The Italian — Restaurant in High Peak

A Deserved 5 Star Rating This has to be my longest travel for food to date, well this year at any rate. A 100-mile round trip (voluntary designated 'taxi' for family and friends) Of the group, this was to be the first-time visit for two of them.

We had booked a table for 19.15 and arrived with 5 minutes to spare. The place was full on both floors, and from what I am told, is like this most nights. We had to wait for quite a while due to some diners wanting to stay seated for a long time after their meals, which has a knock-on effect throughout the night. I'm saying this just to set the picture. During this time, it was plainly observed that the staff (both table and bar) were working flat out and yet remained extremely Professional and kept their attentiveness on the customer's order and needs. Hectic for them, but a joy to observe. It was also noticed that the tables did not have tablecloths. They would have been out of place, as the tables had a lovely marbled effect which merited showing off and not covered. After a short while, we were shown our table.

Drinks: Coke ice and lemon, Vodka and ice, Peroni and Limoncello.

Starter: Fishcakes Arancini Garlic Pizza Bread Calamari (Besides the calamari being the chunkiest I have had, there were 5-6 good-sized pieces and the 'batter' was lovely and firm - not crunchy as with some other restaurants. And whilst the others in the group enjoyed their starters, for this Calamari, I would come back again)

Main: 2x Pollo Pepe with veg/chips (Done really nice, just the right amount of veg, for me. The peppercorn sauce was a tad thin, but that is a personal choice 2x Penne Salmon

Clean plates were the order of the day and showed our satisfaction.

Full praise to the floor and bar staff. Very efficient. And a big thank you to the Chef and kitchen staff for providing such a meal.

The dining charge reflected the quality of the food as well as the service. The final bill was voluntarily adjusted, by the Management which was a very nice gesture and, unexpected as the wait for a table was not of their making.

A return visit is most certainly...

We recently visited The Italian in Glossop. It was a Saturday evening and we hadn’t booked but fortunately they had room for two and pleasantly we were seated at a lovely table upstairs in the restaurant. The bar staff were brilliant and so friendly and we felt very welcome.

I ordered the Mussels and my partner ordered Spare Ribs. They were both amazing, I cannot recommend the Mussels highly enough, they were delicious. The service was quick and our waiter was extremely friendly and also had a good sense of humour! For main course I ordered the Spaghetti Marinara which was brimming with mussels, squid and a large still shelled king prawn, it was fantastic. My partner ordered the Spicy Meatballs and he said they were the best he had ever tasted. Washed down with their house Merlot, which was very very nice.

For dessert, staff were really accommodating because I ordered something not actually on the menu! I recommend the Chocolate Ice Cream drizzled with a shot of Sambuca and an Espresso poured on top – the perfect Italian dessert for an Italian meal! My partner ordered the Italian Fudge Cake which was very chocolaty and moist.

All in all, we were very impressed with The Italian and would consider going as frequently as possible in the future. The food, atmosphere and service were top notch and the prices were extremely reasonable considering the quality of food and presentation. So thank you The Italian for an...

I was really expecting a great meal but unfortunately the service was terrible and my husband had the worst pizza ever. We had to keep standing up and going to find a server to get drinks and food service. We were a party of 6 , we ordered 5 starters but only 4 came together, my starter came 10 minutes after everyone else and the staff did not come back to check the table we could not attract any attention and my husband had to stand up to get any attention from the staff. Then on the mains 5 were delivered together but my husband's pizza didn't arrive, he was told 4 minutes. When it did arrive it looked like it was a MCains frozen pizza a very regular small circle ... and it was not cooked through. He sent it back and they just put it back in the oven . It really did look like a budget frozen pizza ... absolutely disgusting 🤢. We had to ask to get it taken off the bill. The other meals were good in fairness but they were not Italian food - we all had chicken, lamb and pork ... the pizza was quite honestly the worst we have ever eaten in a restaurant that is supposed to be Italian. I think that they had run out of pizza dough and had nipped into Tesco for a frozen one- it was way too uniform in size and the colour of a frozen pizza . They would have been better off admitting they had run out of pizza dough and he could have chosen...