I was looking for a family-friendly Italian restaurant that serves delicious food to celebrate my brother’s 44th birthday. My sister-in-law recommended Vesuvius. It was fabulous! Outstanding service and food. The owner and the waiting staff made us feel so welcome. We ordered the starter, 2...large sharing platters, various pasta dishes ( pesto, vongole, ragu, puttanesca & carbonara), risotto and the grilled sword fish dish. Everything was perfectly cooked, delicious and tasted authentic. Pasta al dente! We brought a homemade cake and the restaurant brought it to the table with the candles lit. They were just so obliging. It was a lovely family dinner. I have travelled widely and have eaten Italian food in many places including Italy, I would say Vesuvius is one of the best Italian restaurants I have been to in the U.K., the food is so much better than any of the chain restaurants you might find on the high streets these days. A gem in Maidstone! Eccellente ! Thank you so much!More

We hadn't visited this restaurant for some time. I enjoyed by Bruschetta ai Funghi (mushrooms on toasted bruschetta), the lasagne was very tasty and my wife enjoyed her pizza. My Sicilian lemon cheesecake was followed by an Amaretti Coffee. We enjoyed the meal, the staff...were excellent and we will return soon.More

No complaints here, all food was good and fair portion for the price, Staff very friendly and welcoming, will be back again for sure

Amazing place to go! I went here for my 18th last night and it is incredible food. Fresh and delicious, service is brilliant! Lovely menu, and always a hit with my family and we go whenever there is a family birthday! Cannot recommend this place...enough!More

We had a lovely meal very pleasant service ,the meal was a thank you to my family ,my daughter recommended it

Very bad service in relation to deliveries. Ordered via Just Eat, didn’t get what was ordered (got a shellfish thing instead of a pizza). sent it back and called the restaurant who said the pizza was ready to be delivered and was a mistake etc…....After 30 minutes still no pizza arrived and when we called them again….the restaurant claimed the driver didn’t return with the shellfish thing and to contact Just Eat. Extremely disappointing service and now need to try and get a refund off Just Eat.More

Having had two so so meals in Maidstone I wasn’t expecting much but this place was a little Italian oasis. Absolutely fabulous stone baked pizza with Italian real ale - just perfect. The front of house was charming and the restaurant had a real family...Italian feel to it. I watched regulars greeted in a warm Italian way and felt totally at home. Always a good sign to have so many regulars on a quiet Tuesday night. So much better than the big chains it may not look fancy but the food was perfect I loved it and I’m going back!More

Versuvius is a freindly, family run traditional Italian restaurant and this shines through with the quality and taste of food, good hearty Italian food and served by freindly staff.

Popped in at opening on a Friday evening following a recommendation. To be honest didn't expect it to be busy bearing in mind it's location. How wrong was I, they were fully booked. They thankfully managed too squeeze us in. Pizza was amazing and the...desert and coffee really delicious. I'm not normally agreeable to pre added service charges but was happy not to quibble the 10%. Very soon after we started eating the restaurant filled up and people still kept coming. I'll be sure to book for my return visit.More

We went to the restaurant for a Valentine's dinner and had a thoroughly enjoyable meal served by excellent waiters who know their menu and their wines. I started with the Parmigiana - finely sliced aubergine in cheese and tomato sauce, followed by melt in the...mouth and flavoursome swordfish. Then I couldn't resist a bit of Christmas with the special panettone dessert! My other half had a mixed seafood starter which he loved, followed by a perfectly cooked steak and the waiter recommended the Nero di Troia red wine which was the perfect accompaniment. It's not cheap but nowhere is these days, not if you want quality, and that's what you get here. I marked it down by one star because we weren't very warm.More

Worst service ever, we were asked if we wanted bread and then waited an hour for the bread to be put on the table. Then had to wait another half an hour for food. Waitress was horrible and moody and no help whatsoever, even when...trying to pay the bill and we asked how much was left she said “I don’t know”. Would not recommend to anyone, not a friendly environment and to top it off the food was meady.More

Bro how am I supposed to be waiting an hour for bread. That's crazy. Two and a half hours for food is nuts. Dead gaff. Food was certi not cooked by an Italian granny. Limoncello was free doe so plus one star