The tiramisu was amazing. Better than my own & mine is very good…read more Carbonara was good. Was very crowded.

We went for the starter to share which is the perfect size for two hungry food lovers! The bread at…read moreprezzo is amazing ! What let me down is that I had to have an alternate main meal as the chicken I had initially ordered was unavailable (they ran out of those main ingredients such as the mushrooms etc). If it's a popular dish, but more ingredients ! I was then under pressure to order another dish so went for the chicken with spinach and mushrooms (I thought they had run out of mushrooms ?) It was a good dish overall, lots of meat on the plate covered by steamed spinach and mushroom and it came with a side salad with barely any dressing ! My date however, had no problem chowing down on his pizza and enjoying it! The food was good, so was the atmosphere and friendly staff which are hard to find in London! If I didn't have to spend another 10 minutes deciding on what to have for an alternate meal, I would have given a better rating. Ps: there's a trail close to Prezzo after the Ferrari car shop where you could walk/hike up the trails (very doable even in casual shoes) to burn off or digest your food! The scenery is magnificent and it leads one to the Air Force war memorial , beautiful. All in all, I will recommend Prezzo as they have more options for low carb or no carb eaters unlike Pizza Express.

Nonna Rosa is a cute place with a nice ambiance. The food isn't remarkable but is pretty good. The…read morereason this restaurant doesn't get more stars is the fact that the service is very unfriendly and borderline racist. Comments from our server included: "this is chili which you people can probably understand and handle" are really unnecessary. Our party of 5 could have overlooked the strange comments had we not had other issues with the service. Bottom line is that I doubt we'd return.

Nice atmosphere, nice staff, fresh ingredients, but I judge a restaurant by its food, and it's…read moremerely okay for my personal taste. Not to say that the locals don't love it... there is apparently 3 of these, so it must be good, but as a lover of spices and complex flavors, this typical english-Italian fare is a bit on the bland side for me. They are willing to adjust to suite, but the correction that would be required are so numerous that I hesitate to ask... so I just don't go there. Sorry... I really wanted to love you more Nonna Rosa, but alas, no cookie.

Came here for lunch yesterday. Admittedly we were 15 mins late for our reservation, but as soon as…read morewe walked in we were told abruptly that the kitchen closed at 2pm. I would have turned around and left immediately had one of our party not be very keen to eat here. The experience did not improve much after that. The bread was sliced so thinly you barely got a mouthful and the olives tasted curiously medicinal. I had a very mediocre and lukewarm veal dish with salad overpowered by balsamic vinegar. The French fries were fresh. The children enjoyed their fried chicken and chips. The three wait staff were very inattentive and we almost had to shout to get one them to come to the table. We must have been grumbling because one of them eventually hovered over the table and then committed the cardinal sin of trying to join in on our private conversation! I wish we'd gone to the Pizza Express up the road!

I went to G I Trattoria Italiano for a friends birthday and it's a great place for a special…read moreoccasion. The restaurant is busy but not too noisy. The food was the best part. I ordered a fish starter and a sirloin steak for my main course. The fish was tender and well seasoned. The steak was perfect. I tried a few dishes that others had, including a crab starter, sea bass and pasta and meatballs and they were all very tasty. The service was not a hundred percent and there was a glitch with their card machine at the end of the meal, but purely on food and atmosphere G I Trattoria Italiano (known as Gi's to most people that go there) is a quality restaurant

Very quiet, which was nice, but awkward. We were the only people there, and wait still took a long…read moretime for subpar food. They were able to substitute certain items (ie: gluten free), but charged 6 pounds for a bottle of water (which tasted precisely like tap). Neglected to inform us that their card machine was not operational, and greatly inconvenienced us, forcing us to run around to find an ATM, just for them to later accept the card payment! Fettuccine alla vodka tasted like a slightly less greasy Olive Garden meal. Meat sauce was a little too salty. Would not return, really not worthwhile for their outrageous prices.

The staff was so helpful as I waited for my takeout pizza (it took just 10 minutes)…read more This was the most flavorful pizza I've ever tasted. I'm recommending to everyone I know, and I will definitely be back.

I've been here twice for large birthday gatherings and the service was great for dealing with lots…read moreof us and getting everyone's food out together, which I appreciated! The food is pretty good Italian food, especially the calzone - their pizza and calzone making facilities are great, they really how off their big Italian style ovens and the fact everything is so freshly made.

We went to Prezzo last night after being sent a voucher by a friend. Unfortunately we were very…read moredisappointed with the evening Although friendly and apologetic when on hand, the severe shortage of staff when we went to Prezzo last night when on hand, the severe shortage of staff when we went to Prezzo last night meant that the service was painfully slow and not very efficient. Given that they have a voucher out and the restaurant was therefore fully booked, you would have thought that they would have brought in more than two waitresses and one floor manager for the evening. Whilst I didn't like the way our neighbouring diner shouted across the room when she got fed up with waiting for the bill, I did have to pull the waitress over and question why the couple on our other side were receiving their food first despite arriving 20 minutes after us. She ran off to get our food, 50 minutes after we arrived, but on her return we realised that she was bringing out our mains, not the starters we had ordered. She was apologetic on realising this but we felt the excuse that their computer was broken didn't really wash as it's easy to revert to the old fashioned system of pen and paper! I hoped at this point that the food would be worth the wait but frankly I have seen better food prepared in a Year 7 Home Economics class! The meatballs had no distinguishable meat and the pizza was underdone and doughy. The manager was very nice about the whole thing and offered us complimentary desserts but unfortunately by this point we just wanted to get going. Given that the restaurant is within sight of a Pizza Express and a Zizzi's we will be going there next time we need a quick and easy Italian fix.

Have you ever eaten pasta in the shape of maggots? - Well here at Nuraghe, I had the pleasure (yes,…read morethe pleasure!) of eating pasta of maggot-shape. It was a miserably rainy London Sunday evening, yet still I felt like going out for dinner. I decided to play a little game and take the next bus that would come by and then get off at the next attractive-looking restaurant. Well...as luck would have it, I jumped on the #4 and when we passed through Tufnell Park, I spotted Nuraghe: mission accomplished! To be honest, at first I reluctant to go to yet another Italian restaurant, as you can find them left and right in every London hood: but in the end I was really glad I came: upon entering the simple, but not-cheap-looking trattoria, I was warmly greeted by the staff - which set the tone for my entire dining experience. When I had studied the menu, I asked - what seemed to be the owner of this place - if she could help me decide between two intriguing-sounding dishes: "Malloreddus alla Canpidanese" and "Culurigones". She announced that they were both traditional Sardinian dishes (which, by the way, is the default cuisine here) and she then asked me in her lovely Italian accent: Are you hungry? Me: Yes!!! She: Then I'd suggest you go for the Malloreddus. When my meal arrived I was flabbergasted by the sheer size of it: the portion was indeed very generous and it was exactly what I needed: pasta with a hearty meat-tomato sauce and a generous glass of house red! Yummy! To make a long story short: this is a fantastic place where you can eat traditional Sardinian dishes. The staff is very friendly and are well-liked by the patrons of this place - who seemed all to be regulars from the way they were greeted by the proprietress!

Simply, in one word, DIVINE!…read more This Italian restaurant is a hidden gem, in Tufnell Park. If you are a seafood lover, you will definately love this place. The restaurant itself is small, but elegant. The decorations and music, really makes u feel like your in Italy. The seafood here is really fresh. It's soo fresh that most of the diners are Japanese, which is a great sign of fresh seafood! Must try dishes! (Forgotton the actual names) Starter: Either the Scallops or raw Swordfish Main: Black ravioli Dessert: Homemade panacotta

This place should not even be called a restaurant or should be allowed to serve food…read more To begin with, one of the servers (a guy) really did not want to be there, constantly argued with who seem to be the manager several time in our face and when I asked for water with ice, he grabbed the ice WITH HIS HANDS and put it in my glass. He did everything with an attitude and really made us sant to leave right away. The food was OK, nothing great.

Came here for a late night dinner after watching Les Mis. Server was nice but a little absent. The…read moreplace was pretty full and she did seem super busy. Took a little while for our server to take our orders and once our food arrived I think we were checked on only once. However, the food was good! I had a filled pasta with mushrooms. My friend had a lasagna dish with chicken and pancetta. Both were delicious and I would go back for the food alone but the service could have been better.

I've been to Latium twice, 2 months apart, and unfortunately the 1st visit was significantly better…read morethan the second visit. My first visit comprised of having a fragrant tuna tartare as a starter, roast duck that comes with a decent gravy as the main and the pear and almond tarte with vanilla ice cream as a substantial dessert. The meal was then followed by complementary petit fours, which were a pleasant selection of sweet bites per person. This visit was during the middle of the week on a weekday for dinner, perhaps that contributed to the different experience. The set menu had also changed by my second visit. My second visit was on a Saturday for lunch. I had roasted veal for a starter, roasted pork for the main and a few scoops of sorbet for dessert. Whilst this was still a nice meal, the portions felt somewhat on the smaller side and the ice cream had chunks of ice in it. Furthermore no petit fours were provided.  Therefore Latium seems like a amiable choice to have, a convenient short walk away from busy oxford street but is a bit hit and miss with its overall outcome. Perhaps a better choice for a light hearted meal than for a remarkable dining experience.

Latium has been a great find and we've been here on each of our last two trips…read more Italian fine dining with two or three course options and also chef's special ravioli menu. We decided on a few starters, pastas and mains and we were on our way. Our dishes for the night included: MOZZARELLA DI BUFALA CAMPANA D.O.P. CON ZUCCHINE GRIGLIATE E POMODORINI SECCHI AL FORNO Buffalo mozzarella D.O.P. from Campania with grilled courgettes and oven-dried tomato POLIPO ALLA GRIGLIA CON SALSA DI CECI, SCAROLA RIPASSATA E OLIO AL TIMO LIMONE Grilled octopus with chick-pea sauce, sautéed escarole and lemon thyme olive oil TAGLIOLINI CON ZUCCHINI, GAMBERI ROSSI DI MAZZARA DEL VALLO E PREZZEMOLO Tagliolini with courgettes, Mazzara del Vallo red prawns and parsley GNOCCHI DI PATATE ALLA RUCOLA CON SALSA ALLE VONGOLE E POMODORINI PACHINO Potato and rocket gnocchi with clams and Pachino cherry tomato CAPPESANTE AVVOLTE CON PANCETTA, FRUTTI DI MARE, ORZO ALLO ZAFFERANO, SPINACI Pan-fried scallops wrapped with pancetta, seafood and saffron pearl barley, wilted spinach PESCE SPADA ALLA GRIGLIA CON VERDURE GRIGLIATE, ACETO BALSAMICO BIANCO E ANETO Grilled swordfish with grilled mixed vegetables, dill and white balsamic vinegar dressing Having just had the delectable Lobster ravioli at GR Claridge, we passed on the raviolis. I liked the octopus and scallops a lot. They were both perfectly cooked and not at all rubbery. The gnocci was great and I'm really digging rocket lately. Kris enjoyed the pasta with prawns, which we've had both times here. She also loved her Swordfish, which was nice and light with the mixed veggies. The grillman in me marveled at the nice hex patterned grill marks on the huge piece of fish she got. It was quite good, and clearly well executed. We finished with a sorbetto trio of lemon, raspberry and passion fruit. Latium is such a great deal and we enjoyed it. They have a nice chef's table in back overlooking the kitchen that seats 6.