Popular Isle of Wight pizza restaurant reviewed by Matt and Cat

The venue has been attractively refurbished — the fryers decommissioned to be replaced by a pizza oven, and the cellar opened up to provide additional dining accommodation.

Styled in the industrial chic vogue of the last decade or so — which shows no sign of going out of fashion — you can expect bare bricks, stone tiles and wooden furniture, including a 'distressed' piano.

We discovered a decent range of pizzas and pasta dishes, with one or two items of locally-sourced produce among the more traditional ingredients.

One of the featured dishes in Matt and Cat's review. (Image: Matt and Cat)

We shared a caprese salad, made with Isle of Wight tomatoes.

There was plenty to go around four of us, and we enjoyed the fresh starter, with its crumbled mozzarella and shredded basil, plus hunks of tasty sourdough bread to mop up the juices and olive oil dressing.

Penne gamberoni, with salmone e rucola, was delicious.

Succulent king prawns bathed in the cream and white wine sauce, with folds of salmon providing a salty smoky note, under the twirl of peppery rocket.

Although it had a decent amount of prawns, our linguine granchio e gamberoni was not particularly loaded with the advertised crab.

One of the featured dishes in Matt and Cat's review. (Image: Matt and Cat)

However, once we tucked into the al dente pasta, we enjoyed the local plum tomato and garlickiness of the sauce, with whole fruits providing a sweet backdrop to the shellfish.

The bases of our well-stacked pizzas were in that 'Goldilocks zone' — not too crispy, yet not too soft and thick.

We pimped up our quattro stagione with additional anchovies, which complemented the artichokes, olives, mushrooms and plentiful ham.

Our fourth dish was a classic pizza Napoli. Again, with anchovies (this time as standard), olives and capers.

Alas there were no puddings, but perhaps we didn't have room anyway, having boxed up our leftovers.

Amarcord is a decent Italian restaurant, serving delicious food in a relaxed environment.

As with many venues these days, the prices may cause some to baulk, but then they are using locally-sourced ingredients, with each dish made to order.

This was, in fact, our third visit, so we clearly like the place!