2010 Review: A chic Venetian newcomer, on the Belgravia site that was for many years Mimmo d’Ischia (RIP); it’s no surprise that it is, as a first-week reporter notes, “a little pricey”, but we were shocked by the complacency of both food and service on our own early-days visit.
STOP PRESS: Note (April 2010) This restaurant is reported to have closed.
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OK. Our lunch guest was already half an hour late when we decided to go ahead and order our lunch at this smart new Belgravia Italian. That’s not the restaurant’s fault. The fact that a ‘quic...
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Press Reviews (1)
Marina O'Loughlin (17th December 2009)
3/5 stars
The critic finds “very odd” that the Santin family’s new Belgravia Italian has remained totally “under the radar”. As Harden’s reviewed it in June that’s not 100% accurate, but it does seem there have been changes since then anyway – the place “started off with a retro brief and Italian chef”, but the chef is now Andrew Lassetter, “a fan of that much-maligned culinary conceit, fusion”.