Italian
9-10 Blenhiem Street, London W1S 1LJ
Latest critic review: June 16, 2007
Marco Torri and Giovanni Baldino's Italian
Critic Reviews
Anon
Time Out
Reviewed on September 19, 2008
"Our food was mostly of the very highest standard, especially two profoundly flavourful pasta dishes of linguine with rabbit ragù and ravioli with oxtail sauce." READ REVIEW
Giles Coren Times
Reviewed on June 16, 2007
"I could go through the rest of the menu, and I will, alone, quietly, in this most sublime and grown-up of restaurants." READ REVIEW
AA Gill Sunday Times
Reviewed on May 20, 2008
"Nick had a brilliant yellow Milanese risotto with bone marrow, because, he said, it was invalid food. The rice hadn’t quite absorbed enough of the liquid, but the flavour of saffron and osseous, blood-manufacturing fat was splendid." READ REVIEW
Matthew Norman Guardian
Reviewed on May 05, 2007
"The main courses, however, were unimpeachably mediocre. Pan-fried calves' liver with sautéed spinach and "traditional" (rather than neo-modernist) balsamic vinegar, was clumping and bland, and my wife's dainty eyebrows ascended like a Harrier jump jet when proudly informed there was no mustard of any kind." READ REVIEW
Mark Palmer Telegraph
Reviewed on April 14, 2007
"This is Italian cooking that manages to be both simple and sophisticated at the same time. Grown-up Italian." READ REVIEW
"Richard & Peter" Harden's
Reviewed by March 27, 2007
"What’s not to praise? The setting is stylish without veering towards either chilly minimalism or ostentation. Service is engaging and efficient. And the extensive wine list has lots of interest for most budgets. What’s more, the food – ambitious, interesting and very reasonably priced – really sets the place apart." READ REVIEW
"Desserts kick back up a gear again - with a dish of apple fritters served with a cinnamon-flavoured custard and a kind of deconstructed cheesecake, accompanied by a caramel ice-cream taking the honours. But we're only talking the difference between fourth and fifth gear. On the evidence of our meal, Semplice is already up to speed and cruising smoothly." READ REVIEW
Marina O'Loughlin Metro
Reviewed on March 21, 2007
"Instead of the luscious, butter-slicked strands, savoury and granular from good aged sheep's cheese that I anticipate, I get spaghetti drowned in a beige, soupy gloop – is there béchamel in there? – that tastes of old rinds." READ REVIEW
Fay Maschler Evening Standard
Reviewed on March 14, 2007
"It is rare to find such an interesting array of Italian cheeses and the " marmalades" as they call them nicely offset their piquancy. Selections of home-made ice-creams and sorbets served in pretty white china dishes were gone before I could get round to dipping in my spoon." READ REVIEW
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