La Passione Cirencester

In the area for a few days and is now typical, we try to find a local independent Italian restaurant. The food was tasty, well presented, good portion size and obviously fresh. The menu’s pretty broad with good options. If you don’t fancy pasta, risotto or any or anything off the ‘secondi’ section then there’s always pizza! The starters and desserts had half dozen or so options. During our visit there was ‘special’ too There were 5-6 staff working. For the number of people in (18:30-20:30 Tuesday evening in Nov) it felt like twice the amount needed. This resulted in the staff hanging around a corner of the restaurant not looking particularly happy to be there. Service generally was very good but the ‘mood’ wasn’t unnoticed by either me or my partner, I heard the table of people next to us also make comments about ‘interrupting the girls’ Despite this slight (and only negative) I’d recommend a visit and will go back myself if I’m ever in the area again. Free car park close by made the visit very easy.

Looked up reviews online for a good place to eat and this place came highly recommended, and I can see why! A real passion for detail (no pun intended) and food was delicious. Their weekday lunch menu was fantastic value for money and I’m only disappointed that I didn’t have room for dessert. Service was fast, friendly and excellent. Will definitely be back

We had a family lunch here on a Sunday to celebrate my wife's birthday. It's the first time we have visited, but we'd definitely go back. The décor was very good, creating a relaxed and cosy feel to the restaurant. Service was excellent, nothing was too much trouble and the team were all attention, helpful and professional. The food was great. The menu is sufficiently varied to be able to cope with a variety of tastes, so long as they enjoy Italian food. We had a variety of food, pasta al forno, pizza, risotto as well as home made tiramisu for dessert and everyone really enjoyed their food. Positioned in the centre of Cirencester, this is a very good, non-chain Italian restaurant that we'd be happy to visit again.

TLDR: Large generous portions, fresh and tasty produce, reasonably priced and authentic. I would highly recommend. We ordered the Bruschetta Napoli, Risotto alla passione, pizza Rossa and spaghetti carbonara. We couldn’t fault a single thing. The ambience of the place was amazing and you feel like you are transported to Italy. For a Monday evening, the restaurant was packed even though the streets were empty and quiet. The Bruschetta starter was a great opening to the main course as the tomatoes was super fresh and sweet. There was a generous portion of seafood including large chunks of salmon in the risotto but watch out for the green chillis and they were quite spicy (although if you love spicy this is perfect for you and I enjoyed it!). The roasted peppers on the pizza rossa was super sweet again showing off their great ingredients. The carbonara was super creamy and smooth. I would definitely be visiting again!