St John's Wood, Italian Restaurant Guide

Taking over the famous Harry Morgan’s site (RIP) in St John’s Wood, this all-day classic Italian – known for its footballing associations, as it’s owned by agent Kia Joorabchian – transferred across from Mayfair in early 2025. In his January 2025 review, The Times’s Giles Coren went wanting to hate it but found 70s-style Italian food that was “not madly ambitious, but very precisely executed… what you want from a glittering local restaurant in a wealthy neighbourhood”. Diners in our annual diners’ poll are more mixed. Many do proclaim “a good neighbourhood option (if you live in NW8!)” and that “some of the dishes are very good”. “Chaotic, if friendly” service can let the side down though, and there’s also a feeling that “this so-called Italian restaurant is ‘beloved of prem’ league footballers’ and it shows in being over-expensive”.