Babbo

Press Reviews (4)

• Giles Coren (8th March 2010)
  2.67
  
  Pretty clear advice from the critic on this Mayfair Italiann: “steer clear of Babbo”. It is, it transpires, one of the new breed of Italian restaurants in Mayfair (Cipriani set the trend, Dolada followed most recently) that serve competent food at ridiculous prices and make you feel ill to the bottom of your mortal soul”. Service was “sickening” too. In short this is “a goddam scandal on stilts”.
• Marina O'Loughlin (18th February 2010)
  3/5 stars
  
  The critic visits a new-ish Italian in Mayfair – the “spiritual home” of “better fiscally endowed” non-natives. Indeed, in the “very pretty”, “Manhattan-y” dining room, she is the only “local”. She finds “opulent” food (either “foofy” in presentation or “vast and hilariously hand-knitted”), and discovers that, even without wine, you can “effortlessly spend a ton”.
• Zoe Williams (25th January 2010)
  7/10
  
  At this upmarket Mayfair Italian, the meal was only “wonderful” in parts, but the critic “never shook the feeling that I had chanced upon somewhere that people who know about such things know about”.
• Fay Maschler (5th November 2009)
  2/5 stars
  
  The doyenne of critics is first with the news on this new Mayfair Italian, which is unrelated to the celebrated NYC joint of the same name. The food’s not bad, but the rapport prix/qualité constantly niggles. “A lunch where in no way had we pushed the boat out — no side dishes, no desserts and two set menus as part of the order — nevertheless came to over £170 for four. The wine list was no help as there was little or nothing of interest under £40 a bottle and the chosen Gavi Vigneto at £45 underwhelmed.”