The Italian Connection in Harrogate

Great place to eat or just have a coffee n cake (brownies are delightful) .. it's quite cold inside but the owner has a warm heart n smile👍

Stunning evening with friends here last night. Food was absolutely amazing and faultless. Brilliant atmosphere and super-friendly staff. Cannot wait to go back

Amazing food, lovely staff lovely little restaurant

Stunning food , great staff , can't wait to come back 😀

The Italian Connection is as near as it gets to perfection ( and I am a fussy so and so) but what’s truly remarkable is that Adel & Peter have been at this level for over 22 years! Forget the formulaic shinny glamour of the glitzy high street branded restaurants with their revolving chefs and pre bought head office menus, The Italian connection are serving top quality food by an excellent chef ( Peter) in an easy, irrelevant and totally enjoyable “front room” atmosphere beautifully orchestrated by Adel, who is like a laughing swan. I’ve always left their restaurant feeling I’ve had fun and terrific food. I don’t know of any other restaurant I can say that about over 22 years. They have the magic formula. Bravo Adel & Peter, I take my hat off to you both.

Great menu, amazing service, popular venue and metnlovely people too

Great service,Fabulous food during day&evening menu.very clean worth booking!!

We have been coming here for years and we love it . The food is amazing . We have never been disappointed with anything we have had . The steaks ,the scallops, the spaghetti, the sea bass the yummy puddings and those potatoes are to die for !The lady who runs it is just lovely and the service is top notch .The red house wine is delicious and finish off with a lemoncello, perfect Friday evening. Thank youPs breakfast almond croissants with a latte . Perfect start to anyone's day .

A couple of us from work went here for lunch. They don't do a huge range at lunchtime - mainly toasted sandwiches and the like - but they did do Spaghetti Bolognese, which is what we both went for. It's available as a starter for £4.95 or as a main course for £7.95. We were assured that the starter portion is generous so we went for that. It was sufficient and tasty and served by a woman with a very vivacious, friendly personality.Overall a good discovery. It would be interesting to see what it's like in the evening. Certainly, the specials board is very full for evening meals. The atmosphere is one of a cafe more than a restaurant but it's quite sizeable. They also do bread with balsamic and olive oil (the bread is not heated) which comes with bread sticks. The salt and pepper was served in a tray and looked like sea salt and ground pepper. I didn't have any but noted that no spoon was provide for these, nor the sugar. Still, based on this one lunchtime experience I would say this place is well worth a visit.

We love it here. It's relaxed and always friendly and great service. The food is lovely too. We usually come and have breakfast, but went for a dinner party one evening, and the food was amazing. It's a hidden gem x