Hugely popular Italian wins top restaurant award

A town centre Italian restaurant has won the coveted title of ‘Best Restaurant 2023’

Volare, the popular family run Italian on Lord Street, scooped the Restaurant Critic’s Best Restaurant Southport 2023 award after wowing mystery diner judges.

A team of expert mystery diners extensively travels across the UK each year to discover the finest restaurants and food establishments.

Judges say they are dedicated to providing food lovers with the ultimate guide, ensuring optimal word choice, structure, readability, and eloquence.

Volare has been at the heart of Lord Street since 2007, and recently underwent a huge refurbishment and expansion.

Partners and Hosts Onofrio Maimone and Cinzia Lopalco say “When you come to our place, we’ll make all efforts to make sure you feel like you are on holiday in Italy for as long as your stay!”

Onofrio is from Sicily and has an extensive experience in catering. He’s been working in the trade all his life and is the chef and proprietor of the establishment.

Cinzia is from Puglia and has been managing holiday farms, where she’s learnt the trade and all the aspects of day to day running of kitchen and front of house.

In the kitchen, Jason Maimone is the head chef in the kitchen and has followed in Onofrio’s footsteps and has learnt everything there is to know from his father, he is very talented, very motivated to keep high standards and eager to takeover one day along with his wife Victoria Maimone who is once again very talented in the front of house.