Da Franco Ristorante Italiano

(For some reason 🤔 I must have forgotten press the 'post' button) Anyway, I WILL BE BACK! Loved the food I had here. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful food. This is a family run Italian restaurant and they are extremely friendly and I like the fact that whatever food I chose in English they told me what it is called in Italian, that was a very nice touch 😀 to the whole experience. I learnt some new Italian words 😊 Everything was tasty, excellent quality, and fresh. My daughter had been twice before and brought my husband and I here. So I was already recommended 👌 Definitely not a disappointment. When the food is really good, anywhere I go, I like to meet the chef too. She was lovely too and the wife of the owner. 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 Thank you again for a lovely meal.

Very friendly and professional staff. Good serving size and beautiful restaurant. Lots of local returning customers.

We had a nice experience in a proper Italian restaurant,nice decor served by professional staff delicious tasty food much tasty and delicious than in more restaurants from Italy !! Thank you Da Franco Ristorante !!

we enjoyed in every plate, almost İtalian experince and more of that lovely staff

First time here and I will definitely go back. Service and atmosphere is great, food is amazing with good portions.

The ambiance is typical Italian, a very busy restaurant, the food portions are very generous, the staff are engaging and friendly. My choice was veal spaghetti, the food was fresh, and tasty.

Always have excellent food, excellent service and it is a fantastic restaurant. Thanks to all the extremely friendly staff

Tipical italian restaurant. Very tasty food and attentive staff. I have been here few times and standards of food is always very good. We have been da Franco at San Valentine and they confirmed, again, they know how to run a successful restaurant.

Brilliant Old style traditional Family Italian restaurant. Really worth the trip up there if you are not local. I would say the best Italian restaurant I've eaten in except for one I went to in Italy years ago. Simple but elegant menu with very reasonable prices. But watch out for the specials. They sound (and look) delicious, but are always more expensive. Stick to the main menu and you'll be very pleasantly surprised at the bill. I only go there on special occasions as I want to keep it, er, well special. :) General description of menu. They don't do Pizzas (thank god), but they do all the standard Italian grub to perfection. But, usually with a little extra flourish. So, pastas, meat, etc. Terrific Entrees. Superb salads (their dressing is to die for). Recommended If you like Veal, look no further. And brilliant value: Around £8 for the Milanese (in breadcrumbs). Great fries too (home made). All the pastas are superb. Particularly the seafood. Terrific veggies. And they do them properly. So for instance spinach done the way it should be. Every kind of potato dish you could ask for. Dessert is a trolly, but very good. But be careful how much you order for starter and main if you want dessert, as they do not skimp on the portions. Order small at first and if you need more, order more. Or you won't be able to get in your car. LOL! Top recommendation: The king prawn Entree in butter. Get this and delight in the huge juicy prawns and gobble up the sauce (to die for) with the bread. Wines: Nothing special but adequate and reasonable. But they do have a large range of grappas and anything else you like to drink. And NOT over priced. This restaurant was run by the owner and his son, Daniel, for decades until the owner died a few years ago. So now run by the son. The chef is his wife. So it's a real family restaurant. And yes, the waiting staff are very cheeky, attentive and hug you or shake your hand as you arrive and leave. You mostly have to book as it's very popular with the locals and regulars. And people do travel for miles to visit. Treat yourself, make a special trip to a special restaurant.

I agree with everything settingsun has said! This place has been around for years and is always popular. It doesn't open on Mondays but all other times, especially Thursdays-Sundays it does good trade. The food is delicious and the service is excellent. You'll want to come here again and again.

Excellent local Italian restaurant. They do three different types of Amarone the cheapest of which is very reasonable for a restaurant at about £42 if I remember correctly and is very nice. The only issue I had was with my pannacotta dessert which had collapsed and was just basically a splodge on a plate. Other than that everything was excellent. The staff are very attentive and cant do enough for you.