{"id":182676,"date":"2025-06-14T02:45:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T02:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/182676\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T02:45:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T02:45:39","slug":"we-ate-at-the-proper-old-school-italian-with-an-incredible-lunch-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/182676\/","title":{"rendered":"We ate at the ‘proper old-school Italian’ with an incredible lunch deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The restaurant has gone back to its roots with classic dishes\"InsideInside Pazzo on Whiteladies Road(Image: Chloe Mary)<\/p>\n

Pazzo hasn\u2019t even celebrated its second birthday but the Whiteladies Road restaurant has just relaunched with a brand new menu and concept.<\/p>\n

What started out as a continuation of the owners\u2019 much-missed Pasta Loco around the corner, with an emphasis on creative pasta dishes, has now gone back to serving simple, honest Italian classics at fair prices.<\/p>\n

The change was essentially a response to feedback from customers – they enjoyed the pasta dishes but wanted a broader choice.<\/p>\n

Rather than ignore the feedback and stick to plan A – a risky business in the current climate when restaurants are closing at an alarming rate – the owners listened and acted swiftly by introducing the new cantina-style menu.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve also launched an incredible lunch offer of two courses for \u00a316 or three for \u00a319 – if that doesn\u2019t bring in lunchtime diners, nothing will.<\/p>\n

The prices on the new cantina menu are kind to the wallet, too, and it would be easy to enjoy three generous courses for well under \u00a330 before drinks.<\/p>\n

Starters are priced from \u00a36 to \u00a310, main courses range from an eyebrow-raising \u00a311 for the spaghetti aglio e olio con peperoncino to \u00a332 for the sirloin steak, peppercorn sauce and fries.<\/p>\n

A starter of Pazzo meatballs (\u00a39) comprised a handful of bite-size beef and pork meatballs in a silky sauce.<\/p>\n

The fritto misto di mare (\u00a310) was a generous portion of hot, crisp-battered seafood and fish served with aioli and a wedge of lemon.<\/p>\n

A whole lemon sole (\u00a325) topped with agretti was precisely cooked, the moist white flesh falling away from the bones.<\/p>\n

Best of the lot was a proper old-school Italian trattoria favourite of pork chop Milanese (\u00a320), the juicy meat encased in a light and and crunchy breadcrumb coating with a few sage leaves and accompanied by rocket, a flurry of Parmesan and lemon.<\/p>\n

\"PorkPork chop Milanese, one of the dishes from the new menu at Pazzo(Image: Bristol Live)<\/p>\n

We shared a portion of greaseless and herby oregano fries (\u00a35) and seriously good tenderstem broccoli, anchovy, garlic and chilli (\u00a37) with quite a kick.<\/p>\n

Other classic dishes on the menu include chicken Orvieto with fennel, potatoes, olives and sage; aubergine parmigiana and lasagna al forno.<\/p>\n

To finish, a wobbly, delicately flavoured pistachio pannacotta (\u00a37) was drizzled with good quality olive oil, and the tiramisu (\u00a38) was as good as any I\u2019ve had in Bristol – layers of light and boozy sponge, bitter chocolate and fluffy mascarpone.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe tiramisu at Pazzo on Whiteladies Road(Image: Bristol Live)<\/p>\n

Another nice touch at Pazzo is the fact the walls are dotted with black and white photos of people from Bristol\u2019s hospitality scene.<\/p>\n

The restaurant business is a tough and competitive one but the owners of Pazzo see the people working in Bristol venues as friends rather than competitors.<\/p>\n

At a time when the city\u2019s restaurant scene feels as precarious as ever with the recent closure of Paco Tapas<\/a> and rumours swirling of other places unlikely to survive the year, or even summer, it\u2019s this tight-knit community spirit among Bristol\u2019s independent restaurants that makes supporting the likes of Pazzo ever more important.<\/p>\n

Pazzo, 89 Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS8 2NT. Tel: 0117 9733000.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The restaurant has gone back to its roots with classic dishesInside Pazzo on Whiteladies Road(Image: Chloe Mary) Pazzo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,786,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-182676","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"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114679429499788431","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182676","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=182676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}