This Italian ran, Italian restaurant, with a cozy feel has a great atmosphere. The fact that it’s a small local business adds to the cozy feel. The food is great and portions are big with even enough to take away. Lots of alcohol options. They cater to gluten free, vegetarians and vegans. Would recommend.
3 of us dined here this evening. I was introduced to this restaurant a few years ago with my Italian friends and thought to go back for a change for a Christmas meal with welsh friends. Our food was absolutely delicious! Plentiful and full of flavour. Service was great and the atmosphere was beautiful. Will 100% be returning soon and bringing along the family. Grazie 😊
Authentic, delicious food done the proper Italian way. We came for lunch and were looked after by Massimo who’s the patron chef who made us feel as if we were regulars despite the fact that this was our first visit. Looking forward to our next visit in Cardiff and this restaurant is not to be missed when you’re there!
Grazie mille, Massimo!
Tiny restaurant. The lady in charge?BIG personality. Great food, perfect service and a wonderful sense of fun. Definitely on our visit list next time we get to Cardiff.
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Amazing place! The food so tasty and the service also incredible! They guy was so friendly and polite and the food lovely!
The best Italian food I've had outside of Italy and one of the best meals I've had in the last 20 years. Incredible dishes, served beautifully. Spectacular flavours. Vegetarian dishes available. A small number of beautifully flavoursome desserts.
The staff were outstanding, kind, and hospitable. We were brilliantly looked after.
If you haven't been, I can't recommend it enough. I already can't wait to go back. A wonderful little restaurant just outside the city centre. It's not cheap, but it's worth every penny.
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I would describe Giardini di Sorrento as a cosy down to earth Italian.
To start we ordered Pane Aglio e Mozzarella. Upon its arrival we were presented with a plate of four squares of soft lightly toasted ciabatta bread. This was generously doused in garlic, olive oil and mozzarella cheese. You will see from the picture this was served with no thrills. It was simply placed on a thin bed of rocket. It didn’t need anything else, it delivered what was expected in terms of flavour.
For mains we had:
Paccheri pasta with creamy sauce mixed with pancetta and walnuts. This was definitely the star of the show.
Risotto with tomato sauce, n’duja, burrata topped with one leaf of basil.
This dish was certainly not for faint hearted. The n’duja added a right kick to the dish which the burrata struggled to temper. It was difficult to focus on any other flavours as they were disguised by the spicy meat. The dish would have benefited from more burrata and basil. That being said the risotto rice was cooked perfectly.
Our chosen bottle for this meal was a Colle Al Vento Primitivo di Manduria. This was a lush, dark berry fruity full-bodied red and was perfect with Italian food.
A relaxed and pleasant evening, with lovely food.
Wonderful Italian restaurant.
Best restaurant of Cardiff.
Pizza and pasta of top quality for affordable prices.
The pasta has such a tasty that you would think you are in the heart of Italy.
The owner is Italian and he looks after everything making sure quality if the best.
I would definitely go again
100% recommend. Wish the portions of the ravioli/pasta were just slightly bigger and the prices were slightly lower, but the fact that everything tasted authentically Italian made up for it. There was no compromise on food quality. Service was very quick! Staff were very friendly and happy to suggest the menu of the day. The chocolate cake portion was amazing! Decor could use a little revamp. They might want to consider getting a new card reader because it seemed to be malfunctioning when I visited and I had to pay in cash.
Authentic Italian food, very good atmosphere and the staff were very polite and lovely
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