Flying Pasta - Westcliff-on-Sea

Excellent, authentic, family run Italian restaurant. Situated right on Southend seafront with views across the estuary, Flying Pasta is not to be missed. My partner and I stopped here for lunch on a sunny Sunday afternoon and had some of the best Italian food we’ve ever eaten. We started with a beautiful and wonderfully presented garlic pizza bread, covered in diced mozzarella, fresh tomato’s and torn basil. Next up a Caprese salad and the Calamari, both were wonderful, the Calamari was perfectly cooked and served with a very good sauce, my partner assured me the Caprese was delicious, which I’ll have to take her word for because she’d finished it before I got the chance to try any! For mains we had the Spaghetti Carbonara, a Margherita Pizza and the freshly made Ravioli Totti. The pizza was perfectly simple and delicious, the Carbonara was also good but I felt it lacked a little flavour. The fresh Ravioli was certainly the runaway winner in terms of flavour, very bold and very rich. Service was friendly, informal and attentive, the dining area is classy and understated and they should get an extra point for having linen napkins, a lovely touch that you just don’t see much anymore. Highly recommended and definitely our new favourite

Very good and incredibly fast service. We had 16 in our group. Every court came out at the same time, not having to wait for so long!

I had a fab dinner here today! Everyone’s food was fantastic as was the service, thank you especially to Nikolas (If that’s not right I’m sorry I didn’t quite catch his name! but he was great :

We were a party of 22 and from the moment we walked in the door, the service was first class. Everybody’s food was hot and fresh, with good portion sizes too. Thanks for adding a personal touch and making a special occasion even better. Well done guys and thank you!

My meal was superb, the wife wasn't overly impressed with hers though (so I ate it! . Service was excellent and the staff were all very welcoming and efficient. It felt like a real authentic Italian restaurant.