Artusi in Southwark

My boyfriend and I enjoyed another amazing dining experience at Artusi on Saturday night. A cosy yet buzzy environment. The staff are always so welcoming and friendly, the food is delicious - the menu changes regularly - serving simple seasonal Mediterranean dishes packed with flavour. I had the pasta with Cavolo Nero to start followed by the fresh Mullet. A great wine list to complement the cooking. In would highly recommend a visit. Book in advance as they get busy!

Lovely food, great service. They handled am allergy really well. Totally recommend and we will be back.

I’ve been wanting to try Artusi for 2 years since I moved to the area and today I finally stepped inside for their Sunday 3 course set menu for £29. Every single dish was full of flavour, the staff were attentive and there was a really nice ambiance, I’ll be back.

I think I’ve just found my new go-to spot! I was driving to a bakery nearby when we stumbled across this gem of a restaurant. It was a Sunday, and we booked a table right away for later that day. The food was incredible—super fresh and bursting with flavour and the service was spot on. Honestly, what more could you ask for? Thanks for making our Sunday evening so lovely!

Amazing dishes as always and friendly service of the waitress :)

A consistently great local restaurant!

Don't know where to begin with this excellent spot. The menu changes every 2 weeks. It's an extremely short menu which I absolutely adore. They have a great menu of really delicious aperitif cocktails & a great wine selection. The icing on the cake was we could get any of the dishes gluten free, including the pasta. Service was great too. Literally 0 complaints, can't wait to go back.

Great food, better than we have eaten in Milan and Turin,

Really good restaurant with excellent food and service.

Every now and then I come across a dish that surprises and truly delights, here it’s the pickled sardine starter. The ragu was also so very good, we noticed the starter size has a different pasta to the main, perhaps they ran out but whatever the case the starter was delicious. The mains were nice too but we thought the starters were more stand out. One thing that could be improved is to serve cocktails in nicer glassware, served in a small water glass filled to the brim is not the same experience. Looking forward to next time.

Had a fabulous lunch, great food, friendly helpful staff, the place had a great buzz

Always terrific food at Artusi, the only problem is food envy, I want to eat it all! All 3 courses were terrific as was the wine. The staff are really lovely too, knowledgable and warm. My favourite restaurant in Peckham!

Artusi is consistently great, the service is personal and generous, the food is beautifully prepared and the atmosphere relaxed and friendly. I had my birthday lunch downstairs next to the kitchen with 13 friends which was a lot for the space but it never felt too cramped, it was perfect! Everyone loved the food! Thanks and see you again soon, Kevin x

A lovely neighborhood restaurant. The food was fabulous and service great.

An absolutely amazing night at Artusi - as always. They helped me and my friends celebrate my birthday in style! The food was exceptional and service impeccable. Thank you!

Always really nice, fresh and flavourful food with a great atmosphere

Great sharing table at the back, semi private area, delicious food and helpful service. The cake and starters (chorizo /ricotta peaches) were especially delicious. Thanks so much!

Service is a bit slow, but the food Is really good. The menu changes according to what is available on the day and the dishes presented are very elegant and delicious.

Beautiful food and immaculate service. Such warm, friendly and inviting people FoH and in the kitchen. Clearly they love what they do, and they do it so, so well.

Great well designed summer menu, very well executed. There’s a very small choice of dishes but given the small numbers of covers, that means quality is at the forefront. A small but interesting wine list. An excellent neighbourhood restaurant with a much wider reputation.

Fabulous cocktails, good flat iron steak, free corkage on Tuesday - top evening out.

Really good pasta on the lovely Bellenden road. The terrasse is lovely and pasta super tasty

We had a fabulous meal at Artusi last night. There was a large group of us and the staff looked after us so well! I have eaten at Artusi many times in the past and the big family style table at the back of the restaurant is our favourite place for a big group (up to about 12 people I think). Last night the food was even more delicious than normal and we had a fabulous time. I can’t recommend Artusi highly enough!

Delicious meal. Lovely staff. A very enjoyable dining experience.

Amazing food! Went for lunch, 3 choices of entry, 3 choices of main and 2 desserts. It was delicious!

Everything was delicious and reasonably priced. I would love to visit again soon!

Great food, atmosphere and service. Would highly recommend.

Love you guys, thanks so much for a wonderful evening- one of my fave spots to eat in all of London

This is one of my favourite places to eat in Peckham. Try it!

Thanks to everyone at Artusi who made our evening so special. We had the sharing menu and the food and service were exceptional. Not only was each dish delicious, fresh and generous, the menu as a whole was so carefully considered and perfectly balanced. We had a great celebration meal. Highly recommend.

This is my favourite restaurant locally. The food is always perfection - I'm never disappointed. Plus it's fantastic value which you can't often say about a London restaurant. I've had birthdays, baby showers and mid-week treat lunches (there's an excellent pasta + glass of wine deal!) here and I hope I'll be returning for years to come.

I always recommend Artusi to my friends. My favourite restaurant in Peckham

This is a delightful restaurant with a superb seasonal menu and well trained enthusiastic staff. I always enjoy eating there.

Adding an update to my previous review - the best team, food and atmosphere. Recommend the chef’s table for groups of 8+. I’ve been for lunch and dinner and both are well worth the visit! Great for groups with amazing platters of food. Staff were friendly and good atmosphere.

We had a delicious, joyous lunch at Artusi after getting married at Southwark Register Office up the road. The restaurant accommodated our large party and a number of tricky food allergies with ease. The staff was incredibly accommodating and made the celebration so special. Artusi is one of our favorite local neighborhood restaurants but I can’t overstate just how world class the food is. Folks visiting from NYC and the far reaches of East London were blown away by the set menu — watermelon and ricotta, pickeled mackerel, homemade crab butter pasta, pork and salsa verde and olive oil cake with fresh peaches. It was all divine!

Absolutely delicious food here, as always! Lovely ambience - relaxed and friendly vibe. We’ll obviously be back!

We booked the 6pm saver menu and it was quick and great value. Drinks especially were really good. Would recommend!

Friendly, relaxed and professional service. The food was so tasty and the atmosphere is wonderful. It's taken us too long to visit for the first time so we'll be back again soon!

Delicious food and fantastic service in my neighbourhood! Highly recommend!

A lovely small restaurant with interesting food and a great atmosphere.

Delicious, fresh food. Pasta was cooked perfectly.

Great food and lovely staff. Always enjoy a visit to Artusi.

Went for the 'early bird' special and it was well worth it: a large pasta dish, dessert, and glass of house white/red for 20 GBP cannot be beaten for value! Everything tasted great and the staff were very friendly. Highly recommend this spot.

Fantastic flavours, helpful and friendly service. Will have dinner here again.

Sunday 3 course set menu (2 choices each) was innovative, seasonal, delicious & great value. Service, friendly attentive staff, ambience & wine list (Tenuta Stella Malvasia ❤️) all commendable.

Fantastic restaurant. We booked out the private dining room for a birthday. Brilliant food and really lovely atmosphere

Another great evening at Artusi. Delicious and generous spirited.

Excellent pasta, great wine to go with it

Great food from a small frequently changing menu

Our dinner last night was stunning. The menu was short and clever, and all so delicious. We (three) loved getting our starters, and then later our mains, simultaneously. Harder to do, obviously - and done perfectly. Such a nice change from the “all our plates are designed for sharing“ line. Anyhow a wonderful evening, thank you.

Superb linguine and friendly service. Not so happy about the house red but had a lovely Portuguese after that.

We have been to this small Italian Reston Peckham several times and have always enjoyed the food and the ambience. The staff are very friendly too. Highly recommend.

Very good food. However adding a 20% tip without any notice is not on. Perhaps that info should be on the menu? Sliding it on the bill and smiling is not respectful to customers.

Three course Sunday lunch for £29 a Michelin restaurant London? Loved how totally seasonal menu was . Only two choices so no wastage . Lovely service, knowledgeable staff. A joy!

A lovely spot, and the service was great + a great vibe. But across 3 different courses both my wife and I were quite disappointed with the food.

Lovely place with great service. Delicious pasta!

Great restaurant in increasingly popular Peckham. I would have given five stars all round but for a slight struggle with the menu due to various allergies I have. Artusi sensibly offers a limited choice of dishes so they can focus on providing very high quality fare rather than a laundry list of options. All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable evening, and I would definitely recommend a visit!

Amazing food and wine selection and very friendly and welcoming staff! Great local place for midweek dinner plans.

Might have just been an off night but the food was anything from average (skate terrine) to misjudged (too thick, undercooked pasta on the rabbit tortellini) to just plain bad (dry as plywood beef shin on congealed polenta). Service was fine minus the fact it took 45 mins from finishing the meal to actually paying the bill. My experience unfortunately didn't live up to the rave reviews & I wouldn't personally recommend going

The service was very nice and welcoming. However the food we had did not taste Italian at all and was not very good either

Best place to have some real delicious food that feels like it’s been homemade all the from Italy and served in London. Thank you Artusi

Highly rated and coveted chic restaurant nestled in Peckham and it's easy to see why! Artusi's chefs have mastered the art of refinement. Grand scales of richness, umami and texture, while condensing and balancing into playful dishes. The front of house staff are truly brilliant; attentive, polite, friendly and relaxed. Couldn't ask for anything more. I had the braised beef short rib with polenta and a wild garlic and herb sauce. Deep flavours that last forever, very creamy and soft polenta contrasts with the rich and intense tasting short rib texture. The tiramisu is probably the best in England and I had the biancomangiare (cold almond milk jelly with 🍓 jam, sounds weird but used to eat this in Italy as a kid). The wine list is perfectly curated, great depth of character, and the cocktails are good too. Artusi is very good value, set menu with 3 courses (+bottle of wine and glass of prosecco) came to £138 total, for a table of 3 people. Book ahead and you won't be disappointed.

Always enjoy coming here. Changing menu with fab food and fantastic service.

Great food and vibes. Had been a while but was great to go back, it didn’t disappoint

Amazing local spot perfect for any casual or special occasion.

Artusi is our favourite restaurant - the food is consistently delicious, and very reasonably priced (which isn't always the case in London!). It's a hidden gem and we would thoroughly recommend it!

Delicious food and lovely atmosphere! Staff are great :)

Just love it here. No idea why I left it so long between visits

Delicious food, big portions and very friendly staff! I have been here twice and I love it, I highly recommend their Sunday set menu for £29

Absolutely fantastic dinner at Artusi last night. I was gently directed to the rabbit ragu by one of the delightful staff and will remember this dish, along with the chestnut cake, for a long while. (Wish I had taken a note of the wine we chose, also very delicious). Many thanks

Really good Sunday lunch (excellent value, too, particularly if you don’t drink too much) The terrine, ricotta, pasta and chestnut cake were all outstanding, which shows that making each dish worthy of savouring is a good way to make a short set menu really sing,

Incredible food and lovely neighbourhood restaurant. Menu changes every two weeks. The chestnut cake on the menu at the moment is so excellent.

We had such a lovely lunch - relaxed atmosphere, excellent food - one of my favorite places in London without a doubt!

Amazing Tiramisu, keep up the good work !!!

It was fantastic! All of the staffs were very friendly and attentive, food was literally impeccable, great atmosphere. Would 1000% recommend and will be back as many time as possible + as soon as possible!

Excellent quality of food & cooking, great service and the atmosphere of a local restaurant. It’ll become in one of our regulars : )

Been here a few times and every time food, drinks and service have been amazing, their set menus are an incredible price for the quality of food

amazing food, amazing service. Down to earth yet quality dishes within a friendly atmosphere. Everything tastes amazing and good value for money.

Excellent, authentically Italian food. Very helpful and friendly staff.

Great restaurant, amazing staff and service! And of course lovely fresh food. Highly recommended, a great spot in Peckham

Excellent small Italian restaurant on Bellenden Road. At lunchtime, the menu usually has a choice of 3 starters and 3 pasta dishes from which one can select either a large or small portion. In the evening they tend to add two or three main courses. On our last visit we had a hispi cabbage dish and a lamb meatball for starters followed by radiatori with marjoram pesto and ricotta and tagliatelle with an anchovy and lamb sauce. All were delicious. Artusi also has a very good mostly Italian wine list with a number of wines of each colour available by the glass. Very friendly and helpful staff.

The food is outstanding; imaginative, generous fabulously flavoured. The seasoning is spot on. I don't have a sweet tooth but... here I can make an exception. So good. And hooray for discerning menu choice. Long enough to have choice, not so long you fall asleep looking at the options. A delight!

It's always an amazing experience to book and have a Sunday lunch locally at Artusi! The quality of the ingredients is great, and the way the food is prepared and presented is impeccable. Great selection of wines too and drinks made with care and with select products (from proper Italian vermouths to other beverages). Top quality-price ratio. Great staff and service.

Gorgeous food, atmosphere and service. Thank you so very much for looking after us all so brilliantly 💖.

An excellent neighborhood restaurant! We joined for lunch and were treated to the tasting menu which we thoroughly enjoyed - great dishes, superb pasta and a wonderful accompanying wine menu. The staff was very friendly and accommodated us even though we ran late. We definitely recommend this as a delightful neighborhood spot and will return soon!

Charming spot in Peckham, well thought out plates and warm friendly service. Best Italian restaurant in London.

Since my last review, I have started coming back here more regularly and have to say, I love it. Food is absolutely banging, the lamb sauce a few weeks ago was one of the best pasta dishes I've eaten, wow, just wow. The staff are all fabulous, happy, kind, attentive, courteous, service is quick without being rushed, just excellent. And they have avoided the temptation to cram in more tables, so layout and space just works a treat. Highly recommend, but book to be sure of a table.

Artusi is your favourite Italian place you don't know about yet. The food is destination worthy, but it is also a welcoming neighbourhood joint. Every time I come I wonder why I don't stop by more often. The staff are friendly and helpful, and the wine list incredible. Do yourself a favour and save room for dessert.

I have been to Artusi on a number of occasions and it never disappoints. Highly recommended.

Thursday night visit. 2 people 3 courses all delicious, great wine selection. Much better than more expensive local and central restaurants - just really good.

Great food in great surroundings.

Always tasty food and amazing staff :)

Just had an absolutely wonderful 3 course meal. The Sunday menu is a choice of 2 starters, 2 mains & 2 deserts. We chose different dishes so we could compare. Wow. I would have been satisfied if I had just told the waitress to bring me "whatever". Will I (continue) to come back. Mist definitely.

Artusi is never disappointing, always something to delight, so lucky to have a special and affordable restaurant nearby

Had a beautiful meal at Artusi last night. A great independent local restaurant. Food is delicious , service is great and a cozy atmosphere. Thoroughly recommend. The beetroot starter was excellent.

Treated for a birthday lunch by my eldest daughter. I haven’t enjoyed such a delicious meal and lovely wine for a long time. The food looks and tastes like it’s prepared with love. The staff was very friendly and lovely to talk to. What a winner this place is! Grazie!

Always good. Will come back again and again

Fantastic place, delicious food and great service, thank you.

Had been wanting to go for months and unfortunately I think there was space for improvement: both pasta options looked like pasta in bianco with bits in them, and the veggie starter could have been made tastier. The chorizo starter was good, but I think it’s mostly because it relied on the taste of the meat. The staff was pleasant but took ages to take our order and the place was not that busy, as it was a weekday evening. Would give it a second chance maybe in the future.

Always a delight. I was a regular while living in Peckham and return as often as possible.