La Trattoria Italian Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in England

Just visited this restaurant as my uncles were in town and they fancied a nice Italian. This place is tucked out the way which makes it feel nice and secluded despite being in the middle of town.

The food was very tasty. Me and my other half had the sharing meat and cheese platter which had a lovely selection including little bowls of chutney and pickled onions. I had the ravioli for my main which had a runny egg inside which I loved, and my other half had carbonara which had these wonderful crispy juicy pieces of bacon in it. All 5 of us agreed it was scrumptious food and would happily return.

The only thing I will mention is for myself I found it quite pricey. The portions you receive are quite small, which is nice if you want to have 3 courses without feeling too full. But I feel the prices are quite high for the size of the meal you get. I know my dad was surprised with the small portion on his plate when it arrived when it was £21. I know quality over quantity is more important in a fine dining restaurant, which is why I still give 5 stars. But others who like to eat larger portions may need to double up on their servings.

Would definitely recommend this place for anyone wanting exquisite...

Very pleasant relaxed atmosphere when we arrived. We started with cocktails; the mezcal margarita was excellent, the mojito watery and lacking in energy. Neither of us were prepared to finish it. We shared pallotte cace e ove. The balls were badly oversalted but the cheese sauce just about compensated for this. The main (special board) was green tagliatelle (overcooked) with sundried tomato (sauce) a pesto and various other elements which were largely mixed up on the plate, with no “definition”, and arrived cold. The other main was white tagliatelle with nduja. This too was overcooked and cold. The design of both dishes lacked textural variation, badly cooked, and carelessly presented. The wine was excellent (bio chianti). When the waitress came to ask how our food was, my partner told her exactly how it was. She was disappointed to hear we had not enjoyed the food and kindly offered dessert on the house which we declined, and left. I don’t think we will go back. Northampton has a limited number of dining options, but in the course of our first few weeks in the town we have found two other Italian restaurants which are far better in the same...

As soon as we discovered this restaurant we were keen to visit as there is a lack of authentic Italian food in Northampton. We visited on a Saturday night, the restaurant was busy and had a nice atmosphere.

We were a party of four so ordered several starters to share, everything was delicious especially the beef tartare. For mains they just have pasta dishes which are sized with the intention of one per person, all of our party really enjoyed their dishes, the only slight disappointment was when I took the option of adding truffle to the carbonara, the amount given was really stingy, I appreciate it's a very expensive ingredient but I'd rather pay more and get a reasonable amount.

We ran out of space for desert, just one of our party ordered ice cream which came beautifully presented and they said it was very nice.

This is a lovely, little restaurant offering something a bit different and we will...