Locanta italian restaurant

You're walking into something genuinely unpretentious here, which feels rare enough in Birmingham city centre these days. Locanta does that thing where it takes Italian food seriously without turning it into theatre—no foam, no five-year dry-aged this, just good ingredients cooked properly. The space has that lived-in warmth you want from a neighbourhood Italian, all exposed brick and warm lighting, the kind of place where regulars actually seem to know each other. It's packed most nights, which tells you everything about the food. Expect proper pasta (made in-house), risottos that actually have texture, and mains that won't insult your intelligence or your wallet.