Carmela

We celebrated our wedding anniversary at Carmela and both had a shared starter of variety breads. These were excellent. Followed by a fantastic mushroom risotto that was as good as the one we had in Verona. Lovely atmosphere and friendly efficient service.

Fantastic Food, fantastic service and beautiful setting. One of my favourite restaurants in Horsham. Fully recommend visiting this restaurant for a fine dining experience with very reasonable prices.

We visited for my husbands burthday. Excellent food, friendly service. It's a lovely gem of a restaurant run by family amongst all the other chains in the town.

Gorgeous food and very lovely service. All our party were very satisfied with their meal and wine. The best restaurant I've been to in Horsham by far. Will return again soon.

We have eaten at Carmela's on various occasions. Always a pleasant experience. Staff,food and ambience all excellent. Would definitely recommend it to anyone who asked about places to eat in Horsham.

Its a great family run business. You can always count on them to provide a great meal in a great environment. The pizzas are particularly good.

The food was excellent, portion sizes just right, warm and friendly atmosphere and lovely friendly service. A super 33rd wedding anniversary treat. Highly recommend this restaurant.

Good food, service and ambience. Have been to this restaurant quite a few times and only once received bad service. The food is always delicious.

Had a great lunch, staff were very good atmosphere was very pleasant, food was great nice selection of wines, would recommend to anyone try it out

Hi I took my parents to this restaurant as they love Italian food and the experience is divided by strong plus and minus. The positive is the staff are welcoming and efficient. The service excellent. The main courses,signature dishes,steak,risotto and black ink spaghetti were very well prepared and delicious. Looking around quite a few people had pizzas which all look scrummy. The negatives are small starters and side dishes and only had Frascatti x2 bottles (parents like a drink) both over £25 each ,in fact all white wines over £20. Overall the parents loved it and that counts for a lot!

We visited here last night. The food was absolutely delicious and service was excellent, discreet but attentive. We were booked for 7pm as, even booking over a week before, we could either eat at 7 or 9. I guess that in itself shows how popular this place is. Would highly recommend

Lovely food and atmosphere, waiting staff were great buy a bit slow. A small range of drinks was disappointing, automatic tip on the bill is quite presumptuous, if I've enjoyed my time and meal Id like to be able to decide what to tip myself. (although most restaurants seem to be doing it now!)

Warm welcome. Good menu choice with specials of the day. Great food. Varied selection of beers and wines. Excellent service. Reasonable price. Would definitely recommend this restaurant

Small and cosy restaurant with good service. We had been told that the pasta was particularly good so my husband and I chose a couple of pasta dishes which were both delicious. Will definitely go back. Menu is also not expensive so value for money too.

Excellent food and atmosphere as always . Very good value for money. Service is attentive without being invasive. Great evening and will be back soon

Great food, I had the Rigatone one of their signature dishes and it was full of taste not too much to clear the plate with out feeling over full. The atmosphere is really friendly and although i have only been to Sicily once it has a real Sicilian feel. The italian list is good (they do have other wines as well) and sensibly priced. A nice evening out

Lovely food and great service. Could have done without the terrible radio station on in the background. It was a date night and it slightly ruined the ambience!

It's a lovely family run Italian restaurant - great menu and great food and excellent service. Unarguably so much better than all the generic chain Italian restaurants!

Easy booking, warm welcome , prompt service and delicious food. We shared the seafood pasta - generous portions and instead of hunt the shellfish ( experienced elsewhere ) it was full of it.

The Service was amazing very friendly and attentitive , starter wasn't brilliant had calamari and over cooked however mains were delicious and so was the pudding well worth a visit

We went to the restaurant on a busy Saturday evening and were greeted with a very warm welcome. Very relaxed atmosphere and didn't feel rushed at all. Food was fantastic and service was brilliant. Would definitely recommend.

Food was really good, but service not so good. We were advised by our waitress to order a starter as our main course was going to be a while as they were busy. I didn't want one, but my husband ordered a starter which never came, but our main course came in good time. We had to ask twice for a jug of water. My husbands cheese and biscuits took ages, which we wouldn't have minded but they brought my desert which proceeded to melt whilst we waited for his. When our bill arrived we had been charged for the starter that never arrived. Individually none of these things were really terrible, but this is not a cheap restaurant and I would expect better service particularly as they had plenty of staff working.

Excellent meal and friendly staff. Bemused by the Quandoo booking system which said 7.00pm on a Sunday was unavailable when there was only one other table occupied at that time.

Very polite and great service. We were slightly late due to parking but it was no problem to the staff. All dishes were very tasty and we will definitely return in the near future.

Food was good and extra clams provided when initially most came closed. Didn't like the 11.5% service charge automatically added to the bill for the 3 of us.

They do the best Pizza in town. This is a great family run business. Good service and excellent food. Feels like your are in Italy.

Great friendly staff at this family run restaurant. Food was excellent and portions sizeable. The Spaghetti Nero had lots of lovely seafood within it and flavours were great. Nice that there are still a few non--chain restaurants around.

Delicious classical Italian dishes are served by very pleasant, professional and attentive staff. Very relaxed atmosphere. The location is very convenient with parking close by.

This is a lovely Italian restaurant with an interesting and varied menu. Being family run, it is definitely not your high street chain and so much better for it!

We went for Sunday lunch. We were given a warm welcome, the service was good and friendly, the food was food. Highly recommend this restaurant.

Fantastic food. Fresh and well prepared. Nice to have a different style of Italian in Horsham.Good selection of wine available. twonout of the three waitresses were brilliant. One didn't seem very experienced. Would have been better to have one allocated waitress. Other than that, a very good experience.

Really delicious, authentic Sicilian Food. We visited with our son who had visited Sicily on several occasions. He commented on how authentic the ingredients were. We went on a very busy day (when Horsham Piazza Italia was on). The staff were run off their feet and so the wait for our mains was long but they did apologise and the food was worth the wait. We 'll be back when it's quieter.

We had the Tuesday pizza and beer deal (any pizza with a choice of beer or wine for £9.95). Amazing value for money and delicious food.

Great independent Italian restaurant. I had Swordfish Carpaccio as a starter followed by Sea Bream as a main. Both courses were delicious. Staff were friendly and attentive. Definately return

Went to Carmelas for a birthday lunch and were not disappointed. It was our first visit and the staff were really friendly and most importantly the food was excellent. Would recommend.

Good food, good service. Will certainly go back again. Only small criticism is the bill which gives little detail especially in regard to service charge.

Overall this is a very pleasant restaurant, however, they need to update their website in line with what they offer. The website stated that the offer of a free bottle of wine had been extended until further notice if you pre book for Wednesday evening. This was not the case and we did draw their attention to this. We chose the seared sea bream which was very good, I had the linguine with prawns and clams, very disappointing, the pasta was tagliatelle served with the tiniest clams I have ever seen with a very bland sauce. We have eaten there before on several occasions and find the staff very good.and generally the food quality is also good.

Attentive service lovely ambiance. Carmelas is our new favourite restaurant . Huge portions and hot delicious food. The best Italian restaurant in West Sussex well done!!!

Still makes the best pizzas in town. Great family running a great restaurant. Very friendly.

Very good. Good service, lovely relaxed atmosphere in a welcoming location. Top quality food, with a home cooked feel. Would definitely return and recommend. 8/10