Il Rustico Restaurant

Featured reviews

• G

  Google user

  ·1 month ago

  “Decided last minute to come here as we were staying across the road for 1 night. We didn't have a reservation but they seated us no problem, even with being busy. Very polite and friendly serving staff. We had a garlic bread with cheese for starters, pizzas and lasagne for mains. Everything was absolutely delicious 😋. Just beautiful tasting food, I would highly recommend it to everyone!”

• G

  Google user

  ·2 months ago

  “Delicious Pan fried Hake with Prawns,tomato and garlic sauce served with beautiful fresh vegetables. Also delicious Veal with creamy mushroom and white wine sauce also served with fresh vegetables. Amazing Amaretto Cheesecake with Ice-cream ♥️ Best meal I've had out ages ,highly recommend.”

• G

  Google user

  ·2 months ago

  “Had a wonderful truly Italian experience. The food is very tasty and just as I remember from my many trips to Milan. The Caprese is the well known starter and these guys deliver. Tagliatelle to die for. Risotto beautiful. The young servers are first class. Cannot recommend enough.”

• G

  Google user

  ·4 months ago

  “We're looking for a family dinner on Saturday night. This is a great and safe option in the down town with normal audience. We had a pizza, two soups (minestrone), side salad, olives, the bill was 40 GBP per 3 persons (you have to add service charge on top). Staff was friendly and attentive. Food was nice. No concerns, classic Italian place.”

• G

  Google user

  ·5 months ago

  “Friendly atmosphere, great food. Sword fish is crispy, favorous and juicy; mushroom cream is interestingly rich. Finished zither a Tiramisu, delightfully light and sweet.”

• G

  Google user

  ·6 months ago

  “Very authentic Italian pasta and absolutely delicious! The flavours were rich and perfectly balanced. The restaurant is also very close to the sea, which makes the dining experience even more enjoyable. Highly recommended!”

• G

  Google user

  ·6 months ago

  “This is truly one of the best restaurants in Dover! My girlfriend and I just finished our dinner there and we were worried because we arrived slightly later around 9pm, they still welcomed and served us with so much hospitality! Not only that, the attention to detail and friendliness of everyone working was incredible with each and every dish. For example, the Linguini frutti di mare came beautifully arranged with all the mussels being placed around the pasta in a circular pattern. The prawns, clams and mussels were all very fresh and tasty and what impressed us most was that every single mussel in the dish was open and well cooked. The Tagliatelle pollo e funghi was also amazing, with perfectly cooked tender chicken pieces, wonderful sauce and al dente pasta. And finally, the desserts were truly the cherry on top because these were some of the most amazing home made desserts I have ever had. The chocolate flan with vanilla ice cream and tiramisu were the perfect way to end our night and we are definitely coming back to try the amaretto cheesecake because we didn't get to this time ahhahah And yea the fact that this restaurant is family owned also adds to its appeal in my opinion with such warm and kind people serving you wonderful food, what more can you ask for. And special thanks to the boss man who is amazing, he did like 10 jobs going from the kitchen to being a waiter and generously bringing parmesan and pepper for our pasta!”

• G

  Google user

  ·8 months ago

  “I came here because of the rave reviews and found the restaurant perfectly pleasant. The food was decent, but for me it didn’t quite live up to the hype and overall felt fairly average. Service was a real positive - it was run by a few young lads who were genuinely lovely, friendly, and attentive.”

• G

  Google user

  ·1 year ago

  “We had an amazing dinner at Il Rustico in Dover. The service was excellent and very friendly. We ordered the Calzone del Pizzaiolo, the Linguini Ai Frutti Di Mare, and the Amaretto Cheesecake all of them were fresh, full of flavour, and beautifully presented. The cheesecake was truly unique and unforgettable. One of the best Italian restaurants in Dover highly recommended!”

• G

  Google user

  ·1 year ago

  “We decided to visit this restaurant based on the reviews. We booked our table in advance over the phone, which was quick and easy. We arrived really early, so had a walk around in the nearby area before heading here. We got a large table at the back of the restaurant. There were so many options to choose from and we didn’t know what to have! After the long day we had, I tried the soup of the day for the starter. The flavour was good, but it was a bit watery. I should have picked the garlic cheese bread. I managed to pinch a piece from my sister and it was so fresh. For mains, I had the seafood linguine, which was so good! Portion wise, it is on the smaller side, so we ordered a bit more. We ordered another pizza and seafood linguine to share. I don’t usually order pizza at restaurants but my sister told me to try it and the pepperoni pizza was actually really good too. It was topped with chopped jalapeño peppers which gave it more of a kick. We couldn’t leave without trying some dessert so we tried the tiramisu and amaretto cheesecake. The tiramisu wasn’t too much to my liking, but I did enjoy the cheesecake. I would love to come back for the linguine and pizza again.”