Pizza Express in Winchester

On first impressions from outside it appeared quite small, a beautiful building in a lovely part of Winchester. Positioned right by the river Itchen, it is such a fantastic location.As you walk in, it is clear how the building opens up and then it becomes evident that the seating continues upstairs giving this place quite a decent amount of seating.We were located next to a window looking out over the rushing water from the weir just behind the building. Also just opposite the pizza preparation area, the guys working that were amazing. Very skilled and great personalities. The table staff were also very good, very friendly and helpful and also very attentive.The food was superb, the Calamari was perfectly cooked, and had literally just been cooked. I chose the Diavolo which was definitely the right choice, had a good balance between spicy and sweet and the base was perfect.The cheesecake was delicious, so sweet and a great mixture of flavours, the salted caramel and the popcorn are a good match.If you are looking for a great meal in a lovely location with great staff and fantastic food, then this is definitely worth a visit.

Very nice and cosy place, clean and comfy lovely staff. Pizza Express is serving very thin crust but that's okay cause the menu looks so fancy and the food is just great. They have very good desserts as well. Not a place for disabled though.

Absolutely fantastic. These guys are on top of their game. The best pizza express ever. The manager was warm and welcoming and the staff were brilliant. Never mind the food, I’m happy that real hospitality still is alive. Well done!

Great food but slow as they were busy lots of flavour but not much cheese on margarita! Nice atmosphere but toilets could use a clean !

I I received an order pizza express. Which is only my seven minutes was cold as ice cream. Guess they didn't hear of cooking in the oven. They took 45 minutes and hung up the phone. Lovely people eh

Simply amazing! You can't really go wrong with Pizza Express but the service we received from the second we arrived was 1st class! The food was outstanding! We'd just done a very long walk along the River Itchen so to be greeted in such a friendly way followed by such amazing food was a perfect. Food was quick, service was quick, the wine was cold, the sun was shining! The atmosphere was great. We didn't want to leave! We were in Winchester for 3 days and this was the best meal we had.The Jalapeño Dough Balls were super spicy but delicious and the Leggera pollo ad astra was cooked just perfect.

Booked a table for a Saturday lunchtime, despite them being pretty busy we were sat down straight away. Manager and waitress were very attentive and our food was out quickly and it was delicious! Prefer it when it’s quieter but you expect it to be busy on a Saturday lunch time.

My friend and I visited on Saturday evening. The food was delicious and the staff were very attentive. A special thank you to James, our waiter, who was fantastic despite being very busy. We'll definitely go there again soon.

Extremely disappointed. Had to give this restaurant a 1 star, just to allow the posting of this feedbackOver the weekend, arrived during the evening to the Winchester restaurant to see a load of young teenagers huddled inside the small kitchen area. It all looked very chaotic. There were no adult supervising. We collected our lukewarm pizza.On arriving home, only to find that the young lads had not cut our pizza into slicesDefinitely will not be returning there again..

The food was delicious, the staff was friendly, but still no vegan carrot cake. It's always unavailable when we visit