Harden's survey result
Summary
Near the Albert Hall, on a quirky site built in the Venetian Gothic style to please Queen Victoria, this “typically bustling family-run Italian” opened in 1967, and offers a “standard menu, with properly cooked pasta” and dependable pizza. “Kids are really well looked after, just like being in Italy” – as Princess Diana found, when she used to take Wills and Harry out for a treat from nearby Kensington Palace.
Summary
This “long-established” family-owned Italian in a Venetian Gothic building near the Albert Hall is “set up as a sort of homage to Princess Diana”, who used to bring Princes Wills and Harry for pizza and pasta.
Summary
Family-owned Italian near the Albert Hall that’s “a good option for getting away from the chains”. Open for five decades, it was apparently a favourite lunch haunt of Princess Diana, who would bring Princes Wills and Harry for pizza.
Summary
This “bustling and busy Italian very close to the Albert Hall” is a “fantastic little place”, where “children are always very welcome and well looked after” and the “food is good, especially the pasta dishes”. “It makes the most of its connection with Princess Diana”, who would bring Princes Wills and Harry here to lunch on pizza.
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Have you eaten at Da Mario?
15 Gloucester Rd, London, SW7 4PP
Restaurant details
Da Mario Restaurant Diner Reviews
"The food was lovely, however, the service was atrocious… I had made a booking but didn’t realise I had booked for the day after, the manager said that we could have a table but only for an hour. I thought this was fair enough and was very grateful, but the attitude I was given throughout the dinner by the waiters and the manager. We rushed to finish our food within the time given and when it came to pay the bill, I had to ask 6 different waiters and waited for 15 minutes to get the bill, because of this I asked to take the service charge off but tipped the waiter who was actually giving us good service. Once we had left the restaurant, the manager ran out after us shouting and pointing saying “how dare you take the service charge off…” and so on then shook his head and flicked his hand at us as he stormed off. Firstly, service charge is optional, secondly, this is not the type of service I expect from a restaurant such as this. The customer service was horrendous and the manager is ridiculously arrogant and rude, which is a shame as the food was lovely."
Prices
 Drinks |
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|---|---|
| Wine per bottle | £28.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £2.00 |
 Extras |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 10.00% |
15 Gloucester Rd, London, SW7 4PP
Opening hours
| Monday | 12 pm‑11:30 pm |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑11:30 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑11:30 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑11:30 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑11:30 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑11:30 pm |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑11:30 pm |
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