L'Italiana in St Albans

Amazing food, as always. Staff are very friendly. Service is great. Food presented well. The salad looked so pretty. Thoroughly recommended.

Staff were outstanding, but the food was OK. Some hits and misses. The pineapple prawn special starter was served on a cold plate and so the prawns were not pleasant. Steak special was a flavoursome 21 day aged steak, but the mushrooms were chewy, rubbery and were left on the side. Rest of the table (10) all had some good and bad comments. Best dish was a simple.penne pasta, delicious. I wouldn't return with so many options in St Albans but others could be delighted.

Gorgeous little Italian restaurant situated on French row in St Albans, with a wide choice of food including a good vegetarian selection.There is limited seating and the eatery popular so do book a table. The service is friendly and attentive.The focaccia ( bread basket starter) was fresh crispy on the outside and sift inside, served with olive oil and vinegar. The pizzas were thin and crispy although I felt mine was a little dry at the edges and cold have done with more sauce/ topping at the edge. The mushrooms and artichoke oenne pasta was good ( pasta is served al dante).The tiramisu was absolutely wonderful and worth the calories.Toilets were clean. I did not see any civid precautions.All in all a good dinner experience. Will go there again.

Always a good experience, you get what you go for & does the job for Italian. Calamari was lovely as always. Pizza Margherita lovely stone baked. Service & price also good.

I had the most amazing salad I'd ever had. There were lots of little smoked salmon and cucumber roulades, a huge amount of prawns in a radichio leaf, loads of sweet tomatoes, avocado and rocket. All my favourite foods and great bread in the side. Absolutely brilliant many many thanks.

Good staff and delicious pizza. I like the atmosphere, the ambiance and the decoration.

I lived in St Albans for 30 years and never ate here. Oh how I regret that decision. The staff were friendly, excellent service, and the food was delicious. I had the calamari and it's probably the best I've ever had.

Nice food and drink at a reasonable price, found the pizza to be very salty. Staff were very friendly and welcoming but saw some larger parties having to wait a very long time for food and it took us a very long time to get the bill. Small restaurant so tables are quite close together.

We wanted to celebrate our son’s 21st birthday with an Italian meal in an authentic and intimate setting and L’Italiana is the perfect restaurant. The food is amazing - great choices, very tasty and generous portions. Lovely atmosphere and staff are very friendly and helpful with great service. The mussels were full of flavour, and the starter on the Special - crab and prawn bruschetta - was delicious. For mains, two of us ordered the Veal Milanese and Pollo Milanese which are our favourites - we asked if we could change the sauce to bolognese with the spaghetti, which was no problem at all - we were not disappointed.All our meals were so delicious - the food exceeded our expectations.We ordered garlic bread which we couldn’t finish as we were so full so asked if we could take it home, which the waitress was happy to pack for us.I would definitely recommend this restaurant - the food is to die for with a lovely intimate and authentic atmosphere and genuine, friendly staff.

Best Italian food eaten in UK , family atmosphere, fair prices....our whole family enjoying there since 2008 when we discover that restaurant....and this aroma ....as soon as you step in you can smell real Italian food...love it!!! And not to mention the owners they are very nice , friendly and always sliming. .