Recently voted one of the UK's top ten Italian restaurants, Ennio's is a classy little bistro in a beautifully converted Victorian warehouse that faces directly onto the old waterfront. It serves traditional Italian specialities, including antipasti, pasta, insalata, dolce and secondi piatti.

This is one of the best restaurants in Southampton, elegant and stylish in look and presentation. There's a focus on fresh ingredients and seasonal produce, and dishes combine British and Mediterranean influences. Bread is freshly baked on the premises.

Set in pretty countryside just across the estuary from central Southampton, this is the most alluring fine dining option within easy reach of the city centre. The Terrace is set within the Montagu Arms Hotel, and more than earns its Michelin star with a selection of intricate and exciting dishes.

La Regata is a Spanish restaurant overlooking the city's waterfront. It specialises in fish and shellfish and has a great range of tremendously tasty tapas in addition to the à la carte menu. The interior is colourful and vibrant, and the ambience is intimate and relaxed.

Situated amidst many competitors on Oxford Street, Southampton's main restaurant thoroughfare, Oxfords Bar Restaurant holds its own with a classic interior combining white walls, polished wood and robust, creative British cuisine with Continental and Mediterranean flourishes.

A creative menu that changes with the seasons has helped win this central restaurant a Michelin recommendation and two AA stars. It opens for breakfast and brunch as well as lunch and dinner, and there's a well-priced 'Pub Classics' menu for diners after a more relaxed experience.

A traditional Greek restaurant that uses high-quality local ingredients and yet still manages to keep prices astoundingly low. The Fat Fig Meze Banquet, which encompasses a giant selection of dips as well as starters, a seafood course and a meat platter, is the restaurant's best offering.

Reasonably priced La Cantina serves fresh, tasty Mexican dishes, such as fajitas, tacos and fiery chillies, in a South American-style setting that combines hot Mexican colours and natural woods.

This lively Thai restaurant offers a menu of 'Thai Tapas' so diners can indulge in a great mix of fragrant snacks. It also has a list of mains that include traditional staples such as red and green curries. The woodcarvings and bamboo blinds infuse the place with some Eastern ambience.