Italian
49 Dean Street, Soho, London W1D 5BG
Latest critic review: November 27, 2010
Polpo's younger cousin
This teeny sibling to Polpo with just 28 seats has opened its doors in the room above The French House, offering dishes such as Venetian-style soft-shell crab in Parmesan batter and pigeon saltimbocca.
Critic Reviews
John Lanchester Guardian
Reviewed on November 27, 2010
"It's not the subtlest or most delicate cooking in the world. Chilli and garlic prawns were too gloopy for me, and pigeon saltimbocca a bit rough. But... the value is so good, you don't mind." READ REVIEW
"...the food was disappointing, occasionally verging on unpleasant, but the atmosphere is nice, the room buzzed and its heart is in the right place." READ REVIEW
Matthew Norman Telegraph
Reviewed on October 11, 2010
"It is here that I would like to leaven all the gushing praise with a couple of stern rebukes, because an unblemished paean is horribly tiresome to read (try writing one). But I can’t. With only the most pedantic of quibbles, the meal was flawless." READ REVIEW
John Walsh Independent
Reviewed on September 11, 2010
"I wondered if I'd ever complained before about a restaurant serving too much food – especially when most dishes were so well achieved." READ REVIEW
Hermano Primero Dos Hermanos
Reviewed by September 06, 2010
"There was a bit of unevenness to the cooking but nothing disastrous or that wasn’t made up for by the other good stuff I had. In fact, in certain respects the cooking was better than my last visit to Polpo." READ REVIEW
"The hits include duck-and-porcini meatball; cured pork shoulder and pickled-pepper pizzetta (my favorite); Cotechino and pickled radicchio bruschetta; pea, mint, fennel and ricotta salad; panna cotta, blackberries, biscotti; and lemon and strawberry sgroppino, which is like a smoothie with Prosecco." READ REVIEW
Guy Dimond Time Out
Reviewed on August 26, 2010
"...the food should also live up to the promise, and our meal was patchier than we'd have hoped for." READ REVIEW
Fay Maschler Evening Standard
Reviewed on August 26, 2010
"Polpo and Polpetto — and presumably in the autumn Spuntino — represent a new way of eating exemplified by the recent opening of a bunch of small, quirky, independent businesses in Soho." READ REVIEW
