An excellent Italian restaurant in Parsons Green. The Fritta Di Mare was excellent and perfectly…read morecooked and my Spaghetti Bolognese was also done exceptionally well. The zabaglione was a bit ordinary for my liking. Excellent service, small but nice Italian wine list and the ambience makes this a great place for dinner. Will come back here anytime.

Mid price frienldy Italian, good food with reasonable wines.read more

For what it is, Chez Gerard in Chiswick is a fine place to spend a couple of hours in the evening…read more It gets busy in there towards the weekend though. The menu is a little restrictive at times, but does change fairly regularly. On a recent visit I had the steak entrecote, which while cooked to perfection was a tad fatty for me. I would have liked to have seen a great selection of vegetable options, but it is primarily a steak and frites restaurant. The wine list offers reasonable value and a fair selection. Don't go expecting fine vintages though.

i would probably give this place more stars if it were in another area. Chiswick has a very high…read morecaliber of restaurants so it's hard to give more that 3 stars. great steak, good service but the atmosphere is lacking on occasion. Would definitely go again but only if there was no table anywhere else. In chiswick that means it might take a while to get back.

Cute Italian place located in the Clapham neighborhood of London…read more Stopped by for the following: 1) Olives - http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz_photos/XPMcfMZoeG2-pQjsD0E5LA?select=x8FOkh_qMv_iPw03c3nyxQ 2) Margherita Pizza - tomato, mozzarella, extra virgin olive oil, Parmesan and fresh basil - http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz_photos/XPMcfMZoeG2-pQjsD0E5LA?select=-jo9SxF6ZO9DslzczEqPPQ Flavors were good. Dough was chewy... but didn't think the dough was "charred" enough. 3) O'spaghett Donna Margherita - spaghetti with fresh cherry tomatoes, basil, garlic and extra virgin olive oil - http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz_photos/XPMcfMZoeG2-pQjsD0E5LA?select=RTnmp57GwC-gKUHRF6ljdw Tomato sauce was too sweet for my tastes. Otherwise, all of the other flavors were very good. 4) Desserts - http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz_photos/XPMcfMZoeG2-pQjsD0E5LA?select=pI-ZFKdhCVkWaRYa7YBMcQ 5) Bottle of Wine - http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz_photos/XPMcfMZoeG2-pQjsD0E5LA?select=WYiONJWm9bLOrbkCtM9nPw http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz_photos/XPMcfMZoeG2-pQjsD0E5LA?select=1ogGY4ag1-KJ3owHR8dXLw This wine was a recommendation from our waiter. The wine was pretty good but did not pair with the pizza or spaghetti. Not sure what he was thinking... Anyhow, food was pretty good overall. Worth a stop by.

What can I say, Marco has don't it again! Introduced us to a wonderful, authentic Italian…read morerestaurant with a the quality and finesse you'd only expect in Italy itself. Named a traditional Neapolitan restaurant, you enter and instantly feel at home. We were seated upstairs by a warming fire and the waiters instantly brought water and the menus. The waiters were truly wonderful, recommending wines and telling us about their history and the what's and whys. We started by sharing the bruschetta and calamari. The calamari was green, green and divine - perfectly cooked and not remotely chewy. The bruschetta was crunchy and covered in oil - just the way I like it. I then had the Pizza Lesbica: Half tomatoes, mozzarella, extra virgin, mushrooms, parmesan and basil. Half mozzarella, porchetta, rocket, shavings of parmesan and cherry tomatoes... it was by far one of the best pizzas I've had in london - toppings delicious and the crust, my god, the crust - pure doughy goodness! I also had a forkful of the truffle and mushroom pasta - amazing!!! We had a wonderful evening and left smiling and very full! I'll be back and SOON!

From the outside, Crostini looks like a cafe but on closer inspection, it is a proper Italian…read morerestaurant. My salsa friend and I ended up here last Friday before going dancing. The decor was quite modern and I was intrigued by all the signed pictures of professional dancers that they had up on the wall. However, the staff didn't explain when they saw me having a closer look at the pictures. The main menu was supplemented by a specials board offering quite a lot of fresh fish on the day that we were there. We shared a very oriental sounding starter of deep fried crab claws with chilli dipping sauce. It tasted nice with crunchy seafood complemented by the dipping sauce but maybe not wholly Italian. I enjoyed my fegato con bacon - pan fried calf's liver and bacon though I do prefer the version at Amici in Ewell, which has heavy striping from a griddle pan. My friend got one of the fish specialsof whole sea bass. The waiter kindly chopped the head off so that she wouldn't have to look at the eyes and she pronounced it delicious. The vegetables were OK but not seasoned. We didn't have space for a dessert. The service was interesting with the waiters having real personalities! The cooking here was better than at Mimi E Coco just a few doors down

Light modern and bright decor inside this italian. They do a lunch time menu of £10.95 for two…read morecourses, good value for money as they also bring bread, oil and olives. However, why oh why when serving bruschetta and mozzarella and tomato salad starters are the tomatoes ice cold? Has no one told them the way to bring the best flavour out of tomatoes is to serve them at room temperature?! Therefore the starter was mediocre. I had the hake with tomato and prawn sauce for main, hello only ONE prawn although it was a tasty prawn . I didn't get cutlery at first which makes it difficult to eat your food. The waitress was very personable and efficient once prompted for a knife and fork. Italian maybe but I definitely did not feel I was in Italy not by a long chalk. I won't be hurrying back. Xoxo

Well it all started off pretty badly to be honest. A booking from toptable (sorry Qype!) gave us…read morethe pretty thrifty offer of two courses for a modest £12.50 in this credit crunching epoch. Had a quick squizz at the menu and started off swiftly ordering two glasses of pinot grigio blush. Five, ten, fifteen minutes elapsed to the delicate sounds of the howling wind thrashing the awning, in the safe knowledge that one hurricane style gust could send the steel railings through the sheer window front and stab my girlfriend and I through the heart. Now you understand why we needed a beverage! However, it didn't arrive until the maître d' finally admitted they couldn't find the wine, so we opted for a softer rosé which did the job perfectly. That's the bad part out of the way (typical English, focusing on the negative!), the rest of the evening was rather pleasant. Once the angry awning had been rolled up, we tucked into starters of antipasto mixto (satisfyingly meaty) and polenta with a salty mushroom sauce. Polenta was a tad overcooked but good, hearty, nourishing food for the excellent value. Mains consisted of a wholesome, thin based pizza picante with just a smidgen of chilli oil drapped over a colourful array of salami and olives, minus red onions (a particular dislike of mine and terrible for post meal snogging). The second main dish was the pollo alla milanese, sautéed chicken in seasoned breadcrumbs with a tomato, garlic and basil sauce. Served with green beans and roasted cubetti potatoes. The chicken was moist, the vegetables rich with flavour. Post dinner a rustic Illy cappuccino cup cradled the macchiato, rounded off by two complimentary (yes complimentary) marchello liquor which hit the spot and certainly made the journey to the bus stop fuzzier and more warming.

OK... this is a chain, I don't normally review chains, but I'll make an exception here…read more Strada, all of them, are fine for lunch, alright for an evening meal, they're not first date places. I come to this particular Strada occasionally because it's close to where I work and a couple of colleagues like it. There are often lunch deals and fixed price set lunches, which may be relied upon to never include anything I'd like to eat. This particular Strada gets very busy at lunch times due to its proximity to all the offices on Bishopsgate. If you are the sort of person that likes to complicate an order by asking for a particular salad ingredient or dressing to be included or excluded avoid doing this at all costs. The plate will be served and volleyed between table and kitchen many times before the agreed menu deviation has been achieved. A request for the bill also seems to hit the staff as a complete surprise and they fumble about for ages trying to work out what the exact process is and how to get the machine to work or just pondering the great unanswered questions in life and whether their customers have to go back to their offices after dining. The food is fine, as you would expect, never spectacular, never terrible. Strada is a place to eat on the way somewhere rather than a destination restaurant.

Location: This is located about 2 mins from Woodford Station. There are not that many places to…read morepark which is unfortunate. Service: The service is really good, although we noticed that there was one person for every stage of the meal. One person seats you, one person takes your order, another person brings your food etc etc, will be interesting to hear if everyone else has the same experience. Although they are different people, they are all very pleasant and very attentive. Food: The food was great and the portions are very big. They do pasta and pizza and steak lol. I had the bruschetta to start and the tagliatelle mushroom and cream for main and the Tiramisu for dessert. All of the food was really good and I will definitely be going again. Atmosphere: The atmosphere was good, busy but not too loud. Price: The food is priced just right, especially for the amount of food you get. Evaluation: Great! I will definitely be back.

Great Italian food! I live close by and always pop in on the way home if I don't feel like cooking…read more Food is always amazing especially their pasta dishes. Staff are attentive and friendly.

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

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.