L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele

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  Antonella Gonzales Bergamin

  ·1 month ago

  “Lovely dinner experience! The food was amazing and our server Antonio was very nice and welcoming. Definitely recommend 😊”

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  Charlotte Hope

  ·1 month ago

  “Me and my partner had a fantastic meal at L'Antica Pizzeria. My partner had a pesto pasta dish which was extremely tasty and I had gorgeous pizza. Antonio was extremely helpful and was very welcoming. I will definitely be coming back !”

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  Nata Donchevska

  ·2 months ago

  “Food was good. Service was even better. Unfortunately we forgot to ask the name of our waitress from Spain. She was extremely polite and friendly. Thank you for making us feel welcomed. Prices are good. I recommend this place.”

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  william foxcroft

  ·2 months ago

  “Just passing by and it looked great so popped in! The welcome was lovely, the music and atmosphere very relaxed and the food divine! Told it was an old Lloyd's bank in times gone by...banks were posh back in the day!!! Will come here again X”

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  J B

  ·3 months ago

  “I visited L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele in July of 2026 and had an overall good experience. The restaurant is rather massive inside and beautifully finished. We visited on a weekday and it was more or less empty inside and a few occupied tables on the street-side patio. We opted to sit outside as well as it wasn't too hot out and the tables were in the shade. Would have been nice to dine inside however considering how beautiful it is. We were four and ordered a pizza each - two of them arrived at once, then a third, and then after a 5+ minute wait the fourth. That was mildly annoying as we're all waiting for the last guy to get his pizza before we start eating. I'm sure it wasn't more than five minutes but when you're hungry and your food is getting cold it feels like an eternity. I've worked in the restaurant business and understand coordinating meals at once can be challenging but...again, it wasn't very busy and we all ordered pizzas. Not sure why one of them took so much longer than the rest. But a minor quibble. I had the diavola - overall very delicious. I'm Canadian and have certain expectations when it comes to pizza and European ones don't always align. The bottom/crust of the pizza was super, super thin - like it was impossible to cut a slide and then pick it up; everything was just falling apart. So it was quite delicious but had to eat with a knife and fork and try to salvage everything. Personally I prefer a pizza that can manifest itself into the structure of a slice and eat one at a time. This was more like, carve up the middle into bit sized chunks and then consume the outer crust. Oh and pizza is quite big - spilling well over the edge of the plate, even the edge of the table! Staff were kinda, price was good & normal. Overall fine experience.”

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  Rhys Williams

  ·4 months ago

  “The best pizza I’ve ever had, delicious! Lovely fast service, delicious cocktail and stunning surroundings. Would definitely come back ☺️🍕✨”

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  Grzegorz Kułak

  ·6 months ago

  “This is supposed to be a branch of the original pizzeria from Naples. I visited both Naples and Manchester, but I don't understand the point of the Manchester one. The venue is ridiculous... Old bank, set up as a restaurant serving Neapolitan pizza, which is finger food! Tables are too small for pizzas - they're quite big in diameter. The venue is freezing cold; they have garden heaters, but the food gets stone cold in a sec. Pizza is good, the dough is very similar to the original, but the topping is less oily, and there's too much of everything on it, so it becomes too heavy. They don't have plain olive oil to serve with the pizza, only spicy or garlic. Where is authenticity? Waiter told you that there is a mandatory charge of £2.50 for every person, so you'll get an authentic bread as an appetizer. Ridiculous... The bread is stale and store-bought, nothing authentic. You got three pieces of soft bread and three pieces of deep-fried bread, which tastes of burned oil, is oily itself, and is cold! This place should be a small venue with a few tables and mainly take away, not pretending to be a restaurant. If you want authentic pizza, go to Naples. If you want the best pizza in Manchester, go to Rudy's (also Neapolitan-style pizza).”

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  Kelly Oliveira Fernandes

  ·6 months ago

  “⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolutely delicious! We had the Margherita with double mozzarella and the Bolognese — both were fantastic. Fresh dough, amazing tomato sauce, and everything full of flavor. Service by Yolanda was very friendly, and the food arrived super quickly. Definitely lives up to the Eat, Pray, Love hype. Highly recommend!”

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  Megan hughes

  ·8 months ago

  “We didn’t visit the restaurant and ordered delivery instead. I’ll be honest—I ordered the calzone and wouldn’t personally recommend it, as it had a slightly strange taste for me. However, you absolutely can’t fault the freshness of the ingredients. My partner is a professional chef and said his pizza was one of the best he’s had. Even down to the basil on top, you can tell everything is fresh. The base is the perfect balance of chewy, crispy, and crunchy, and the tomato sauce tastes incredibly fresh and homemade. The Parmesan aroma was quite strong (I’m pregnant, so that may be on me!), but again, it’s clear that it was very fresh and high quality. Both portions were massive and excellent value for money, and the pizza itself was genuinely delicious. I would definitely recommend this place without a doubt, and I can imagine the focaccia they sell would be absolutely top notch.”

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  Aaron

  ·9 months ago

  “L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele is the famous pizza chain featured in Julia Roberts’ movie, Eat Pray Love. This location on King Street in Manchester is their only UK location outside of London, and is located in a stunning building on King Street, which was previously occupied by Zizzi. I’ve visited here a couple of times now and ordered delivery. Food is generally made up to a good standard, my favourite being the Gluten-Free Diavolo Pizza. The gluten-free pizzas are very large, perhaps a little too big, the base and toppings are good quality and have nice flavours. It can be a little pricey here with all the add-ons; it’s £3 extra for gluten-free pizza or pasta; it’s always frustrating to have to pay more, but I understand it does have additional costs for them. There is also a £2.50 mandatory cover charge, which covers bread and oil. Due to being gluten-free, I was given olives instead. I didn’t touch them, as I don’t like olives, but this added charge was added anyway. I know there is sometimes a 12.5% service charge added too, although I wasn’t charged this on my most recent visit, so it’s possible they replaced this with the cover charge. I have had the Carbonara from here on previous visits, which is also pretty good, although I’ve had better, and parts of the pasta can be slightly dry and undercooked, but perhaps this was an issue with ordering for delivery. I love the old building and how they’ve decorated the place with the art; however, it always seems so quiet whenever I visit, which makes the atmosphere feel a little odd. The staff are all super friendly and have a good knowledge of allergens, and I felt confident eating here, knowing I’d be taken care of. Overall, the pizzas here are good, perhaps a little expensive, and I may stick to ordering delivery in the future, especially for the pizzas, rather than dining in, but it’s certainly a venue I plan to order food from again.”

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