
Gabriele's
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About Gabriele's
Gabriele's is an Italian restaurant on Queen's Parade in Sunderland, run as a family business for nearly fifty years. The menu covers pasta dishes alongside thin-crust pizzas with a fluffy base and proper mozzarella, available for both eat-in and collection. The room has wheelchair access, and the team takes reservations as well as walk-ins. A booking is advised at busy times. The setting is warm, with background music, and the kitchen turns out the Italian staples diners expect from a long-running family kitchen.
Good to know
- ReservationsAccepts reservations
- ParkingUsually plenty of parking
- AccessibilityWheelchair: entrance, restroom, seating
- Good for kidsGood for kids · High chairs · Kids' menu
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Menu & Prices
20 dishes- Pistachio Cheesecake
- Garlic Mushrooms
- Prawns
- Halloumi Fries and Chilli Sauce
- Garlic Bread Tomato
- Potato Skins and Garlic Mayonnaise
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention pizza with cheese pull, thin crust pizza, lasagna and pepper sauce.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention pizza with cheese pull, thin crust pizza, lasagna and pepper sauce.
Customer Review Summary
Most reviewers praise the pizza, especially its thin, fluffy crust and proper cheese pull, alongside the pasta and desserts. Service runs warm and friendly, and several suggest booking ahead. One diner, however, describes a very poor meal, calling the steak tough and the chips underdone.
Customer Review Summary
Most reviewers praise the pizza, especially its thin, fluffy crust and proper cheese pull, alongside the pasta and desserts. Service runs warm and friendly, and several suggest booking ahead. One diner, however, describes a very poor meal, calling the steak tough and the chips underdone.
Featured reviews
- Jermaine Lockey
“Food was unbelievably delicious. Service was on point and the atmosphere was great,very good music, and a proper Italian restaurant.”
- Saj Ali Khan
“Absolutely amazing food. Nice atmosphere.”
- Michael Mcnally
“Fantastic friendly staff recommend pre booking an table can get busy do not want to disappoint very good prices for the fresh ingredients that they use and you can tell the cheese pull on the pizza is amazing proper cheese non of the cheep rubber tasting cheese you get in an pizza takeaway cooked to profection the wheelchair access brilliant highly recommended you try it and support an family business what has been operating for nearly 50 years in Sunderland”
- Daniel Peake
“Called in for 3 takeaway pizzas today after a day at the beach. Really nice thin crust, with fluffy base and small crust. Plenty of really tasty toppings. Would definitely call back.”
- Brendan O'Brien
“Worst meal I have ever had in an Italian restaurant.. Wife didn't eat any of hers.Lasanga My steak was tough as old boots... pepper sauce was just gravy with pepper in.. Veg..two small pieces of broccoli and a few tinned sliced carrots. So called chips ,old potatoes cut into cubes and fried.. Only gave them one star because the desert was good. I wouldn't recommend and certainly won't be wasting my money going back. Other couple were glad they only ordered small portions of pasta..”
Highlights
- Great coffee
- Great dessert
- Great wine list
- Popular for lunch
- Popular for dinner
- Popular for solo dining
Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Usually plenty of parking
- Accepts reservations
- Takeout
- Dine-in
- Good for kids
Show more amenities
- Bar onsite
- Cozy
- Beer
- Coffee
- Healthy options
- Late-night food
- Offerings· 6
- Alcohol
- Cocktails
- Hard liquor
- Quick bite
- Small plates
- Wine
- Family-friendly· 2
- High chairs
- Kids' menu
- Planning· 1
- Dinner reservations recommended
- Dining options· 5
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Dessert
- Seating
- Table service
- Popular for· 1
- Solo dining
- Crowd· 2
- Groups
- Tourists
- Highlights· 2
- Great dessert
- Great wine list
- Facilities· 1
- Restroom
- Atmosphere· 3
- Casual
- Romantic
- Trendy
- Accessibility· 2
- Wheelchair accessible restroom
- Wheelchair accessible seating
Location
Italian restaurants near Gabriele's
- Santino's4.23290 mi£10–20
parmo, pizza, lasagna
- 0.7 mi
pizza, pasta, early bird menu
- Sambuca | Sunderland4.47601.7 mi
garlic butter chicken kiev, riverside window views, salmon thermidor
| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriele's | 4.6424 | — | £10–60 | pizza with cheese pull, thin crust pizza, lasagna |
| Santino's | 4.2329 | 0 mi | £10–20 | parmo, pizza, lasagna |
| Antico Restaurant | Roker | 4.5212 | 0.7 mi | — | pizza, pasta, early bird menu |
| Sambuca | Sunderland | 4.4760 | 1.7 mi | — | garlic butter chicken kiev, riverside window views, salmon thermidor |
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