Locanta italian restaurant

Featured reviews

• G

  Google user

  ·1 month ago

  “What a find! We're in Birmingham for a few nights, staying nearby and we're looking for somewhere "easy" after a long day travelling, we were seated quickly by friendly staff and had soon ordered! Food was delicious and drinks were too 😁 service was lovely and attentive without being overdone. When we asked for the bill, free desserts appeared for the kids (with extra spoons! 😉) If we lived here, we'd be back regularly, and it's one I'll remember if I'm ever back!”

• G

  Google user

  ·2 months ago

  “Thanks Eric, I have been traveling to Birmingham for the past 12 months, tried most that Birmingham has to offer, paid lots more trying to find something better, but for me, this is authentic, home cooked Italian food, with a host and serving staff that will always try their best.. Just ask for what’s fresh, don’t blindly look at the menu, engage, that’s what it’s about.. Thank you…”

• G

  Google user

  ·4 months ago

  “The food wasn’t the worst part of the experience, but still quite misleading that this establishment entitles itself as “Italian”, when its cuisine is all but remotely southern European. What made me cringe was mostly all the screaming coming out of the kitchen, between what I assume to be the restaurant manager and his employees, with the first one showing quite aggressive behaviours and sometimes shouting at the waiters in a foreign language I wasn’t able to recognise. Both me and my friends felt disturbed by this behaviour, which made us cut our meal short and leave before dessert.”

• G

  Google user

  ·5 months ago

  “I did my partners’ birthday party here. It’s a fantastic venue. They served all our friends with awesome food, great service, fresh ingredients. If you have dietary requirements the owners of the restaurant are quite accommodating. They accomadated all our dietary requirements. It’s not like most of chain restaurants that serve you from pre-prepared meals in fancy cutlery! Their seafood marinara is great.”

• G

  Google user

  ·7 months ago

  “!Gluten free options! Our family had a fantastic experience at this Italian. Great food, amazing atmosphere, lots of chatting amongst the clientele and a band playing Cuban/salsa music upstairs. The most important bit though is how they catered for our celiac daughter. They were brilliantly attentive. They had gluten free pasta and pizza bases, so almost anything on the menu was available to her. She left saying it was the best experience in a restaurant she'd had in 3 years of diagnosis. Thank you ♥️”

• G

  Google user

  ·8 months ago

  “This place visit came suddenly and never forget. The best Italian foods we have got here and this restaurant I would highly recommend. The staff extremely friendly and behaved authentic Italian style. Duck Risotto was amazing!”

• G

  Google user

  ·9 months ago

  “We had a delightful evening. It was relaxed, atmospheric, and unpretentious. The food was absolutely amazing, with generous portions cooked to perfection. I particularly enjoyed the mussels, which were the best I've ever tasted. I highly recommend it.”

• G

  Google user

  ·11 months ago

  “We tried this restaurant as part of First Table’s offer and I’m so glad because I wouldn’t have paid full price for the food here. Atmosphere is fantastic, it’s cosy and authentic kind of vibe and our waitress was lovely. A bit quiet but lovely. The food let it down for us. They didn’t have any prawns for the starter my partner wanted. Figured it’s a quiet day, these things happen and he chose something else. Then went on to order mains, they had no lamb cutlets and none of this was mentioned before we started ordering either, it would have been nice to know as we were being seated. Our waitress did say they had lamb fillet and could just do that in its place for us so we agreed thinking it’s at least similar to the dish we both wanted. The starter came and went, then we waited ages for our main. When it came out, it was just a bit of salad, few potatoes and a couple diced up pieces of lamb. Honestly not worth the wait at all, so disappointing. (Also served on a massive plate so it looked even smaller than what was actually there). Then the bill came, I had to ask for the discount to be applied, I was almost charged for two lamb cutlets when we had a couple of pieces of diced up lamb. Shocking. Won’t be returning. Go across the road, pay a bit more and have a better experience at Cucina.”

• G

  Google user

  ·1 year ago

  “My sister and I ate here on a Sunday afternoon. It was quiet but that didn't bother us! The food was absolutely beautiful! We had the duck and truffle risotto, fillet steak pasta with a blue cheese sauce and a garlic pizza side bread. For dessert we had tiramisu and a lotus biscuit cheesecake. The tiramisu was so light and airy!! The hostess/ waitress was extremely friendly and knowledgeable about the dishes. She made us feel extremely welcome. We will absolutely be back here again! Thank you Locanta!”

• G

  Google user

  ·3 years ago

  “First time visiting for a special dinner with hubby. Food was fresh and delicious. Service was first class and you could tell they take pride in serving you well. We were even given a complimentary dessert. Felt really special, thank you. Chicken was halal so it was lovely to experience authentic Italian for us.”