August 2025 by The HopeSmiths
We had a pleasant and satisfying meal at La Nonna. The front of house staff were very polite, accommodating and worked hard to keep things moving.
We received a warm welcome when we arrived and had our drinks served quickly.
The menu had a good selection of starters, pizzas, pastas, meat and desserts. And all reasonably priced. Our starters were delicious (meatballs, aranchini) but calamari fritti weren't quite right and overdone. Mains were all excellent, both in portion size and quality; calzone, tomato gnocchi, carbonara, and tortolini. An offer of bread (charged not free) for the table along with water when we sat down would have been good. Maybe one for the owners to consider for the true Italian experience.
The puddings were decent, we had a delicious tiramisu, a sumptuous chocolate cheese cake and sticky pistachio canoli with coffee. All excellent and according to the server made by the owner - bravo! I did wish the staff cleaned the dessert cabinet as the shelves were scruffy looking.
The music and atmosphere were good, tables turned quickly and the restaurant was full of families like ours enjoying their food. One thing, please change the table flowers because dead flower buds in yellow water defeats the point of flower decorations.
Overall, La Nonna was great if you like honest Italian food and you're staying in or visiting Kendal. There is also a car park around the corner.
Support these guys if you can so they can keep making good italian food.
June 2025 by John Hudson
Fantastic value happy hour.
I've tried lasagne, (unfortunately they took this off the happy hour menu more recently) spaghetti Bolognese, and pizzas.
The pastas are a good sized portion, and were delicious.
Pizzas are thin bases, with a nice char.
It would be nice if they could add extra dishes to the happy hour menu for a surcharge, as happens in other eateries.
Polite, attentive staff.
Not expensive out of happy hour hours either.
Happy hour is 4.30pm until 6pm weekdays, I think it's all afternoon on Saturday too, but unsure of exact times. Maybe until 4 or 5pm. Selected pizzas and pastas are £4.99 when bought with a drink.
June 2025 by K Jones
Both my partner and I ordered Carbonara Bomb for £19 each, which was spaghetti with carbonara sauce, pancetta, and garlic infused prawns. His had 5 prawns but mine sadly only had 2 prawns. I explained this to a couple members of staff and got an apology but there was no action to make it right in any way. I'm disappointed that staff didn't correct the issue in some way.
During the meal the downstairs portion of the restaurant filled with smoke because something was burning in the kitchen, which was a worry. Things seemed a bit chaotic and the cook burned his hand and dropped serving utensils on the floor but didn't pick them up (presumably because they were too hot), so I didn't see if they went into the sink for washing up or not.
Other than these issues, the food tasted good and the young lady serving us was polite and personable. The deserts were nice, although the tiramisu portion was on the small side because I got a corner piece from a rounded serving dish.
Sadly, I wouldn't go back on the basis of this visit, as there are so many nicer places to go for the same money. Hopefully the issues can be corrected in future.
June 2025 by Mandy Coe
Accidently came for happy hour (food). We had drinks, starters and a main for two people for around £38. Excellent food and good value
June 2025 by Kate Irvine
Delicious food and lovely staff!
June 2025 by David Taylor
Absolutely the best restaurant in Kendal, we recently dined twice and both times the food and service was excellent. Highly recommended.
June 2025 by Pui Ho
Pasta tastes bad.
Cheap in happy hours.
May 2025 by Tim Booth
Working in Kendal we booked a table for three people at 1930. We arrived on time and were shown to our table. As we did so a large party of people was clearly arriving into another area of the restaurant. The waiter assured us that he would ensure that our order was placed ahead of this group. Drinks were served. Shortly after 2010 meals began to be served to the large group ! We queried this with the waiter and were advised ?your meals are next ? !!! At 2030 two of our three starters arrived - the other at 2035 ! Not good enough ! Our main courses were delivered around 2055 - as the large group of people were now leaving ! As a new business we were amazed and concerned about this terrible level of service. The food we eventually received was as best ?average? with a watery puddle rather than a sauce ! There was no apology provided to us! Completely unacceptable and as a result I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone !
May 2025 by Marianne Oldroyd
We visited La Nonnas recently on a weekend away. We were seated upstairs where the decor seemed untidy. It looked as though the ceiling had just been re plastered. Looked unfinished. Only one toilet was in use as the other was out of order. Quite a few things on the menu were crossed out. I can only comment on the food that we chose. I had a diavola pizza which I have to say was the worst pizza I?ve had. The base was very greasy on the bottom which seemed to be some kind of oil. My husband had the calzone which he reported to be very mushy. We were very disappointed with the whole experience. However, I do have to say the staff were very friendly and polite just a real shame about the decor and food.
April 2025 by Sarah Hanson
Food was cold, waited 20 mins for mine to arrive, then another 10 mins for my partners to arrive, sent chips back as covered in rock salt, by the time fresh ones had arrived my partner had finished his meal.
Carbanarra comes in a cheese and cream sauce... to my knowledge, my cold carbonarra came with no sauce, just what looked like scrambled egg around it....apparently that's the way it's meant to be.
CERTAINLY WONT BE RETURNING
April 2025 by Jens Putzeys
Good food for a very good price. The people were also very friendly.
April 2025 by Myra Jain
Hello I hope everyone is having a great day. I wanted to say this food was delicious and scrumptious, it was the best Italian food ever!! I had the margarita pizza and the four chesse cheezy pasta which was so filling and incredible. Then me and my sis had a great tiramisu which was the best . So if u want to eat italian then you have to come here, it's great ?
Thanks for reading this, have a amazing day
Bye??
April 2025 by Sonia Jain
As it says, original, authentic Italian food and it was. Much delighted after having dinner here. Very delicious food and desserts.
April 2025 by Cristina Cetateanu
The food was good but the restaurant looked a bit shabby and the staff was struggling with all the tablets.
April 2025 by Mrs. Alice
I have to say this is a pretty impressed experience. The food is so delicious, we ordered quite a few dishes, the pizza was spot on and you can tell the ham on pizza is really good quality than other restaurants, steak was cooked and seasoned perfectly as required and very juicy! They have happy hour which makes the bill very affordable with a great quality. We were visiting Kendal and chose this restaurant randomly, but we are so happy we chose this one and highly recommended for people visiting Kendal!
