5 /5 Ishan Issadeen: We visited for lunch on a Sunday. I quite liked the enclosed entrance foyer featuring a hand written reservations book. The restaurant itself is a nicely decked out space with a lot of booth seating and well spaced tables.
We were 2 adults and 2 kids and between us ordered the bruschetta, shoestring zucchini fritti, sea bass carpaccio, tortelli zucca, tagliatelle, meatballs and the broccoli. My younger daughter tried a spaghetti from the kids menu. We dessert we tried the donuts (bomboloni), chocolate torte and pistachio crepes. The food was very good. Highlights were the bruschetta and the meatballs as well as the chocolate torte, but all items we tried were enjoyable. Desserts may have been sitting out a bit too long though as the donuts and crepes were no longer warm. Not a big deal though.
Service was excellent. We had a small mishap during our meal and they put a real effort into making things right, with the manager personally overseeing our table from that point on. I was quite impressed with how they dealt with the situation, which included some discounts on the bill at their own initiative.
Before the discount, our bill came to £305 of which around £90 was spent on drinks. An excellent meal overall in terms of food, service and vibes. While not cheap, it’s well priced for the neighbourhood. I would rank them as my top pick over sister venues The Dover and Dover Street Counter (although you can’t go wrong with any of them).
