Specialising in traditional Italian food, Volare in Woodthorpe Road welcomes guests with its family friendly atmosphere. The restaurant's name which means 'to fly' could imply that the combination of fine food, wine and warm hospitality gives rise to a mellow mood and helps the evening take off.

A meal here could get started with asparagus wrapped with Parma ham and gratinated with parmesan, sardines stuffed with sun-dried tomatoes and black olives and rigatoni cooked with spek ham, rocket salad and touch of cream. The good food fest continues with veal stuffed with pancetta, cheese, spinach leaves and served with a creamy cherry tomato and oregano sauce, wild boar medallions cooked in a chestnut and Guinness beer sauce and pan fried wild salmon with prawns and a lemon sauce. Pizzas of diavola, primavera, quattro formaggi and margherita add more variety to the menu. Tiramisu and pannacotta bring the meal to an end in classic fashion. A glass of Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Barolo or Barbera aids the digestion and adds to the pleasure, but not too much drink if you're flying.