Restaurants

Al Parco

Brightly lit and sparsely occupied on our visit, Al Parco is a restaurant that puts some artistry into pizza production. The varieties we tried were delicious, and...

Highgate: 2 Highgate West Hill, N6 6JS

Italian Graffiti

Travel back in time to a 1980s trattoria, complete with pastel chairs, a mix of bare-brick and peach-sponged walls, marble-topped tables, ’80s fabric banquettes and...

Soho: 163-165 Wardour Street, W1F 8WN

Red Pepper

Even on week nights, this neighbourhood Italian does a roaring trade. Tables, cheerfully crammed into the small, red-painted dining room, fill quickly, and a steady...

Maida Vale: 8 Formosa Street, W9 1EE

Story Deli

This cosy little pizzeria is ideal for a chat and a chew. Inside you’ll find rough-hewn tables, little pod stools, big wax church candles and ambient music (Kruder &...

Brick Lane: 3 Dray Walk, The Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, E1 6QL

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It’s hard not to compare ASK with its sister chain Zizzi, and wonder exactly what separates them. Similar pizza, a choice of pastas and some safe salads make the...

Victoria: 160-162 Victoria Street, SW1E 5LB

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Twickenham: 58-62 The Green, Twickenham, TW2 5AB

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Pinner: 246-248 Uxbridge Road, Pinner, HA5 4HS

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Tower Bridge: Spice Quay, 34 Shad Thames, Butlers Wharf, SE1 2YG

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Marylebone: 56-60 Wigmore Street, W1U 2RZ

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Chelsea: 300 King's Road, SW3 5UH

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Mayfair: 121-125 Park Street, W1K 7JA

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Richmond: 85 Kew Green, Richmond, TW9 3AH

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Fitzrovia: 48 Grafton Way, W1T 5DZ

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Belsize Park: 216 Haverstock Hill, NW3 2AE

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Bloomsbury: 74 Southampton Row, WC1B 4AR

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Bayswater: Whiteleys Shopping Centre, 151 Queensway, W2 4SB

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Bayswater: 17-20 Kendal Street, W2 2AE

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Paddington: 41-43 Spring Street, W2 1JA

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Notting Hill: 145 Notting Hill Gate, W11 3LB

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Gloucester Road: 23-24 Gloucester Arcade, SW7 4SF

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Marylebone: 197 Baker Street, NW1 6UY

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Whetstone: 1257 High Road, N20 0EW

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Islington: Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, N1 0PN

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Finchley: Great North Leisure Park, Chaplin Square, N12 0GL

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Muswell Hill: 43 Muswell Hill Broadway, N10 3AH

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Beckenham: 2 Bromley Road, Beckenham, BR3 5JE

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Barnes: Old Sorting Office, Station Road, SW13 0LP

Café Pasta

This is the Pizza Express chain's pasta-specialising offshoot, and every inch the imitator of its bigger sibling. No bad thing. Inoffensive, Italian-ish art adorns...

Covent Garden: 184 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8JB

Ciullo's

Family-run Ciullo’s passed the authenticity test on our last visit when two Tuscan ladies walked in somewhat warily off the street and were swept up in a tide of...

Balham: 31 Balham High Road, SW12 9AL