Buongiorno, Italian Ristorante Pizzeria

Walk into Buongiorno and you're stepping away from Hexham's high street bustle into somewhere that feels genuinely Italian—not a theme park version. The kitchen takes its pizzas seriously: thin, charred bases and toppings that don't muck about. Their pasta dishes are the real deal too, the kind where you taste the difference between somewhere that knows what they're doing and somewhere just going through the motions. It's the sort of place locals keep coming back to, which explains the 4.6 rating and why St Mary's Chare has become a proper spot for decent food.