0161-832 6176.
  
  
• Azurro
  252 Burton Road, Didsbury,
  Manchester M20 2LW. Tel: 0161-448 0099.
  
  
• Bella Italia
  92-96 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2QG.
  Tel: 0161-832 4332.
  -- and at:
  13 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 1LY.
  Tel: 0161-236 2342.
  
  
• Bella Pasta
  92-96 Deansgate, Manchester 3
  Tel: 0161-832 4332.
  A busy Italian Restaurant in a prime location in the classy shopping district. Open from 10.00am every day and for lunchtimes and evenings. Wide range of pasta dishes and excellent pizzas.
  
  
• Bella Roma
  42 Portland Street, Manchester. Tel: 0161-236 6631.

• Café Paradiso
  Alias Rossetti Hotel, 107 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 2DB. Tel: 0161-247 7744.
  Website: www.aliashotels.com.
  High class British cuisine. Its chef was voted Manchester Food & Drink Festival Chef of the Year 2005. Vegetarian and children's meals available. Full disabled access.

  
  

• Caffe Uno
  2-10 Albert Square, Manchester M2 6LW. Tel: 0161-834 7633.
  -- and at:
  651 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester M20 6RA. Tel: 0161-448 0888.
  
  
• Carluccio’s (Manchester)
  The Great Hall, Trafford Centre, Manchester M17 8AA. Tel: 0161-747 4973.
  
  
• Cocotoo's
  57 Whitworth St West, Manchester M1. Tel: 0161-237 5458.
  Interesting conversion of an old railway arch, tastefully decorated with Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel paintings over the bar. Popular with pre-club-goers, and a very trendy place to be seen in. Vegetarian dishes. Speedy service. Wheelchair access.
  
  
• Croma
  Clarence Street, off Albert Square, Manchester M2.
  Tel: 0161-237 9799. Website: www.croma.biz.
  Large range of pizza varieties available and specialist beers.
  
  
• Da Vinci
  9 School Road, Sale M33 7XY. Tel: 0161-962 1490.
  
  
• Delfino's
  5-7 Church Road, Eccles, Salford. Tel: 0161-789 4489.
  
  
• Don Antonio's Restaurant
  52 Portland Street, Manchester M1 4QU. Tel: 0161-236 0258.
  
  
• Don Giovanni
  11 Oxford Street, Manchester. Tel: 0161-228 2482.
  

• Fallen Angels
  Manchester Road, Castleton, Rochdale. Tel: 01706-861861
  A recreation of an Italian Renaissance chapel, with altar piece and "relics". An incredibly original setting for very good Italian dining.
  
  
• Felicini
  749 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester M20. Tel: 0161-445 2055.
  Website: www.felicini.co.uk.
  Authentic Tuscan dishes with a distinctive Mediterranean flavour. Small portions available for children. Vegetarian options.
  
  
• Felix
  Burton Road, West Didsbury, Manchester M20.
  Tel: 0161-445 1921.
  A recent menu conversion from traditional British to Italian cuisine. No pizzas here, but many exotic risottos and eight pasta dishes.
  
  
• F S Restaurant Pizzeria
  5 St Peters Square, Manchester M2 3DE. Tel: 0161-236 3474.
  
  
• Gio Ristorante
  Peter House, Lower Moseley Street, Manchester. Tel: 0161-228 2030.
  
  
• Giorgio Ristorante Pizzeria
  131 Portland Street, Manchester M1 4PY. Tel: 0161-236 5544.
  
  
• Gusto Restaurant & Bar
  756 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester 20.
  Tel: 0161-445 8209.
  Website: www.gustorestaurants.uk.com.
  Big and stylish local Italian restaurant brand, which also has branches in Heswall & Edinburgh. Coming soon to Newcastle & Alderley Edge. Gusto offers its guests the glamour of 1950s New York Italian restaurants in a contemporary setting, with traditional and modern Italian dishes. Well presented and reasonable prices. Parties and children's birthdays catered for.
  
  
• Il Sogno Italia
  
  
  Near Heaton Park MetroLink Station, Prestwich, Manchester M25.
  Tel: 0161-773 6005.
  
  
• Isis
  Bolton Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 8UX. Tel: 0161-281 2222.
  Website: www.restaurantisis.co.uk
  Fine Italian cuisine served in comfortable surroundings. Open every evening. Business lunches from Tuesday to Friday. Sunday Lunches served. Party menus available.
  
  
• The Italian Restaurant
  36 John Dalton Street, Manchester M2 6BN. Tel: 0161-835 1707.
  
  
• La Differenza Ristorante
  10 Northenden Road, Sale, Trafford. Tel: 0161-283 1328.
  Open Tuesday to Sunday - closed Mondays.
  A la carte menus and inexpensive lunchtime specials. Fresh home made pastas and pizzas and a good wine list.
  
  
• La Tama
  23 Church Street, Ainsworth, Bolton. Tel: 01204-384020.
  A new and moderately priced Italian restaurant located midway between Bury and Bolton, offering a range of Italian dishes with imaginative cooking and presentation.
  
  
• Leonis Latin Cellar
  Bow Lane, off Cross Street), Manchester M2 4FW. Tel: 0161-835 1254.
  Closed on Sundays. Basement taverna, just off Albert Square, of long standing and well known to Italian food aficionados. Old décor but well worth visiting for the exceptionally good and authentic Italian cooking at reasonable prices. Daily blackboard specials
  
  
• Olive Press, The
  4 Lloyd Street, Manchester city centre. Tel: 0161-832 9090.
  Website: www.heathcotes.co.uk.
  Part of the Heathcotes restaurant chain offering superior Italian cuisine. Live jazz on Wednesday and every last Sunday of the month from around 7.00pm.
  
  
• Palmiro
  197 Upper Chorlton Road, Whalley Range, Manchester M16.
  Tel: 0161-860 7330. Website: www.palmiro.net.
  Email: bookings@palmiro.net
  Family run Italian restaurant with excellent value authentic dishes. Frequent menu changes and speciality dishes. Vegetarian options. Children's meals by prior arrangement.
  
  
• Paparazzi
  12 Lower Mosley Street, Manchester M2. Tel: 0161-236 7336.
  Located in Mosley Street's newest hotel, this expensive restaurant has an also expensive atmosphere, with high quality décor of a distinctly medieval style. Extensive wine list. Good quality food which you should expect at the prices.
  
  
• Pepe's Pizzeria
  264 Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester M25. Tel: 0161-766 2557.
  A very small Italian pizzeria, with dining facilities and takeaway foods. Excellent lasagnes and cannelloni. Licensed, and a wide range of delectable desserts.
  
  
• Piccolino
  8 Clarence Street, Manchester M2 4DW. Tel: 0161-835 9860.
  
  
• Pizza Express
  6-8 South King Street, Manchester M2. Tel: 0161-834 0145.
  One of the first of this now nationwide chain of restaurants and probably still the best. Other branches in Didsbury and one in the Triangle in Manchester.
  
  
• Pizzeria Italia
  40-42 Deansgate, Manchester M3 1RH. Tel: 0161-834 1541.
  
  
• Primavera
  48 Beech Rd, Chorlton, Manchester 21. Tel: 0161-862 9934.
  An Italian and French menu in a sought-after trendy little restaurant. Regularly changing menu of high quality food, with a range of excellent value wines. Good Food Guide listed.
  
  
• Ramsons
  18 Market Place, Ramsbottom, Bury. Tel: 01706 835 070.
  Website: www.ramsons.org.uk.
  
  
• Ristorante Don Antonio
  52 Portland Street, Manchester M1 4QU. Tel: 0161-23 60258.
  
  
• San Carlo
  42 King Street West, Manchester M13. Tel: 0161-834 6226.
  Pizza, pasta, cocktails and light bar menu available. A range of classic pizzas on offer. Comfortable sofa seating and a very cool relaxed atmosphere.
  

• San Rocco
  796 Bury Old Road, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M8. Tel: 0161-795 5300
  A mecca for those locals in-the-know. An excellently high class authentic Italian restaurant, several cuts above the average Ristorante. High cuisine, with Moules Marinieres and squid regularly appearing as Specialities of the Day. Not cheap. Excellent wine selection and immaculate service. Open very late. You should phone to book in advance for weekends. Not just a pizza and spaghetti place, (though you can get them too), but exquisitely cooked meat and fish dishes. Dare to be adventurous here.
  
  
• Saporito Restaurant
  7 Scholes Lane, Prestwich, Manchester M25 0PD. Tel: 0161-773 0700.
  
  
• Sasso
  Beech Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21. Tel: 0161-862 9934.
  Closed Mondays. relatively new restaurant with good and innovative dishes on offer. Children's smaller portions and vegetarian dishes available.
  
  
• Sienna
  Lower Floor, Selfridges, Trafford Centre, M17. Tel: 0161-629 1109.
  By definition, a new restaurant in a small premises next to Selfridges in the enormous Trafford Centre. See also: Trafford Centre.
  
  
• Stock
  4 Norfolk Street, Manchester M2 1DW. Tel: 0161-839 6644.
  Website: www.stockrestaurant.co.uk.
  
  
• The Italian Job
  35, Station Road, Urmston, Trafford, Manchester. Tel: 0161-748 1667.
  Good local reputation for its excellently authentic cuisine, and worth a drive out for the experience. Fine food with a minimum of frills and at a bargain price. Parties catered for. Open Mon-Fri from 12noon-2.00pm, 6.00pm-10.30pm, and on Saturdays and Sundays from 5.30pm-10.30pm.
  
  
• Tiggis
  The Orient, The Trafford Centre, M17 8EQ. Tel: 0161-747 6777.
  Website:www.tiggis.co.uk.
  
  
• Villagio
  44 Canal Street , Manchester M1 3WD. Tel: 0161-244 5222.
  Website: www.villaggiomanchester.co.uk.
  Villaggio opened in June 2005 on Canal Street, in the heart of Manchester's Gay Village. Spread over two floors, it has a contemporary feel with exposed brickwork, polished wooden floors and stylish lighting. Villaggio offers a modern Italian menu with all food prepared fresh in-house. It's good value for money and a gay-friendly environment.
  See also: Gay Village
  
  
• ZenZero
  55 Backbridge Street, Manchester M3 2PB. Tel: 0161-831 7277.
  
  
• Zizzi
  42 King Street West, off Deansgate, Manchester M3 2WY. Tel: 0161-839 0111.
  Website: www.zizzi.co.uk.
  
  
  

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