[Food] Authentic Italian Restaurant in B & H

[Carbonara]

Is Donatello an Italian restaurant?Really? I saw a pic of De Zerbi and crew having dinner there a few months back
and thought this is going to send him straight back to Italy.

 

[Chicken Run]

It’s already been mentioned but I am a big fan of Cin Cin.

This looks good as does Semola

 

[Half Time Pies]

I was searching for an Italian the other day and came across Mamma Mi on George Street in Hove, not eaten there myself yet but is very highly rated on trip advisor:

MAMMA MI, Hove - Updated 2024 Restaurant Reviews, Menu & Prices - Tripadvisor

Mamma Mi, Hove: See 156 unbiased reviews of Mamma Mi, rated 5 of 5 on Tripadvisor and ranked #2 of 291 restaurants in Hove.

www.tripadvisor.co.uk

 

[fisons]

Semola. Lovely food. Great attentive service and interesting reasonably priced wine. I especially like the Italian Pinot Noir they have. Used to be £22 a bottle. Now more like £30.

 

[Sepulveda]

I've never been to Brighton, but from the photos I've seen on TripAdvisor of some of the places you mentioned (assuming you don't want a pizza):

Franco's Osteria looks like a good healthy place where they cook in true Italian style (simplicity, 3 quality ingredients are better than 20 average ones mixed casually),

Cin Cin is the one that looks how a real Italian chef would cook if he was trying his own new recipes and enjoying experimenting. Looks pricey but obviously I don't know exactly how much.

Cin Cin's recipes are not really traditional recipes, but they're still Italian in their origin and style and they seem fun, plus to us phylosophy is more important than only cooking traditional dishes. That one and Franco's are 100% where Italians would go and eat (if they could afford it) among the ones listed here so far, if they could only judge by the pictures. Obviously I could really judge a restaurant only if I was also able to taste their dishes, as something can look amazing and taste like shit and viceversa, so take this with a pinch of salt.

 

[Gwylan]

The question should surely be: where does RDZ eat? (I know he'll appear at Donatello's thanks to its links with the club, but where does he go if left to his own choice?)

 

[Springal]

The question should surely be: where does RDZ eat? (I know he'll appear at Donatello's thanks to its links with the club, but where does he go if left to his own choice?)

London probably !

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

...so take this with a pinch of salt.

Is this traditional in Italian cuisine?

 

[Weststander]

I was searching for an Italian the other day and came across Mamma Mi on George Street in Hove, not eaten there myself yet but is very highly rated on trip advisor:

MAMMA MI, Hove - Updated 2024 Restaurant Reviews, Menu & Prices - Tripadvisor

Mamma Mi, Hove: See 156 unbiased reviews of Mamma Mi, rated 5 of 5 on Tripadvisor and ranked #2 of 291 restaurants in Hove.

www.tripadvisor.co.uk

We’ve eaten there.

Low budget, lovely pizzas, nice people.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

I went to a very nice pizza place in Lisburn the other day, if that helps.
It definitely wasn't authentically Italian.
Or reasonably priced.
But it was open at 9pm on a Sunday.
Also I can't remember what it was called.

 

[AZ Gull]

I went to a very nice pizza place in Lisburn the other day, if that helps.
It definitely wasn't authentically Italian.
Or reasonably priced.
But it was open at 9pm on a Sunday.
Also I can't remember what it was called.

Worst limerick ever.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Worst limerick ever.

Oh, I was trying to write a haiku.

 

[Weststander]

I went to a very nice pizza place in Lisburn the other day, if that helps.
It definitely wasn't authentically Italian.
Or reasonably priced.
But it was open at 9pm on a Sunday.
Also I can't remember what it was called.

O’Gambino’s?

 

[Justice]

I was in Milan last year we chose the places rammed with locals and wasn’t blown away tbh. Prefer a nice steak which the Italians are useless at.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

O’Gambino’s?

If you've not been, Lisburn's... not that kind of vibe.
Having just checked, it's a chain in NI:

Home

www.littlewingpizzeria.com

Quite nice. Definitely not the sort of thing the OP is looking for.

 

[Sepulveda]

Is this traditional in Italian cuisine?

Always, in pasta as well as in cakes

 

[Sepulveda]

Prefer a nice steak

You need to go to Tuscany for that. Also, Milan has quite high prices and doesn't really have a lot to its tradition besides saffron risotto and breaded cutlets (which are both good dishes to be honest.) A bit like London.

 

[Triggaaar]

I've never been to Brighton

Well you need to fix that.

Obviously I could really judge a restaurant only if I was also able to taste their dishes, as something can look amazing and taste like shit and viceversa, so take this with a pinch of salt.

Speaking of salt - last time I ate at Franco's, the lasagna was too salty. It was a while ago though.

 

[Munkfish]

Franco’s Osteria on Kingsway In Hove

This.

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

I’m struggling to find one team, need a recommendation, no chains, not Donatello etc and definitely not the endless supply of Persian run attempts, a proper Italian in the B & H area, any ideas or suggestions?

La Capannina is absolutely outstanding.

Authentic, intimate, family run restaurant.