The best restaurants serving Italian food in South West

Great atmosphere and service, Tried the pizza. Was good, not great, certainly not wood fired oven good. What I did object to and found a little bit cheeky and as others have mentioned, the £8.50 charge for the only draught lager available. No need for that. Is this because you've been drawn in because of the relatively value prices for their pizzas? Anyway, 8.50 is excessive, youd be hard pressed to find 8.50 for a Morrettis in London. If it was a craft lager I might understand.

Loved the atmosphere, loved my absolute exquisite hunk of a partner, good vibes, nice family owned owned business, overall a very welcoming and very friendly place

Make your own mind up! These were our dough balls!!! Burned? Didn’t open them until we were home so it was too late to return them….ask yourself if you’d actually serve these to your customers?

Not been here for a few years so glad we went for my sisters birthday. She had the steak served on a hot stone which you cook at your table, it was really good. All other meals were also very good. Also reasonably priced compared to other Italians in the area. Highly recommend!

I get that it’s a chain restaurant but when you are charging: £8.79 for calamari ( well cooked but zero flavour) £14.99 for carbonara ( flavourless) £7.49 billion doughnuts ( just about “ok”) A pint of Stella £6.29 Crazy prices for average at best, food. Not value for money, unless you are a student or blue light card holder for 25% off.

Always a great meal, good value and atmosphere. Something for everyone, the smoked salmon and prawn starter is one of my favourites, as is the Tagliatelle al Salomone main. The kids love the pizza's and garlic bread, make sure you go on an empty stomach!

Lovely little Italian restaurant with a great atmosphere. Food is nice and service was quick considering we were a large party (18) although we did pre order to make things easier Will definitely return!

Great place, very friendly staff, food was great. See you next year.

We found the restaurant on Brit Stops app. We contacted them on Boxing Day and found out that they were open that evening. The food was fantastic and the service outstanding. We had such a great welcome and experience. We decided to revisit a few days later. Once again we had a lovely evening the staff were very engaging even though it was obvious they had been busy over the Christmas holidays.

What a waste of time can’t even get through the phone hung up twice haha I won’t bother again cheers

I looked on line for restaurants in Paignton to book up for my sons birthday. He works in Dartmouth so we bring our caravan down to visit him a few times a year. Read reviews about La Scala and booked a table. During the booking I mentioned we were coming to celebrate my sons birthday. I was asked his name and I gave it. We were surprised to find the manager or owner, Maximillian had decorated our table , put a banner in the window and a birthday card from the staff. Wonderful, warm welcome. Restaurant is not large but small and comfortable. From the reviews I had read I expected the food to be good but it far exceeded our expectations. Lots of choice for starters and main meals . Also nice that the manager took the time to chat to us. What a relaxing experience. Water and fresh bread was brought to the table whilst we perused the menu. Once decided we enjoyed the house wine which was reasonably priced and quite pleasant. We had a mixture of starters which were outstanding and decent sized portions. We tasted each others and all three were superb. Frequent visits to ensure we were satisfied were made by the Manager . If we thought the starters were good we were amazed how good the main meals were. Warm , tasty and well presented. An absolute delight. Didn't really have room for dessert but squeezed one in. Again smashing, decadent but nice !! The ambience in the restaurant was very good, we felt quite at home and relaxed throughout the evening. Even more surprised when a birthday cake with candles was brought to our table and staff and guests sang Happy Birthday. My adult son had a good laugh. All I can say is don't hesitate when you look for Italian restaurants, this is the one to go to. It looks a little small from the outside but there is enough room to be cosy and comfortable and has an expansive menu. Spoilt for choice. Will I go again. Can't wait. Thank you to Maximillian and staff for such a pleasant evening . We will certainly recommend you to friends and family especially those that come to that area with their caravans, boats etc. A visit to La Scala should be included in any visit to Paignton or surrounding areas.

Our daughter chose Settebello for her 21st birthday. It was an impressive storm going on outside and there were some impressive Italian offerings going on inside. Everyone really enjoyed their food. Pizzas, pasta, garlic bread, all excellent. We want to do a particular shout out to Kieya, who served us. Really nice interactions with us as a group. Some lovely witty exchanges; and we felt appreciated and looked after. Waiting staff like that can make a meal really enjoyable, and Kieya did just that. Thank you.

Not the fastest service, but a clean comfortable well laid out restaurant. The liked the atmosphere and choice of background music which presented well the Italian theme. Pity the staff don't have a uniform to match. The food was absolutely fine.

Would have given a 2.5 but wild mushroom risotto had no wild mushrooms and if you zoom in to someone else's photos further down you will see the same it's just button mushrooms, it was a bit bland also. Bread was a bit tough spag bowl was good and carbonara needed a bit more pancetta but was good. Service really good and atmosphere was nice and welcoming.

Very good food! Real italian taste 🤤 I recommend this place! 😊 Food quality, staff friendly. Good price as well. 👍🏼👍🏼