Amarcord Pizzeria e Ristorante — Restaurant in England

Really lovely food here, just such a shame that the wait was over and hour for our pizzas.

We were a group of 7 coming to eat here on the first night of our holiday and, while the atmosphere and servers were really lovely, the wait time was just not good enough. They announced that they were serving pizzas only, which was a bit of a shame as we had booked in hope of having a bit more variety than that, however completely understandable that sometimes things happen and menus need to be shortened. Not a problem, pizza menu is fairly large so we stayed optimistic!

Then after putting in our order, the wait got to over an hour and things became less optimistic. Then 3 out of the 7 dishes we ordered arrived and the food looked/smelled gorgeous! However, it was another 10 minutes before the rest of the food arrived. A real shame. We as a family like to wait until everyone has their food to start eating. However if we had done this here, I would've had stone cold stone baked pizza :(

We also have a family tradition of going back to the same, first night restaurant on the last night of our holiday. Needless to say, unfortunately this tradition was broken this holiday.

In summary, lovely little place with some really yummy food for a reasonable price, and some really lovely staff, but the wait time was far too long. Perhaps a smaller group would've fared better, but I certainly wouldn't return in a larger group than 3.

5* for the food itself, 3* for the service as the waiters were really nice (despite the kitchen being very slow), and 4* for atmosphere, as the place was cool and quirky, but it was clear that we were not the only ones waiting a long...

Lovely food and a good selection of very nice pizzas and pastas. Perhaps a little pricey for what it is, but the portion sizes were decent. My boyfriend and I had two pizzas and a sharing platter between us and we were both very full afterwards. They allowed me to box up what I couldn't finish as well, so that was handy. Service was also friendly and staff were polite and helpful. However, it's only small and they've tried to cram in more tables than they really have room for. The result is an extremely awkward and hazardous layout. Immediately getting in the door, we had to literally squeeze past two people back-to-back in their chairs who were barely centimetres apart. And when we sat down at our table, we ended up blocking in a woman on the table next to us due to the positioning of the chairs. We couldn't just move the chairs round to the other side of the table either, because then we would have been blocking another walkway. As someone who works in health and safety, the whole layout is actually quite dangerous. Evacuation would be a nightmare in the event of a fire or other emergency! Also, they really need to do something about the...

Genuinely one of the best restaurant experiences I’ve had!

Right from when we entered the place we were made to feel at home. The service was impeccable and the owner, Fabio, took a lot of his time out to talk to us and make us feel welcome.

I consider myself a pizza geek and this was easily one of the best I’ve had! Full of flavour and with an amazing base. And the chilli oil was like something I’d never tasted before, wow! My wife absolutely loved her pasta too, she said the pancetta was delicious.

But what really struck me about the place was just how friendly they all were and how well all the team there seemed to get on.

I don’t want to effuse too much about the owner but I could tell he really cared about the place and the people working there. He seemed so genuine and I could feel the love he’s clearly put in to this place.

We had a great chat about football too which is always a plus for me!

My first time on the Isle of Wight but when I return I will be going back...