{"id":162500,"date":"2025-06-06T08:42:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T08:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/162500\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T08:42:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T08:42:31","slug":"i-tried-the-seaside-italian-restaurant-with-a-genuine-summer-holiday-feel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/162500\/","title":{"rendered":"I tried the seaside Italian restaurant with a genuine summer holiday feel"},"content":{"rendered":"

It serves a range of Italian favourites and there are new dishes on the menu\"IlIl Michelangelo restaurant on Weston-super-Mare seafront(Image: Bristol Live)<\/p>\n

OK, the view of the brown and distant sea isn\u2019t quite up there with the cobalt blue waters of the Amalfi coast.<\/p>\n

Still, with a cold glass of Aperol spritz in your hand and a menu that includes all the Italian classics, you soon forget you\u2019re looking out across to the beach at Weston-super-Mare.<\/p>\n

And, yes, on a sunny day, it really does feel like being on holiday even if there\u2019s a faint whiff of donkey dung and chips in the salty air.<\/p>\n

Il Michelangelo has long enjoyed a reputation as one of Weston-super-Mare\u2019s more upmarket restaurants, a place where people dress up a bit rather than simply turn up in swim shorts and sliders carrying an inflatable rubber ring.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe stylish interior of Il Michelangelo restaurant on Weston-super-Mare seafront(Image: Bristol Live)<\/p>\n

Beyond the outdoor terrace, the restaurant is spacious, with a twinkling spotlit ceiling, blue LED strip lights, white linen tablecloths and an open kitchen at the far end.<\/p>\n

Walls are decorated with huge Michelangelo murals and smartly dressed waiting staff patrol tables with eagle eyes, never missing a trick.<\/p>\n

On the evening I was there, the place was packed with families and large groups, many of them celebrating birthdays.<\/p>\n

There were huge helium balloons attached to backs of chairs for a wide range of ages – 18, 65 and 80 among them.<\/p>\n

Over the years, I\u2019ve stopped off at Il Michelangelo for pizzas, pasta dishes and fish specials from the \u2018catch of the day\u2019 menu.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe ‘perfectly cooked’ sirloin steak at Il Michelangelo restaurant on Weston-super-Mare seafront(Image: Bristol Live)<\/p>\n

This time, it\u2019s for the 8oz \u2018bistecca\u2019 sirloin steak (\u00a325) smoky from the chargrill and perfectly cooked, pink and juicy within.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s served with good chips – hot, crisp and salty – and, for an extra, \u00a33 peppercorn sauce with a proper tingle.<\/p>\n

Before that, I tried the new starter – burrata invernale (\u00a313) comprising a cool and creamy burrata with slices of Parma ham, wedges of deep-flavoured heritage tomatoes, basil pesto and rye and almond \u2018crumble\u2019 (essentially a scattering of toasted crumbs).<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Burrata and Parma ham starter(Image: Bristol Live)<\/p>\n

Other new dishes on the menu bookmarked for next time include the Zozza pizza (tomato sauce, mozzarella, red onion, scamorza, Tuscan sausage and oregano) and the starter of slow-cooked pork ribs marinated in red wine, barbecue sauce, chillies and fennel seeds.<\/p>\n

I finish with torta della nona (\u00a37.95) – a Tuscan tart with crisp pastry, zesty lemon custard filling, almonds and pine nuts. Delicious.<\/p>\n

It was good to be back at Il Michelangelo, a well-established restaurant that appeals as much to locals as it does holidaymakers and daytrippers.<\/p>\n

\u2018It was lovely having you here\u2019 came the friendly farewell from the waitress, followed by a handshake from the manager.<\/p>\n

Old school hospitality to match the authentic Italian cooking – little things like that make a difference and I\u2019ll be back to try more new dishes this summer.<\/p>\n

Il Michelangelo, 50a Knightstone Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 2BE.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It serves a range of Italian favourites and there are new dishes on the menuIl Michelangelo restaurant on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,786,4884,16,15,11158],"class_list":{"0":"post-162500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-food-and-drink","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-weston-super-mare"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114635534778008494","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}