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Pane Vino

323 Kentish Town Road, NW5 2TJ Full details & map

Restaurant: Italian

Time Out says 1 Users say 4/5 Rate it

By Time Out Editors Posted: Dec 15 2009

It would be easy to overlook this southern Italian gem - a pretty front-parlour dining room with domestic-looking kitchen at the back - on unlovely Kentish Town Road. Sometimes nothing tastes better thfan a combination of flavours as basic as salt, oil and rosemary, and here crisp Sardinian pane carasau anointed with this trinity, formed the base for an exceptional antipasto sardo, a selection of meaty, fishy and veggie goodies - highly recommended. Caponata, the characteristically Sicilian sweet and sour celery and aubergine salad, made a perfect a foil for the grassiest, milkiest mozzarella. Squeezing out between the tightly packed tables is even more difficult after pastas, which raise peasant food to the most pleasurable heights. Gnocchi dough stuffed with ragu, in a mushroom and sage sauce, was glorious stodge; linguine with parsley and bottarga (dried mullet roe) a simple success. Specials such as roast rabbit or pollack with spinach would suit an evening dedicated to the full works, but this charming trattoria is versatile enough for a family outing for the vast, thin, aromatic pizzas or a credit-crunch lunch. Great home-style cooking seems guaranteed. Smiley, swift service is unfortunately not.

Tags: European, Italian, North, Kentish Town, Mid-range, Restaurant

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Pane Vino details

Address

Pane Vino

323 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ

Transport Kentish Town tube/rail

Telephone

020 7267 3879

Lunch served noon-3pm Mon-Sat; 1-4pm Sun. Dinner served 6.30-11pm Mon-Sat.

Main courses £10.80-£19.90.

Credit cards MC, V

Facilities

Tables outdoors ( 3, pavement ), Babies and children admitted, Booking advisable, Takeaway service

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Comments & ratings 4/5 (Average of 1 rating)

By jnrjnr - Dec 18 2011

4/5

Great food and great wine. Lacked a little atmosphere, but the service was good. Also found it just slightly too expensive for the type of dish served, about £16.00 for a special. Other mains varied from £10 to £20.

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By Mac - Sep 5 2011

Our experience: Pane Vino consistently good; great specials; pleasant staff. A reliable good meal. Been going there for years.

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By Millie Marsh - Jan 7 2011

Pane Vino have received a string of unfair reviews across the internet which I felt were entirely undeserved. The food here is served with great passion, and is most welcomely authentic and true to its roots. I had no problem with the service at all, and had a truly fantastic meal. I would recommend this place to Italian/Sardinian foodies - if it's real wine, real antipasti and real pasta you're craving, this is the place to go.

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By Jim - Oct 14 2010

Had a really enjoyable meal and have no doubt that I will visit again. Service good, food excellent = happy customer.

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By Matteo - Sep 27 2010

we went there to celebrate a birthday, but the place is not the best option for such events: it is kind of cold, and the service is the worst ever. A friend of ours asked for cheese on seafood course, and the owner came and took the plate away from him warning him that she "was not going to serve cheese with that dish, it was kind of offence towards her recipe that he dared to ask for that, she didnt work for money but for passion, so could not bring cheese to the table". She was also extremely rude and behaved like she was the offended (and paying) customer. A pride-drama act that riuned the entire atmosphere. My worst experience ever in a restaurant.