La Mezzaluna — Restaurant in Carlisle

Came for lunch midway through a charter steam train journey.

The other half and I always share our meals so I can testify all the food was good. The other half had garlic mushrooms for starter and lasagne for main, both were brilliant! I had the bruschetta to start and bolognese pizza for main (double bread I know, but when in Rome! - sorry for the pun!) It was more than delicious and very filling as you can imagine!

They cater for children too, which is a big plus for us. The little one had a smaller portion of the spaghetti bolognese from the main menu and he ate all of it. Hes a slow eater, and we had a train to catch, so we asked it to come out with the starters and it was no problem at all 😁

Beer and wine were very reasonably priced as well - Peroni £4.40 a pint in a restaurant so I was more than happy!

Will definitely come again next...

The most authentic Italian restaurant I've experienced in a long time. We came to lunch here after a tiring 6hrs trip from London. We were welcomed into a warm ambience. Our food was served in no time. We couldn't fault anything, from fresh original ingredients to the impeccable attentive and polite service. Pizza was yummy, crispy and light. Coffee was superb. Prices are very decent would happily pay more! Lastly, one can judge how a restaurant is run by the standards of it's washroom facilities - here they were fresh clean, not to mention the decent soap and toilet paper! If the owners are this thoughtful in which is usually a neglected area, then it is easy to trust that you are in good honest hands.

A hidden gem in the Carlisle area and highly recommended!

Thank you to Roberto...

Booked a table for a table of 8 had a conversation with staff 3 times to explain that 1 person in my party was in a motorised wheelchair. Staff assured me that there was disabled access to the restaurant so that would not be an issue. Arrived for meal and realised that there was no way that the disabled person could gain access. Asked staff if they had ramp apparently it is a listed building so there was nothing they could do. Staff very unhelpful and rude didn’t even offer us a table outside although tables were vacant. I’m absolutely disgusted as I had a party of 8 and it was Friday nite and a hen nite so had to ring round town to see what anyone had available thankful the staff at pizza express could not do enough for us and were welcome to...