Italian Express

Yet another great take away from this fine establishment.
After a little cheeky win, I decided to celebrate with a take away cos I’m so rock n roll. No one can say I don’t know how to live the high life
I opted for lasanga and chips. Once again I wasn’t disappointed, I’m not sure when they started doing chips as they used to do just wedges, they were like fries which are my fav.
Enjoyed every last bite!!!

Ceaser salad my ass!!! Salad looks ok but supposed to give you garlic dressing and its just plain mayo. ceaser salad is all about the dressing hence the bloody ceaser !!! Don’t bother ordering it this if you want an American ceaser salad.

The pizzas we got from here were great — I had a Fiorentina and my boyfriend had something meatbally. In an ideal world I would have liked the egg on top to have a runnier yolk, but I understand that’s probably quite tricky to pull off for a takeaway and is the kind of thing I should go to a restaurant for. I was hoping my pizza would make leftovers for the next day’s lunch but somehow it all vanished (into my face). I felt like the prices were decent for something a bit nicer than ordinary takeout pizza.
We ordered through Just Eat, which was unfortunately the least streamlined process imaginable. We ordered to collect through the app and thought that was that. Nope. We got a phonecall 2 minutes later to tell us they couldn’t deliver to us (admittedly this was because the account was registered to my boyfriend’s address in Halifax). Everyone’s minds settled that we were picking it up from the shop, we set off. I picked up the pizza, paid and then got back in the car to find my boyfriend on the phone to a thoroughly puzzled delivery driver. Someone had turned up at my house with the food — despite me having the food right there with me — and was insisting we go pay him for it. None of this is a criticism of Italian Express — just a truly confusing turn of events! Next time I might order straight from them over the phone and see if that makes it easier.

Hm, I hate to disrupt the universally glowing reviewing going on here but I don’t think I would designate Italian Express fine Italian dining, although to be fair I ordered takeaway pizza. The pizza was a medium standard — as others have said they aren’t greasy and mine tasted pretty good, probably because it was saturated in garlic but hey, that’s one of my favourite flavours. However I’d say it was a little too dense to reach true Italian pizza level status and the menu could do with some more authentic topping options, This is a place I would order from again because I know it will be of a decent standard, but it isn’t your local I wouldn’t go out of your way to try it.
One thing they do which I irresponsibly decided to try is a Nutella and marshmallow calzone. It doesn’t quite come off — perhaps because the dough is a little too thick to get the balance of bread to sauce right — but it is thoroughly laudable in concept.
Value wise it’s not bad: you can get a very big pizza for one for £8−9 and delivery is free after £10.

One of the best Italian you could have for less than 5 pounds — I mean seriously I never want places to charge more money because most of them do anyway but this place deserves it!
The food at Italian Express is at par with the likes of Don Marco or Piccolionos just at less than a quarter of the price! This is essentially a take away but you can always sit in and eat here because they have a tiny table set up too. I particularly miss this place because it is situated right across Manchester Business School (w) which is used to be my home for a year during my Masters.
The pizza here is really gooey, cheesy with loads of topping options and so delicious (Slurrpp), the pasta in white sauce will make you literally go (mmmnnnnmmm) and the jacket potato with chilli and cheese is definitely the best I have tasted in my whole life!
I just wish they had a branch in City Center then I would be their most precious customer (I bet they already have many of those — damn)
Verdict: Everybody MUST go here — ’nuff said!

Absolutely excellent food for price, especially if you are a student and receive their discount. The baked pastas and spicy pizzas are particularly delicious!

I would recommend Italian Express to any Italian food lover! They sell traditional Italian pizzas on thin and crispy bases and pasta bakes too, which are a lovely alternative to your usual italian takeaway. There is a large variety on the menu with starters, sides, salads and desserts too!
The staff are always friendly and helpful and the food always arrives piping hot (with free delivery!). The shop is an open kitchen where you can watch your food being cooked and prepared and trust me, they know the meaning of clean! I will never choose any other takeaway now!
p.s the italian spare ribs are to die for.

Wow. Just… wow. Who would have expected that a takeaway establishment peddling fine Italian food on par with San Carlo would be hiding away in the student accommodation round the back of the Oxford Road universities? Not me I tells ya. But there it is. And for me, this was important.
Why? Well, when my parents still lived in the UK we had an Italian place situated in the Lindley Hotel up the road. It was both a restaurant and a takeaway, and I adored it. I’d always find excuses to order from it. Delicious salty goat’s cheese and juicy sundried tomatoes on crisp thin pizza bases, supreme pastas, exceptional salads… heck, the only thing it was missing was that beast of dough, the calzone.
Well, it’s around six years later and I’ve found its replacement. Italian Express is not to be ignored, I cannot stress this enough. When I first ordered from here I plumped for my old favourite which I used to order from the Parbold takeout… yup, goat’s cheese and sundried tomato. Only, this one came with bonuses. Roasted red peppers and mushrooms. And the mushroom haters in your household will have an absolute nightmare. None of your pizza will be stolen because they stick those bad boys right in there under the cheese so they’re impossible to pick off.
Ree — sult.
Oh, and a garlic pizza bread, 10″ pizza and a chicken calzone all came to a measly £17 thereabouts. Er, can this place do no wrong? It’s genuine, it’s fresh, and it feels as if you’re eating in a fine Italian restaurant — only you’re in your own home, you can cosy up in your PJs and stick 4od on the laptop and no one will judge you. Happy New Year everyone, I’ve found another for the top five takeouts.