Riva Blu, Leeds: Inside Gino D'Acampo's former restaurant on Park Row

Sophie Mei Lan Malin asks if it really is a taste of Naples in Yorkshire.

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00:00Park Row in Leeds on a sunny day could be mistaken for some parts of the

00:06beautiful part of southern Italy Napoli where I used to live. I went to try out

00:12their Sunday menu to find out if it really is an authentic version of

00:17Neapolitan food. You may recognize some of the interior of this restaurant as it

00:24did used to be Gino De Campo's but now it's Riva Blue and yes of course we're

00:32gonna start with some aperitif. The Sunday menu is limited but we'd rather

00:38that it be delicious. They did let me as a vegetarian choose off the main menu as well and there was fun a

00:48festa going on with a DJ dancing and even the Sun was shining outside.

00:56Everything is handmade from the pastas to the pizzas to the meatballs and even

01:03the desserts much to my daughter's delight. Now Athena my daughter has never

01:08actually been to Italy yet but honestly this is as good as it can get because

01:16the food was incredible, the music and atmosphere. It was less rough around the

01:22edges than some of my beloved parts of Napoli that I love but it was certainly

01:28dining in style with a modern twist to the cuisine. Of course we had to finish

01:35with the coffee and my husband Danny tried the platter of desserts and now

01:41anyone who's been to Italy knows it's all about the desserts.

01:45Mealanmealin at Riva Blue in Leeds.