Italian
54 Curzon Street, London W1J 8PG
Latest critic review: February 16, 2011
Contemporary Italian restaurant and bar
Critic Reviews
Chris Pople Cheese & Biscuits
Reviewed on February 16, 2011
"Tempo is, by anyone's standards, a very good Italian restaurant and although you would hope so at these prices, being expensive and being in Mayfair is no guarantee that a place is going to be any good..." READ REVIEW
Giles Coren Times
Reviewed on December 04, 2010
"Four of us troughed through some gorgeous crostini – of shrimp, garlic and cavolo nero; dense, red, sticky nduja sausage; and lentils and pancetta – which were crisp and light but heavily flavoured and perfectly seasoned." READ REVIEW
Marina O'Loughlin Metro
Reviewed on November 30, 2010
"There has been an Italian restaurant on this site since forever – well, since the 1930s. But this is the first time there’s been one worth going out of your way for." READ REVIEW
Richard & Peter Harden's
Reviewed by September 18, 2010
"The food is not perfect, but it is an establishment which gives the impression of trying to please, and left us feeling we wanted to go back despite the odd imperfection on the food front." READ REVIEW
"My companion said this: “The pork belly would have had the peasants of Piedmont relaxing back into their rustic sedias in the comfortable knowledge that the one belly had been transferred to another. Good enough without being outstanding.”" READ REVIEW
"Food purists won't like the fact that – by pairing rabbit with pistachio, beef with hazelnuts and seabass with fennel – Yamada is breaking a few rules of Italian classicism. But hey. If we didn't break a few rules, we would still be grilling lumps of gristle over open fires." READ REVIEW
Euan Ferguson Time Out
Reviewed on August 04, 2010
"Tempo is pretty decent value for this part of Mayfair, and the wine list draws mainly from Italy, staying within sensible price limits." READ REVIEW
