Most delicious pizza and pasta I've ever had !!!!! Exquisite food! Made fresh and just melts in your mouth. I wish we had places like these in the US so glad we stopped by. Amazing Food must have. Best pasta and pizza in London seriously !!! read more

Da Mario Restaurant - Just exquisite - Italian Near Me - London, XGL

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On our way to Kensington Gardens for a walk and stopped in. The food was great, the atmosphere was homey. I'd definitely recommend if you are in the area! read more

The restaurant has a nice and pleasant atmosphere. The food is fresh and flavorful, I have a ciopinno in a rich tomato sauce. The pizza is superb as well. This restaurant has a second lower level so sizable that it amazes you of it's size. After lunch it is a good short walk over to the Kensington Palace. read more

Da Mario Restaurant - Mario Pizza and seafood ciopinno. The seafood is fresh and well prepared and the tomato sauce is thick and flavorful. - Italian Near Me - London, XGL

Absolutely amazing. I ordered the Da Mario with Broccoli. The serving size is perfect with just enough sauce. The broccoli was done just enough. And the garlic bread was perfect! Both my aunt and I scraped our plates. She had the traditional Da Mario with ham and mushrooms. I highly recommend! read more

We thought it might be good when there was a line out side ^(best to go online for reservation) the wait wasn't too long. We got the veal tortellini and americano pizza. Oh my mercy!!!! Highly recommend. The experience, ambience perfecto! read more

Concierge recommended. This place was so wonderful. Pizza, buffalo cheese, all ingredients fresh!

Fabulous pizza and outstanding service. You can't go wrong with a visit to this establishment. Not your typical pizza place but an upscale restaurant. read more

Da Mario Restaurant - Pizza Mario - Italian Near Me - London, XGL

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As an Italian American from NYC, this place is awesome! Great food, great red sauce, delicious pasta and pizza. Family friendly. The owner bought us a Lemoncella after dinner drink. Service was great. No matter where we are when we visit London, it is worth the Taxi ride. read more

The food was good but the service was really slow! We sat downstairs and it was a little bit stuffy down there which isn't particularly comfortable when your trying to enjoy dinner. read more

This restaurant is the best. It's no wonder why Diana used to come here with her sons. Food is exceptional. I highly recommend the rigatoni con broccoli -- it's incredible! Whenever friends come in town, I make sure to bring them to Da Mario. Staff is super warm and helpful. Ambience is wonderful -- nice without being too formal. Definitely fun to see all the photos of the royals at the restaurant on the walls. Be sure not to miss this place!! read more

My friends and I were actually walking down the street to find another Italian restaurant that I know when we came across Da Mario. We went inside and it was already quite busy. However, the owner was there and he made accommodation for us, even though we did not have a reservation. He was very polite for doing so at the last minute. We had the absolute best food and service from any place I have been to in all the years I've traveled to London. I will be going back on my next visit and will continue to be a customer! Try the veal tortellini, it is amazing! The garlic bread is very unique and fantastic as well. Great wine selection, too! read more

Took ten minutes for the waiter to recognise our attempts at soliciting menus. No communication, only sullen glares and smatterings of Italian verbiage. read more

Warmly recommended and self-touted 'one of the best Italian restaurant' in the world, this tourist-infested Italian restaurant is probably better remembered as Lady Diana favorite Italian than anything else (also in ceramics on the front step - just to make it obvious). The restaurant itself has seen better days, tatty furnitures, pealing paint on some walls, and tacky collections of Italian souvenirs complete the decor. The service was alright but nothing to remember. Food was subpar for one 'of the best' Italian. All the 'specials' were actually on the regular menu, our starter choice of the impossible to screw 'caprese salad/ fantasia du buffala alla caprese' with Mozzarella flown directly from Naples was a complete let down, tasteless tomatoes and chewy Mozzarella... for the main a Spaghetti Vongole, with peproncini (not on the menu description), tomato. Sauce and plenty of oil, I mean pleeenty.. was mostly good because the clams were fresh tasting but otherwise won't leave an undying impression. With all that, we exited the tourist-trap quickly, avoiding the dessert menu The only real good part came in the form of a Glass of red wine, mostly because it was the size of a fish bowl and made the rest of the dinner bearable. I don't know much about the Italian restaurant scene in London, but I would head somewhere else read more

Oh my god! The best Italian Restaurant I ever went to! The service and food excellent! I was seated in 5 mins on a Saturday night. Make sure you make reservations! read more

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Our second visit here since last year and it still retains that quaint rustic charm. The upstairs is deceiving because there's a whole other floor downstairs, where all the raucous activity happens. Food is good and authentic, with excellent execution of pizza crusts. Pasta dishes feel homemade and not commercial. The staff are great, casual and friendly, especially, as they call themselves, the duo of the crazy French girl and the Egyptian! HAHA. This place was apparently a favorite of Diana's. We will go again before we leave London. read more

Casual, quaint, and intimate, right around the corner from Imperial College and Royal Albert Hall. You'll see families, date nights, and those tourists drawn by Princess Diana's recommendation at Da Mario. We made a reservation the first time and of course had no wait time, without one expect up to 20-30 min on busier nights. There is an upstairs area and a downstairs, so there is plenty of room for walk-ins. It looked like the downstairs area could also accommodate very large parties, and the small bar downstairs was nice to wait at as well. Friendly staff (for Italians), always prompt with service, and the food is really well made. I have never had a problem with the service here, but have never come with a group over 4 people. All in all, an enjoyable spot with good food. Also try the chocolate chip and vanilla ice cream for dessert! read more

Amazing spot for an lovely dinner. Although the pizzas are quite small for their value, they are delicious. Every time I go there I order pasta. They have so many choices and in pig portions. My favorite, RIGATONI CON BROCCOLI. An amazing combination of pasta and broccoli. The prices for the dishes are average: neither high nor low. The house wine though is tasteful and cheap. read more

A true gem. One of the best meals of the trip. Had the antipasti and pizza bread. All made fresh!! Pasta is al dente and very tasty.

Loved this neighborhood restaurant. It was loud, crowded, the servers were swamped, and the vibe was happy. Portions were generous (for Europe) and the ingredients were fresh and the flavors robust. They offer a delicious gluten free pasta. Very memorable food. I want to go there for dinner right now! There were 12 of us and we all raved about our meals. read more

We visited london on the 11.3.2010, we came across this restaurant by chance and must say the service was excellent and the pizzas we had were the very ,very, best pizzas we have ever tasted i would recommend this restaurant to anyone We hope to visit again. read more

Recommended by a colleague, we gave this local restaurant a try. Of the three dishes we ordered (Marguerite pizza, Sea bass grilled and pasta special with baby shrimp and porcini mushrooms) the sea bass was really outstanding! The waiters were excellent and I enjoyed a nice prosecco. Glad we stopped by! read more

This wonderful little spot quickly became my husband and my favorite dinner spot when we visited London. Every item is melt in your mouth delicious. Each ingredient was so fresh and married perfectly. We enjoyed pizza, pastas, and some salad. Each item was expertly and lovingly created. Even the fresh bread is unlike any other!! My only regret is that they don't have a location in San Diego for me to frequent!! read more

If your are Muslim then you will love this place because they cater to you. After a decent meal (we are from Philadelphia/NYC so Italian food expectations are high) dessert was a definite. Having lived in Italy, I love a great classic tiramisu and unfortunately I was very disappointed. Menu states "non-alcoholic" tiramisu. When I asked why they told me they didn't want to offend their Muslim clientele. Seriously?? So the ham, shrimp, etc on your menu that is offensive to Hindus and Jews is ok? WTF? Everything else on the dessert menu doesn't contain alcohol so why not divert the muslims to those as opposed to ruining the experience of dessert for the vast majority of your clientele?? I've traveled all over the world and have never seen anything so ridiculous. read more

I managed to check out Da Mario a couple of times because I lived only about 2 blocks away. I do have a small fascination with Princess Diana but it wasn't the main factor that convinced me to try this place. No, the main factor was that I often had visitors who were picky eaters so I had to find something that was pretty standard for them. Da Mario was it. The food was delicious! Excellent Italian and they even gave us limoncello one night when we were celebrating a birthday! The reason I don't give it 5 stars is that the service wasn't particularly attentive. Sometimes, they forgot to give us out food or didn't give us what we ordered. But I'm usually not a stickler for things like that because, hopefully when I go out, I'm with people whose company I enjoy!!! If you're just going for the food, it's well worth it! read more

Well, what can I say about Super Mario? Not much really, I never met him. Or any of his employees for that matter. He certainly wasn't super. Superman is super and he can fly and lift really heavy stuff. Mario can't even get me a pizza. We sat, we looked at menus, we were ignored to comedic effect. They even ignored us as we left, nice touch. I didn't even get a drink. I realise that he never claimed to be super (weirdo), but he did make some other various claims. Creator of the pizza express pizzas, Princess Di's favourite pizzeria place et cetera... I HATE Princess Diana. I hope she dies. And I hate you, Super Mario. You are the worst Super Mario game. You aren't even Super Mario Bros 2. You are Mario Hotel. read more

What a delight! Tucked into a corner of Kensington, we love this little beauty. On our most recent visit, we shared Paccheri Pomodoro e Basilico and Rigatoni Amatriciana. Both were superb, presented by friendly and attentive staff. We can't wait for our next visit. read more

Despite the good reviews, based on my personal experience, I will not recommend this place due to poor services. My girlfriend and I got there at around 8 for dinner. There is no long line and the owner or maybe someone in charge greeted us and got us seated soon after; that's about where the good parts ended. After we were seated, we were left alone for 15 minutes, with no single waiter helping us with anything. Finally I got the attention of someone (who was not very patient) to come over and take our order. Because of all the good reviews, we were still feeling positive about the place at that moment. Not so much after 30 minutes, when not a single course we ordered was served, meanwhile the tables that came after we placed our order already received food (exactly the same one that we ordered: a big ball of cheese as an appetizer). After ten more minutes, we got our server's attention again (that's right, he never bothered to come ask how we are doing or anything). "What did you order?" He asked, impatiently again, and then murmured something like someone didn't put this into computer. Now I started to realize that it might be my mistake to assume reasonable service at this place .Still, I hoped the food would taste good, so I didn't argue with him much. I finally got my first appetizer. It's not exactly fantastic but I did restore my confidence in this dinner. Once again, I was wrong and ended up sitting there for another 30 minutes with this one plate, until I finally, you guessed right, got my server's attention again. This time, he accused us of not finishing the appetizer and thus cannot serve us the main dishes. Maybe it's your culture that no more food will come before the last dish is completely emptied (as weird as it sounds, since why do I have to eat up every last bit of what I paid for if I don't feel a particular desire to do so?), but you can at least let us know this 'rule' of yours, when we were stopping and clearly waiting during that 30-min ordeal. I saw no point arguing with him anymore so just asked him to get the main dishes (two pastas) asap. When we finally got them, one is supposed to have squid ink but has no sign of any blackness; the other is very salty, but that might be a personal flavor issue. After all these, they charged us a pre-included service fee. I've never been more a fan of the US's tipping system; at least I'd get the chance to express my dissatisfaction toward the service. Now, to be fair, all these negative experience pretty much come from that single waiter, whose name I unfortunately didn't bother to ask), so you may not be as unlucky as us. But we don't think it's right to let this experience just go unknown. read more

This is my favorite restaurant in London! The food is amazing (especially the veal stuffed torteloni.) Every time I visit I make sure to go here. The prices are also reasonable read more

Pretty close to my flat, really good pizza and it was princess Diana's favorite pizzeria. I loved it!

A few girls in my group discovered this place by accident, after walking down the wrong road and smelling the heavenly aroma of pizza wafting out the door. Thank goodness for their chance encounter because the pizza here is a delight! The pizza crust is really, really thin, and light, and the flavors are just bursting. I just wanted to keep eating and eating and eating. The individual pizzas are all pretty huge (in my opinion), and I left feeling very full and completely satisfied. For dessert, my friends ordered a tiramisu and a tartufo nero (a ball of sort of whipped custard enveloped in chocolate ice cream, crushed hazelnuts, and cocoa powder... OHMYGOSH so good). Our servers weren't particularly attentive, which was irritating when we needed refills on our drinks and our bill. Regardless, I'm sure we'll be back again. read more

What a great restaurant! Right near our hotel and our sons flat, location is perfect, but than again so is the food! Salads and pizza are perfect! Wait...papardelle is so good too! We just got back from our trip to London and ate there twice. Each time the service was great, but the food is even better! read more

Best food in Kensington. Great staff, prices and food. Please do not tell anyone. My go to place. It is hard enough to get a table. I don't know if the Lady Di thing is fact or fiction. read more

Princess Diana's favorite restaurant and the greatest ravioli I have ever graced my taste buds with! Enough said!!

Some of the other pizzas looked good. But my meal, the seafood pizza was a big miss. The sauce made the bread completely soggy. The seafood was unseasoned and smelled a bit fishy. Unfortunately, I don't recommend this hot spot tourist destination. read more

The hilarity of everything near Kensington Palace is that if Princess Diana even looked at a business, they've done something to commemorate it. This place, put her name on the stairs leading up to it, though in actuality, she probably only ever stopped in there once. The pizza was alright, honestly for the hype and fanfare they seem to be giving themselves I was expecting to be blown away, but the workers were amazingly friendly and takeout service was always fairly speedy. There's apparently some sort of disco in the basement I think, something that didn't really seem fit in my head of what the upstairs was offering so I never ventured down.. not bad though, I guess if you want a pizza in the area it's better than Pizza Express if you're looking for the individual-style thin pie. Worth a stop, yeah sure... worth a special trip? ehh.. read more

Unbelievably good food. The staff is wonderful and their service is excellent. While visiting and staying in the neighborhood, we ate here two of the three nights we were here. What more can I say. read more

Food was good even close to great. But service was horrible and so rude. There were noisy family with crying babies on the ground level. Parents didn't calm them down. We asked a waiter to change the table. (I think it's pretty reasonable for this situation) A waiter who took care of us were nice but new waiter downstairs turned to be really rude. I live around this neighborhood. I wished their service were better then I would come back a lot. read more

We have been going here for years. Delicious high quality and authentic Italian food. Whatever you order it's good!

This is a pizzeria which gets mentioned in most area guides/ restaurant guides so I was excited to try it. With a friend, I scooted along one Sunday night and we were both left a little cold... The pizza was ok - decent dough, not very thin and Italian, but not US deep either; basically like Pizza Express - but when I chomped into a tinned mushroom it iwas all over. I mean, on a mushroom pizza in a "quality" Italian, I don't expect tinned 'shrooms. Is that too picky? Anyway, the sauce was OK (verging on bland) and there was a LOT of cheese. All in, it was fine, not horrible, but I don't think I would go again. read more

we dined on several occasions in there. Very nice honest food. Well priced. Therefore always packed with people.