Top Italian restaurants in Ambleside, United Kingdom

Absolutely beautiful restaurant. We have been coming to Ambleside for years and somehow always missed this place. Very central, the food was better than most places we have eaten in Italy itself. Beautiful food, absolutely amazing service. 100% recommend, it will be the first place we visit every time we come back!

Excellent food, lovely staff, food came quickly and nice that it was so fresh. The early bird deal is good value. We will go again

The most friendly staff with an area specially for dogs. Warm, cosy, and lovely food! Highly recommend and will definitely return.

We managed to get a last minute table at Luigi’s last night. The 2 lasses that was serving in were amazing, service was quick, drinks very reasonable prices and wow the food!!! Just stunning so fresh and tasty. We certainly will be coming back and recommending to anyone who is visiting the area. Thank you for making our weekend one to remember.

We love dining at Luigi's, high quality homemade food at reasonable prices. I just wish they served vegetables! Even just brocoli & carrots would be good but they only serve salad. The veal in marsala sauce with potatoes is delicious, creamed garlic mushrooms to start, superb. Silky carbonara, with garlic bread, perfect! We all thoroughly enjoyed our meals, service was excellent too.
I had asked, when booking a few weeks earlier, to be seated upstairs, unfortunately we were placed downstairs with dogs & children, which was disappointing.
Always a good meal though

Homemade authentic Italian food. Risotto is perfect. A hidden gem and the service is very welcome.

Booked a table no problem some time ago as Luigi’s had a great reputation. Entered premises and greeted with very friendly staff and we explained we had a booking. Brought to our table and asked if we would like a drink which we ordered whilst going over menu. Drinks arrived and we placed order. Wasn’t long for the starter to arrive (Pate with side salad) plates collected and within 10mins the main had arrived, which was fantastic. Had to finish the night off with a pudding. Couldn’t fault the whole evening and highly recommend a visit to all👍forgot to mention bill was around £85 which was two 3 course meals and one 2 course meal with drinks🍺.

Rarely nice place offering excellent food and wine. Excellent service. No need to book if eating early.

Had the mushroom carbonara with truffle oil. It was absolutely fantastic! The espresso was served with a piece of homemade fudge which was the best fudge I’d had in a while! Lovely staff and warm atmosphere!

We went to this place for dinner as it was very well rated. We ordered soup and lobster ravioli. The latter was highly recommended by the reviews so my expectations were high. I ended up disappointed. The soup was good, but the ravioli sauce was very salty, hard to eat.

Delicious home made food, excellent value on happy hours deal 3 courses for under £20. Perfect service. Highly recommend

Whilst it's frustrating the restaurant does not accept reservations, we just dined slighter earlier than we normally would. We could not fault the service, extremely fast and very accommodating to dietary requirements (off menu requests). Would highly recommend and would definitely return.

This is a restaurant that does not accept reservations. The menu is quite simple. We ordered the soup of the day, Fritto Misto, and Spaghetti Bolognese as appetizers. The Fritto Misto was very fresh, and the Spaghetti Bolognese was unexpectedly delicious. For the main course, we ordered chili pizza, seafood spaghetti, and Pork belly. The seafood spaghetti was decent, and the pork belly was rich but not greasy, with a perfectly balanced flavor and tender meat. The chili pizza, perhaps due to the beef sauce, was too moist, which significantly affected the texture of the pizza, making it the only downside of the evening. I highly recommend the iced coffee and strawberry ice cream. The service was decent, making it a restaurant worth trying.

It’s a bliss that the restaurant is walk-in only — a fair game for wanderers in the busy summer season. We were able to register our phone number and waited in the parking lot nearby :P Food is mostly good, rounded to almost 5 because of the friendly service.

Lamb Ragu gnocchi combines two of my favorite things. Lamb is cooked tender with lean and tendon parts, full of flavors. The gnocchis are huge (larger than the lam chunks!), al dente, a little cheesy and bouncy. Makes me so happy.

Special seafood risotto is wonderful too. Rice is also perfectly cooked, with a little chewiness. Chimichurri tastes more like pesto but delicious nonetheless. Shrimps and squid pieces are nice. The mussels can be a little plumper and fresher. It’s probably frozen— acceptable for the price, though it will help elevate the restaurant (and all non-fine dining Italian restaurants) if fresh products are used in pasta and risotto dishes.

Hazelnut tiramisu is one of the best tiramisu I’ve had. The mascarpone layer is supper fluffy and airy— and hazelnut flavored! The base layer is well soaked in espresso. White chocolate biscotti is a little too sweet.

Ice creams are too sweet.

Garlic aroma was wafting out of the kitchen so we ordered garlic bread. It can be a bit more garlic but the good side is that it’s not too oily either.

Honey mustard wings and olives are alright.

Service is very friendly and helpful.

Delicious food (Our waiter recommended the seafood spaghetti and it did not disappoint!), lovely staff and very quick service

One the the best Italian restaurants in Ambleside, honestly the others are overrated, over priced and have ridiculous waiting times. This restaurant is a much visit if you're looking for the most tasty Italian food.
The service was impeccable, extremely fast and the staff were cheerful and able to meet our dietary requirements