Volare in Southport is celebrating winning the title of the UK’s Best Restaurant!
The warm and welcoming family-run venue, which specialises in delicious home-cooked Italian food, won the honour at The UK SBA Small Business Awards in London.
It adds to a growing number of awards for Volare, which also collected the People’s Choice Restaurant of the Year title at the Your Southport Stars Awards for the past two years running.
The UK Small Business Awards takes place every year to honour the remarkable achievements of businesses and entrepreneurs across the UK.
owner Onofrio Maimone said: “We are absolutely thrilled to have been awarded the title of the best restaurant in the whole of the UK!
“This is a huge honour for us. We are growing our collection of trophies in the restaurant!
“We will add this one to our two Southport Restaurant Of The Year trophies we won at the last two Your Southport Stars Awards.
“It feels very humbling for all of us to win this.
“We didn’t even go to the awards! We missed it! The ceremony took place on a Saturday in London – Saturday nights at Volare are so busy, we just couldn’t get away.
“I thought we had no chance of winning. We were up against some fantastic restaurants from across the country.
“To win – it was just outstanding. I couldn’t believe it when they contacted me to let me know.”
To the many customers who have enjoyed dining at Volare over the years, this accolade will come as absolutely no surprise. It’s no wonder why the judges were so impressed.”