The best restaurantsof italian

05/11/2025: Worthy of recommendation. The food is great.

03/11/2025: Take it from the Old Guy from Spain, call ahead to make a booking because this wonderful Italian restaurant operated by the Guy from Palermo often has so many customers that he posts a "no seating without advance booking" sign. Don't miss the wonderful Italian dining experience. I'll be back in 3 - 4 weeks and you know I'll have my advanced booking!

23/09/2025: Take away with great pizzas, salads, a bit rude service and emergency seating for a quick dinner. But good prices!

16/09/2025: We had a delicious pulled pork pizza special and an ice cold pint of beer here, top quality freshly hand made pizza, the restaurant is really nicely decorated and the staff are very friendly, well definitely be back for more, well recommended, 5 stars.

10/11/2025: Good quality, old school Italian with really good service provided by Dima and David. The lamb shank is excellent.

10/11/2025: Our waiter Kris was very nice and attentive! It’s was a very nice night with lovely food, Thank you!

15/11/2025: Often really busy, there is a long line up here around dinner time, so go early if you can! Really good pizza, nice wood fired crust and toppings, it has a really good sauce. The hot honey with pepperoni was fantastic, would definitely recommend. There are gluten free options as well if people need it.

14/11/2025: Have visited this place 7-8 times now. It is just amazing. The pizzas are great. My favorite is the Hail Ceaser Pizza. The ambiance is nice and perfect for a meal with friends and family. Would highly recommend this place to must-try when in Galway.

26/10/2025: A wonderful experience! The food was absolutely delicious and the staff were fantastic.

24/10/2025: Wonderful food and service. My wife had the Penne ala Cabrese and I had the Seabass. Both were excellent! Definitely recommend reservations.

18/11/2025: Went to Paulie’s Pizza and the food really delivered. The place itself was a bit chaotic, busy energy everywhere, but honestly once the food landed on the table, all of that faded into the background. The pizza was genuinely tasty, and that’s what matters most. A solid spot if you’re after great flavour and don’t mind a lively atmosphere.

16/11/2025: We’ve only had takeaway from here, but the service has always been quick and efficient. There’s a great selection of pizzas and everything we’ve tried has been delicious. The staff are friendly and helpful, even when it’s busy. The place is clearly very popular, and whenever we’ve passed by, the restaurant looks lively. Tables turn over quickly, and when people sit outside, they even offer blankets - great touch. The prices are very reasonable for fresh, high-quality pizza. Based on our takeaway experiences, and how consistently busy the restaurant is, it definitely is worth a visit.

15/11/2025: A group of us went to dinner here and 3 got the worst food poisoning. I spoke to the owner the next day to go through what we had and explained how ill ai was. He promised to call back after investigating but I never heard from him again.

10/11/2025: I've been here several times with my partner and once by my self. Every single time the food is absolutely amazing. Everything we've ordered has been flawless. One of my favourite things about this place is the staff, really lovely attentive and friendly service. Can't recommend it enough!

12/11/2025: Was very surprised by portion size (very big ones). The chef is really very generous 😅 but even after such a portion we left without "heavy" feeling in the gut. If you are near this restaurant, definetelly worth to visit! Ps sorry for the quality of photos. Forgot to take them in the beginning

05/11/2025: I was very impressed with their foods. They are authentic Italian dishes with the fresh and good ingredients. The staffs in there are lovely and friendly. Nice and cozy restaurant. Their pasta dishes are highly recommended.

08/11/2025: I had a beautiful gluten free pasta dish in Osteria de Simone. The helpful staff explained that almost all dishes could be made gluten free. They would use gluten free penne pasta for the dish. I ordered Mare e Monte and it was gorgeous. Prawns and mushrooms in a creamy parmesan sauce. A gluten free sign was in the dish to ensure that the correct dish went to the correct person. Great for a coeliac to see care like that taken. Thank you!

06/11/2025: In Oct 2025 we took a group of approx 40 young people + 8 youth workers to Osteria da Simone for dinner. Service was quick and the food was absolutely delicious, everyone really enjoyed their meals. The only issue we had was that the restaurant staff were still serving a family of 8 their deserts at our reserved tables when we arrived, so the 8 youth workers had to remain standing until the family had finished. The timing of that could have been better, but we didn't mind too much - we more so felt sorry for the family as when they realised that we were waiting for their seats, they began to rush their deserts. However, that was all solved in the first 15 mins or so, and we spent approx 2 hours in the restaurant. It was a lovely atmosphere, the kitchen was great at keeping on top of all of the orders and the waiting staff were quick when we asked for additional cutlery/waters etc. Thank you so much to all the staff of Osteria da Simone for a lovely dinner! We'll definitely be back.

21/11/2025: Good staff good food good music. Really good restaurant and the pizzas are great

21/11/2025: Great experience and Ramis was amazing! Thank you for great food and service

29/10/2025: Highly recommend!!!! 😍 everything was so so soo good and tasted amazing. We had bruschetta, pizza and pasta arrabiata also tiramisu…just wow.. thank you Valbone and company!

23/10/2025: We were only in this area for 2 days an we ate here both nights. The food is absolutely amazing. The staff make you feel well taken care of. Again the food is absolutely delicious. We drove almost half of Ireland and this is by far our favorite place. I would come back here. I’d fly 9 hours back for the risotto. I do think they could redo the front of their building to accommodate at least another table or two. You can search parking lot an park near the church an walk here. It’s about 1 min walk. They have a kids menu but our kid chose to order a bowl of mussels and ate that for his dinner. He’s literally never done that an only ever had tried them once in France. He said they were delicious. Dessert is also mouth watering. I had the pavlova simply because I had never tried it an heard it on the TV show Bluey. It’s dangerously good.

06/11/2025: Very nice Bonnie cocktail. Good music. Nice staff.

25/10/2025: I loved it! Me and 2 friends went for my birthday. It's very small so not many people can fit inside, also very warm, but the temperature adjusted after a little while. My cocktail was okay (I chose the first one on page 14 can't remember the name). The wine we ordered after was great. My tagliatelle pasta with lamb was amazing. Entering was very fun 😂 the trash alley cracked me up. I'll definitely be back!

31/10/2025: It was so great. We had the set menu with the striploin as the main course. Every dish was fantastic. The service was also very attentive and friendly from the moment we entered until we left the restaurant.

21/09/2025: Amazing place. Super vibe. Absolutely delicious food. Friendly staff. Highly recommended. We had the chef’s menu and did not disappoint. It’s also loads of food for two people, no need to add anything else! The only thing I didn’t love was the salad, but everything else was a 10 out of 10.

25/10/2025: We found Di Luca while walking back to our hotel in Dublin. Although reservations are required, they asked if we could finish up in an hour. We happened to be there an hour before the first reservations were scheduled and the place was empty. I said "if the kitchen can do it, we can do it." The food was amazing! I had a basic pasta dish, my wife had the night's special, hake fish with olives and capers and our friend had the gnocchi. We all raved about the food. This is a very small place with maybe 10 or 12 tables. They were so nice to accommodate us and even with that, we never felt rushed.

18/10/2025: We ate outside and it was nice with a little heater. Food was excellent. I had the carbonara and my wife had the ragu, both were fantastic. Portion sizes are decent, lots of flavor, carbonara was perfect.

04/10/2025: We enjoyed Passatempo so much we ate there twice! The pasta is homemade and sauces were flavorful. The wine selection is limited but the choices are well selected to pair with dinner. Marco and Karla are owners, chef and very gracious. It’s tucked away off of the Main Street and quant dining space. We enjoyed it all!

02/09/2025: I arrived in this place by chance. Curiosity made me enter, I had a lovely bruschetta and a wonderful carbonara. My congratulations