Nico's — Restaurant in England

We went here to try it out after walking past a few times on our way into town. It's a nice little restaurant with a nice atmosphere, interesting tables and friendly (if somewhat nervous looking [1 young lad was quite new]) staff. No draught beers, but a couple of different lagers and an ale to choose from if you're not a wine drinker. The food was lovely. Came out quickly and really hot! The doughballs we shared as a starter; they were nice but quite a small portion. My wife had the veg lasagne, which we read in a review contained olives, but she enjoyed it. It looked like it was cooked in the pizza oven to finish it off authentically which was nice. I had a pizza, Nico's special, which again was nice. Swapped the olives for spinach no problem, my only tiny issue was that the base was a bit thicker than I'm used to, and because of the thickness seemed a bit stodgy in places where it hadn't quite cooked properly, but it's only dough so I wasn't too bothered! Plenty of toppings on it and it was nice and hot. The prices are reasonable for the food, and it makes a change not to go to a chain restaurant. I wouldn't make it my go to place, but for a change of scenery is a good...

Me and my boyfriend ate here after having driven past it multiple times but never went there. The restaurant is quite small and intimate, and overall very homely. Traditional Italian theme from decor to music. The waiter was friendly, and was “on it” with covid cleaning. The wine was really good value, and tasted nice. The menu is small but has everything you would want on it for an Italian (smaller menus are better as it means they cook them well!). I had the “nicos chicken pasta” and it was lovely, and we shared the garlic and cheese calazone as a side which was AMAZING! For dessert I had tiramisu which I think was the best I’ve ever had. Was Devine! I asked who made it and the chef said it was his mothers traditional recipe. Absolute knock out pudding! The restaurant has family history, and you can feel that with the food, decor and chef. The chef actually came around the tables talking to diners which I thought was a lovely touch. Can’t believe we hadn’t already been here. If your looking for a tasty, good value, authentic Italian, then...

The best restaurant experience I have ever had. I ordered the spicy salmon with prawns on top and we had the cheesecake + vanilla ice cream + raspberry ripple ice cream for dessert. They were GENEROUS with the prawns and salmon, and it tasted amazing, with bowls and bowls of parmesan on the house. All completely fresh food, cooked in their kitchen, even the complementary limoncello. The dessert too, was spectacular — the best cheesecake I've had in my entire life (zero exaggeration), and I recommend getting it with the raspberry ripple ice cream because they work surprisingly well together.

Dave is a wonderful person and gave us amazing service, he was always reachable without fail, but not overbearing either and gave us plenty of space to enjoy our meal. Excellent waiter who clearly has a passion for the restaurant, the food and drink but also funny and refreshing to talk to.

The chance I would recommend it to anyone is a 10/10 and I will certainly be...