Al Pomodoro in Cambridge

loveliest staff, the carbonara IS AMAZING and the espresso is the cheapest and simultaneously best in cambridge

Delicious and authentic Italian food. Very friendly service ☺️

It was very good and lovely and friendly and helpful staff lovely food AND good drink

Not great, went with friends who highly recommended. Apart from the garlic bread I had, the rest was very unimpressive. Lasagne sloppy and lacked flavour and seasoning. My husband had mussels which came with quite a few that didn't open and a very over powering taste of lemon , that my husband said looked and tasted like lemon washing up liquid. Slow ordering, 2 starters came out and we're eaten before the other 2 even arrived. We travelled quite a way to visit, but will not be visiting again

Gorgeous food and wonderful service!

Some of the best pizza I’ve had in Cambridge! Amazing atmosphere— will definitely be back!!

Went for a pre-booked evening meal with friends on a Friday. The service was wonderful from all of the staff - when food was slightly delayed, we were provided with complementary olives! The food was amazing, and the menu has such an incredible range of options. A nice ambience inside, too. Worth the money!

Wonderful restaurant. Good service and atmosphere, with a lot of options on the menu. Food was absolutely delicious and the portions were generous and well priced. Easy to recommend.

Casually went yesterday. Food was really tasty and very fresh and appealing. Service was great with reasonably nice Ambience. Deserve next visits. But bit pricey

Penne al cartoccio - why would you recommend that? Lasagna was quite tasty. Service was really slow.

Casual yet lovely new year’s lunch. Solid 4.5 Seafood linguine is tasty. The sauce is slightly garlicky, tomatoey, and full of umami. The amount of clams and mussels is bountiful. Arancini is crispy outside and soft and melty inside. Service is friendly. Probably not somewhere to go specifically from a distance but will be nice to stop by again in the area.

We went as a big group, enjoyed the space that they reserved for us. Very roomy place ideal for celebrating something or going as a group, the ambiance was cool in Christmas season theme. Very nice bar, they allow you to choose your gin and tonic from a variety of selections. I went for Japanese Roku and grilled salmon with nice baby potatoes, zucchini, prawns and lovely sauce. It also comes with mixed salad, quite good food and authentic Italian cuisine. 👌🏾

Friendly and welcoming staff! They even offered us some cookies to try. The ambiance is cozy and lovely. I’ll definitely be coming here again—absolutely love the coffee, it’s so good!

5 Stars as Usual. Real Italian.

Only visit when it’s an annual work do as it’s close by. Good food but expensive especially when 15% service charge is automatically put on top. Also extremely loud music. We’ve come to talk to each other not listen to music we haven’t chosen. I asked twice for music to be turned down as I and another person have a hearing problem. The waiter was bemused and asked “turned down?”. Perhaps he couldn’t hear me but it’s potentially discriminatory if a disability is ignored. The music was hardly touched so not a very nice experience. Also companion commented on lack of obvious vegan options for someone with gluten intolerance.

Best Italian restaurant I and my partner have ever been to, everyone was so sweet and welcoming too! And the decor was beautiful

Friendliness, professionalism, accuracy in the choice of ingredients and a lot of passion: this is "Al Pomodoro". Excellent and super abundant dishes. A certainty for those who want to eat Italian.

A bustling & vibrant atmosphere supported by first rate service. The food was excellent & would wholeheartedly recommend this Italian restaurant.

Surprisingly good Italian place. We took sup of the day which was the greatest option in cold weather. In addition we took rice balls with meat and pizza with buffalo mozzarella. Everything was so tasty and we would like to come another time to try something new. I would recommend the place to visit

Great food, fair prices and great service. Our waiter Federico was so funny and approachable, definitely recommended!!

We came in last week for a breakfast, and overall were very happy with it. Federico, our waiter, was lovely, and went the extra mile to make sure we were happy. Only grumble is that each of our poached eggs (4 altogether) were very overcooked, but our fault for not raising it

Service was good. Atmosphere was cafe’ish despite it being an evening. Food wasn’t great, plenty of it but greasy parmigiana (which was tasty) and some sweet syrup on the seabass main with bland potatoes and salad. Felt it was overpriced too, especially for mains.

I'm not the biggest fan of Italian food anyway, so don't mind the 4 stars for food. I am however a big fan of the service here. I've been a couple of times and each time, it was a friendly, chill, atmosphere. The staff were professional yet down to earth, super helpful, and a good laugh. They really knew their stuff too! Atila was practically a historian! If you're looking for a place with good food, charm, and class, this is it.

Had a great dinner for a large group at Al Pomodoro. Service was excellent, food was great with a good variety and they coped easily with a gluten free diner and a dairy free diner. Good price too!

The second time I was here and again was amazing! The food was delicious and the staff is always around and see if you need anything. The time that the food takes was a bit but normal as yoi can see everything was fresh. We brought our baby with 3 months old and they accomodate us very well. Very impressed! It's our favourite restaurant now.

Freshly made panini and a coffee while I waited. Pizzas are great as well.

Great service and great food. Quick to get our food to us and was very helpful. Good atmosphere l, defiantly recommend

We recently dined at Al Pomodoro and had an enjoyable experience. The ambiance was inviting, and the service was attentive. The food was delicious, with fresh ingredients and well-balanced flavors, but it didn’t quite reach the exceptional level to earn a full 5 stars. While I would recommend trying it out, there’s a bit of room for refinement to make it truly outstanding. Overall, a solid choice for a good meal.

Great food! Went for dinner and it was right what I needed! Pulpo… delicious! Good service!! Highly recommend!

Nick was a very friendly server the restaurant had beautiful decor and the food was very delicious I would definitely come back

We visited Cambridge 2 weekends ago, it was lovely to have found Al Pomodoro restaurant. Tasty, fresh food, nice atmosphere and the staff especially Federico were very helpful, professional and friendly. Definitely a place we recommend. Antonio & Martin

Staff are not attentive to customers, despite being a week day and few other customers.

Not an ideal experience.Vegetarian /Vegan Menu is reasonable but not as varied as what many high street Italian restaurants offer. Ordered a Coke Zero but never got it but was charged for it on the bill. I had to draw attention when the bill arrived. The staff disappeared after serving our pizzas and I had to get up and go to the front desk to get attention. Two salt shakers were left by the waiter instead of salt & pepper. For this kind of service they added £6.65 ( 12%) to the bill without asking as this is discretionary. I’m not sure I would recommend this place .

An impromptu early dinner, after a full day of exploring Cambridge in drizzle. Walked in for a pizza and walked out have really enjoyed a two course, date night meal. The food was outstanding, really well prepared and presented. The wine, which felt a little excessively priced, was thankfully very good. Greco Di Tufo. The service was impeccable. I only marked the atmosphere down due to being seated by the entrance over looking the bar and toilets, rather than being seated deeper in the main area of the restaurant. We must have had that “ give me pizza “ look on our faces, which of course we had, until we saw the menu.

Big menu to cater for all needs. Lovely atmosphere, friendly professional staff. Food was so very good. Lovely inside.

Delicious authentic food. Exceptional service by Attila as well

Lovely dinner and experience. Thank you Atilla for attending to us this evening. Food was exceptional.

Wonderful resturant, attentive staff, best food in Cambridge, thanks Attila for finishing our stay in Cambridge. We will return.

Great service and atmosphere with great food as well. Our waiter, Attila was brilliant throughout the night.

A very large choice of Italian dishes on the menu, and the ones we ate tasted really good, especially the octopus. Service was excellent and the staff very helpful. Late in the evening it was very busy, but we were seated in a quieter area which we enjoyed. Will definitely go again there for a meal.

Commendable food and ambience! Attila gave us incredible recommendations, must try! :)

I went to Al Pomodoro with some friends and we had a great time! The food was very good and the service was excellent. A big thank you to Attila who was our server and provided a very good service.

Wonderful food. Attila our server was lovely with many great food suggestions. Would definitely come back again!

Very bad experience as a delivery driver. Waiting 20,30 mins for 3£ order. And they are not even considering us as humans.

Attila has been absolutely amazing. We will definitely be coming back. What an absolute treat! Food was Devine!

It was my birthday and I feel like my table was totally forgotten about until it was time to serve food or pay the bill barley even then. As a Person of color I hope they was just having an off night and that not how they actually treat us. Service was lackluster barely got any attention when I see other tables got checked on and good service. Felt rushed and I asked for water totally forgotten. I had to flag waiters down and seem like inconvenience to them. Had to Pre order food but it didn’t matter to them I guess took a very long time for food or them to ask if we’re ready for service again had to flag someone down. When it came time to pay the bill I had to remind the server about the reservation fee they charged me before to be added to the bill. The server handled well but still very unorganized and further my statement that we was afterthought the whole night to them. I felt like I didn’t belong with how we were treated.

Dined here last night for the first time with friends.. Will definitely return. The food was delicious and good sized portions. We all had different dishes and each one was super. Very busy vibe, but that just added to the atmosphere. Umberto the owner made us feel very welcome.

Very good food and kind server!

Interesting Menu The menu is very different to other restaurants in Cambridge. A lot of seafood options. The pasta dishes were nice and unique. With generous amount of seafood. Will try other things in the menu next time. Little bit surprised about the old stains on the cup and teapot, as it's a relatively high rated restaurant in Cambridge. Hope that the china will be cleaned well next time. I think this restaurant will be crazily popular if it's located down town!

Lovely experience and disability friendly staff.

Just being refurbished now. Service good and food was lovely. Recommend.

This is the best Italian restaurant in Cambridge! I have been enjoying lovely meals there for years. The staff are lovely, friendly, professional and attentive without being intrusive. The food is great with ample portions for the price. The restaurant has been recently refurbished and is very welcoming with a buzzing atmosphere at dinner time.

I celebrated my 30th birthday here at Al Pomodoro last friday and let me tell you how everything was perfect, the staff was lovely and friendly, the food was really good and the portions really big ,expecially the penne al cartoccio (my favourite). If you are looking for authentic Italian food made with love and passion this is the only place in town where you can find all of the above. Thank you Alessio, Federico and all the staff for making my night special!

Great food. Great service. A bit of confusion and delays in the kitchen but all sorted with aplomb.

Nice to feel home, such a pity the fish was a bit dry. I felt it was overly price for what we had. I think this is a good place for pizza and pasta only.

I am an ordinary customer and with my husband have appreciated this restaurant since the opening! Great food freshly cooked in a warm and friendly atmosphere!

Fabulous restaurant in the charasmatic heart of hills road!! Food absolutely delicious and excellent staff.

Nothing special with high prices. Overall: wouldn’t go again.

My experience was very bad. We were 8 people ordering a bunch of stuff. The we had 3 adult pasta dishes, a couple of pizzas and child menus. One of the pizzas was with pistachio. Unfortunately we couldn't enjoy the pizza because it had pistachio shells as well. Hopefully we didn't break any teeth. The second surprise was with the carbonara. We had one adult and one child. The two dishes were like it was one portion split into two plates. We compared with the other dishes we ordered and they were significantly smaller. Even though we complained for both things we only got some excuses like "spaghetti takes less space than penne" and also offered one ball of ice cream! Very generous for 8 people!

Average food, was not impressed. The place needed a good clean. Staff were okay, but did not go above and beyond

It's difficult to find a real Italian restaurant abroad. Honest bill, super local, excellent ingredients... Amazing Carbonara

Dinner was great, the service was efficient and the pricing for the portion size was fantastic! Will be back

I had the meat Arancini to start and it was absolutely divine, best one I’ve ever had, and I had the carbonara as a main which was incredible but a little too cheesy for me but that’s understandable, it’s a very powerful carbonara and that’s a good thing!! My mum had the seafood linguine which she also loved! 10/10

We are from the US and every time we visit our son, we MUST come here. It is FABULOUS, just as good as being in Sicily and honestly even better than the restaurants we have eaten in Sicily. We have never had an even “average” meal here already amazing! Federico took great care of us too, can’t wait to come back.

Excellent food and wonderful service from Federico. The reservation system could be clearer.

The place was neat, professional and Federico was really helpful and friendly, our food was brought quickly, the taste was nothing less than perfect, and the prices are quite reasonable for food and service this good.

Food and service was amazing, Evas service was Exceptional, highly recommend, will be coming again

First class authentic Italian food.

Waited 50 min my order. I use to come here when I lived Cambridge. So many things have been changed apparently , including place , food quality and service speed .:(( not happy.

Had a meal here with two friends. The restaurant was busy but not loud, the staff were lovely. Every dish carried past us smelled absolutely amazing. We ordered two different pizzas and a lasagne. The portions were good sizes. The wrong pizza was brought out to me. They apologised and very quickly brought me the correct one, fresh from the oven. The pizza base especially was just amazing. Really top notch restaurant.

Fantastic place, I spent 4 weeks eating here constantly. Miss the lasagna, I recommend it Elena

They served is raw octopus and took 8.95 off the bill. Avoid , moody manager too. Plenty of better other places in cambridge

This restaurant is a wonderful place to go for authentic Italian food that tastes incredible. The staff are very friendly and welcoming. The food is so flavourful and the service received here was brilliant. All food is sent in from Italy so you know you are receiving genuinely authentic food, cooked fresh. Definitely recommend the lemon ice tea - thanks to the waiter who suggested this to me. Would definitely come back again.

I went to dinner with a colleague who is Italian. We were both impressed with the food and the attention from staff. The food was delicious. The pasta dish - recce alla Norma - was a little too much for me but staff packaged up the rest for me to take home, so no food waste. Recommend the Arancino. Delicious.

Great company food fantastic service good the place was full of families and groups of people only caveat no draught larger only small bottles at top end prices. We will return.

One of the octopus dishes came so raw you couldn't even cut it. We waited 1hr for the food and didn't want it to go back. My partner ate the cooked bits and left the raw. They offered like £9 off the bill. We couldn't be bothered to argue it . Will not be going back and if they can't cook octopus it shouldn't be on the menu and shouldn't be serving food. Very poor customer service and overall experience . Avoid

Great food and excellent service - nothing not to like about this place. Very comfortable and nice atmosphere. Lovely pizza and pasta dishes well cooked and presented.

Federico and the staff were class, nice pizza and calzone everyone was happy and clean plates all around. Lovely venue and fish

Lived up to the expectations of a good authentic Italian restaurant . Delicious food and great service . Thank you

Food super delicious, if you want to eat a real authentic Italian pizza this is the perfect place!! Super recommended and enjoy the italian taste :) Thank Federico for your service, very funny italian guy

We tried the “Meat Surprise Menu”. Delicious food, generous portions, and the service was excellent. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Great pizza, great authentic Italian food and service is top notch! Would strongly recommend! Prices are now competitive again (probably because all similar restaurants raised their prices)

Amazing! 3rd time coming here and decided to try the ‘surprise menu’, it was amazing! Food tasted great and the team were fantastic, explaining each dish, friendly and attentive throughout. Would 100% recommend anyone to come and try it!

Great experience, food and hospitality 👌

Great place where I’ve been for lunch Food is authentic Italian, with all my allergies they provided great service - including getting me gluten free bread on purpose! I appreciated the attention to client and very curious to be there for breakfast ( the espresso is wow!)

The food is great. The prices are in line with the rest of Cambridge scenery. Lots of choices and a nice familiar atmosphere.

Food was amazing. Service rather lacking, one meal arrived nearly 45 minutes late and many people were missing cutlery. However everyone’s food was delicious.

Incredible food and fantastic service. I would even consider the 1.5 hour travel to dine here again 🩷

Incredible staff and fab food! Accommodated for gluten free too

Amazing gluten free food! Gluten free pizza and gluten free pasta! So good with cross contamination.

Top Top Top!!! Excellent experience. Family holiday. 8 of us were looking for an Italian restaurant already aware that many pass themselves off as such without ever having tasted our cuisine but here I have to say: It's all true! We arrive without a reservation for the first time in Cambridge and Umberto, the owner, welcomes us as if we were the most important guests. They bend over backwards to prepare a table for us. Very nice place, spacious and well kept. Excellent staff. Spectacular pizza and pasta clearly made with Italian products. Delicious tiramisu and nutella pizza! Excellent price. Umberto and all the staff were very friendly and helpful. Truly super recommended!

Had such a great time at Al Pomodoro, the food was excelent, very delicious, spot on. Service, brilliant, lovely people, smiles all around, very welcoming and warm. Thank you very much to the staff member that allowed me to take the rose!🤗 Grazie mille! 🌹

Excellent staff, food and atmosphere. Best italian restaurant in Cambridgeshire.

Love the food, Umberto was amazing such a great host incredible atmosphere the place to go in Cambridge for Italian food !!!!

Best Italian restaurant in Cambridge! This place gives an extraordinary dining experience that truly transports you to the heart of Italy. Food is amazing with an authentic Italian taste and fresh ingredients! Staff is very friendly, from the moment you walk in, you feel the warmth.. looking forward to my next visit 😍😋

Lovely pizza. Not sure if it was busy when I went, but took a while for the waiter to come and check our bill. However, super friendly staff.

Surprised by the delicate and quite perfect traditional Italians. The manner was really nice and lovely and touched by the accommodating and welcomings. Pretty sure that it is the best of the town.

Wonderful food and had an enjoyable time celebrating a birthday. It is a place I would reconmend for decent Italian food

Worst place ever , 1 hour wait for food , worst place to bring kids . No staff

Popped in for the first time this morning to try breakfast after an appointment at coco coture and was not disappointed. Everything is so lovingly prepared, the staff are so welcoming and friendly. We now can’t wait to pop back at some point for lunch.