The Higgins Pantry in Bedford

This is a firm favourite of mine in Bedford. It is in a great location, the interior is very simple, and the atmosphere is always good. Love the classic Italian tunes - gives it a classy feel. The staff are all exceptional and highly professional. The food is also delicious (especially the gnocchi and vegan toastie).5 Stars

Very nice lunch, with a selection of paints, pizzas and other warm dishes. It's a large cozy place inside and has a decent size yard outside (part of it weather proof). We would definitely visit again. The eggplan parmigiana was delicious and they have a nice selection of deserts too.

HUGE portions of food the Italian menu offers great quality and flavours. We had a lovely afternoon, and the atmosphere was buzzing. We'll definitely come again

Lovely place for a birthday Sunday lunch! Very tasty, freshly cooked food, great service and atmosphere. We will definitely be back!

What an absolute gem - proper Italian restaurant. Took my mum for a birthday lunch and had the best melanzane alla parmigiana outside of Sorrento 👌. Mum had a tasty panini - of course being Italian generous portions 😁 and to finish coffee and a beautiful torta della nonna ❤ bellissimo!! 😍We will definitely be back to sample the rest of the menu. Grazie mille 💕

Ordered the Lobster Ravioli and Lasagna via Deliveroo on a Saturday night, the food was almost 20 minutes early, piping hot, and absolutely delicious! Food was perfectly cooked! The Zepollelle was perfectly fried, not greasy, and excellent! Will definitely order again

I think you can tell a bit about a restaurant by looking around at who else is there. Higgins Pantry on a Sunday afternoon is full of big tables of happy looking families, couples, both young and old. It's welcoming and friendly. With good food and great service.

Booked table for 4 for Sunday lunch. Pleasant surroundings friendly staff. Great food. We over ordered on starters but that was our own fault as everything sounded so good. We all tried various pasta dishes for Mains. We all left feeling very satisfied and we would definitely return.

Superb, always friendly, food is very tasty and accessible, pizza is excellent too. Great vegan broccoli salad. Just wished there were a couple of other vegan options. You won't be disappointed with anybody the dishes here though. Great for couples, groups, families and seniors. Unusual to find a place which gets it right at all points.

We booked a table outside months in advance but the restaurant had given it to someone else - they offered a smaller table outside after a while but by then we’d settled inside - a bit disappointing. Other than this the service was very friendly and efficient. The food was ok - cannelloni beans on toast starter was fresh but needed a twist of salt or something to give it an edge. The main vegan salad was also cannelloni beans with broccoli - and again needed something else to give it some impact - half way through I found myself not really wanting to keep eating it so I stopped and took the rest away - with some salt and chilli oil added as home with a squeeze of lemon it perked up. The best dish was the side order of chips - hot and crispy with fluff interior. So overall an enjoyable experience but fairly average food.