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* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

The Mayfair original of this small group is celebrating its tenth year, with a Belgravia sibling and café-style offshoots in similarly chichi Chelsea and Kensington. It channels a retro ‘dolce vita’ vibe, with an Italian menu that “delivers on the brief if nothing more”. The latest addition is an all-day café, which opened in December 2023 next door to the Dover Street flagship.

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£94
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* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

Inspired by La Dolce Vita lifestyle (indeed, there used to be an accompanying apparel resort-wear brand), this small Italian group strives to evoke the retro glamour of the 1960s ‘jet set’. There’s some enthusiasm for them amongst reporters, but a recognition that the food is “nice but not exceptional”: “I had an excellent martini. But the dishes were either overly seasoned or (the salad) not dressed at all”.

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* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“A throwback to old-school dining” – this wittingly old-fashioned chain (created in the last 10 years) channels an imagined La Dolce Vita lifestyle into its “enjoyable if slightly stuffy” mix of chic Italian cafés and restaurants (if you are of a certain age, think 1980s Tatler). They look “pretty” and are “attractive in their own way”: “not bad if a bit overpriced”. That’s the kind view anyway: harsher critics say they “could do better” and “don’t deserve a revisit”. But they must be doing something right, as in July 2021 they opened in St John’s Wood.

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* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

Aiming for a taste of La Dolce Vita lifestyle, these retro-glam Italian cafés and restaurants mostly occupy the same sites as the eponymous clothing brand, and deliver classic casual Italian menus mixing pizza and pasta (both typically over £20 a plate) with both more and less substantial dishes. A brief involvement with Zaha Hadid’s Serpentine restaurant has ended, but a new, sixth branch debuted in July 2021 in the heart of St John’s Wood (on the site of a former Côte). With 84 covers, it’s the largest outlet to-date and opens all day from breakfast.

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Chucs Restaurant Diner Reviews

Reviews of Chucs Restaurant in SW1W, London by users of Hardens.com. Also see the editors review of Chucs restaurant.
John R
Very pleasant smoked salmon and scrambled e...
Reviewed 6 months, 14 days ago

"Very pleasant smoked salmon and scrambled eggs for lunch. Will go again "

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Opening hours
Monday7 am‑11:30 pm
Tuesday7 am‑11:30 pm
Wednesday7 am‑11:30 pm
Thursday7 am‑11:30 pm
Friday7 am‑11:30 pm
Saturday9 am‑11:30 pm
Sunday9 am‑11:30 pm

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