Chelsea, Pizza Restaurant Guide

2019 Review: This “great little Italian pizza place” in a side street off the King’s Road is a “best-in-class for a cheap and cheerful bite”. There’s a “limited menu, but what it does it does well”… and has done for yonks.

2021 Review: These “buzzing family-run Italians” in southwest London create “an exceptional atmosphere” for large parties of all ages – and “they won’t break the bank”. “Despite the celebratory brouhaha, they produce a very respectable menu of traditional dishes – fish stew, duck, pizza on demand” – “even the veggies are catered for”. “Expect noise and old people dancing.”

“Rustic décor, friendly service and great pizza” win recommendations for this long-running duo, whose Chelsea branch boasts a heated roof terrace. They make their own fresh cheeses at a factory in Battersea, and their “burrata heart on a pizza is a creamy delight”.

This duo of traditional local Italians are “perfectly good for a cheap ’n’ cheerful meal”, with pasta and pizza cooked to order and a “great atmosphere”. Both branches have terraces for al fresco dining – both front and back in Dulwich Village; heated and covered in South Ken.

Opinions diverge on this Neapolitan duo, whose year-old Portobello branch already eclipses the small, tucked-away Chelsea original in terms of feedback. Fans hail their “excellent pizzas and other dishes”, while others find them “surprisingly average” and “inexplicably popular”.