Italian

  • Giancarlo Caldesi to open new Caldesi in Belsize Village

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    Just before Christmas, Neighbourhood restaurant Calici closed its doors in Belsize village, but it'll be back soon under a new name. It turns out, as first reported by the Ham and High, that celeb chef  Giancarlo Caldesi will be taking on the space, making it the second Caldesi restaurant in London (there's another in Bray as well as a

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  • Grasso is a genuine family-run Italian American restaurant that's just landed in Soho

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    It isn't often that a restaurant manages to open in the middle of Soho in a fashion that's so completely under the radar we have to wait for a reader to let us know about it. But that's the case with Grasso which threw open its doors on Dean Street just before Christmas. Even rarer, this is a restaurant that's entirely independent and family-owned.

    The family in question are the McCaffreys. Seanie runs the restaurant,

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  • Test Driving Daroco London - an Italian in new-look Soho (with an excellent dive bar)

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    Arriving in Soho via Paris, Daroco offers up an Italian menu that's backed up by a very promising basement bar. We went down to try it out.  

  • Mortimer House Kitchen goes Italian under Nessa chef Tom Cenci

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    After success launching Nessa in Soho, chef Tom Cenci is also taking on another restaurant by the same group, Mortimer House Kitchen. It'll be different to Soho's British menu though, with Mortimer House being a strictly Italian affair. 

    The menu is apparently influenced by Cenci's family summers on the Amalfi coast and includes:

    • Zucchini caesar with parmesan and
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  • Tabisca Italian steakhouse opens in Chelsea

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    Opening very under the radar between Christmas and New Year in Chelsea is Tabisca, an Italian restaurant which started in Lecce. The original restaurant over there describes its offering as "dishes with particular attention to the flavours of Salento and Puglia". 

    The restaurant has an enormous menu featuring everything from crostini to meat and cheese platters. But the main focus is meat with

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  • New York Italian The Dover comes to Mayfair

    New York Italian The Dover comes to Mayfair

    A new restaurant has quietly opened in Mayfair, sneaking in before the end of the year. The Dover has taken over the space that was Moncks of Mayfair, which itself closed at the onset of the pandemic back in 2020 (after less than a year in business). 

    As for this

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  • Capilungo is a Puglia-inspired café by day, wine bar by night in Covent Garden

    Capilungo is a Puglia-inspired café by day, wine bar by night in Covent Garden

    Opening in Covent Garden, this Italian cafe and wine bar is very much a family affair. 

    Running things will be Gianluca Capilungo (former Bar Manager for Aqua) and Asia Capilungo (previously a chef at Soho House and Cubitt House) who've joined up with their uncle Luca Capilungo as well as Asia’s partner Huzefa Sajawal (co-owner and Executive Chef of Fatt

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  • Test Driving Il Gattopardo - a Mayfair Italian that delivers on food and vibes

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    Does Mayfair need another glitzy Italian restaurant. Il Gattopardo would suggest it does, particularly one where both the food and vibes are given equal weight.

  • Dalla will serve up homestyle Italian dishes in Hackney

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    25/10/23 - updated with the opening date

    Last week we brought you news on what was going to be taking over the old Bright site in London Fields. Now we've got the scoop on what's going in the group's other defunct restaurant site, Peg, on Morning Lane. Dalla sees three

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  • The best pasta restaurants in London

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    London's pasta scene could not be hotter right now - with everywhere from no reservation spots to fine dining restaurants doing great business. We pick out the best pasta to be had in the city.