Capricci in Southwark

Wasn’t expecting much as we were on a tight schedule and just needed to find something decent in between Tate visit and train home. When I saw the price of the specials board we nearly left, thankfully the normal menu was a bit kinder, so gave it a go. Really glad that we did, some really nice wines by the glass (With some good commentary and biog of the wines), very good steak tartare, which would’ve been very good on its own, but came on a bed of dauphinoise potato (or similar kind of thing anyway) and Parmesan grated on top. For a starter, the steak tartar and anchovies were pretty substantial and I was wondering if we had ordered too much with the pasta and Main to come. (anchovies were terrific, and the bread they came with was good with about half a pack of really lovely butter.) rigatoni with oxtail ragu Next, very good, Glass of house Merlot, made me want to be in the mountains. Then we had home-made meatloaf with house salad. The meatloaf was probably under selling itself with that name, (I am sure there must be a more fancy Italian name for it?) it was first class. Tiramisu was (by this time) unsurprisingly good. Okay, the bill was a bit heavy, and we hadn’t intended to spend or eat quite this much, however in this postcode you could probably spend the same or more and have nowhere near as good a meal. (Based on what we ate, I would probably imagine a starter and glass of wine would be just right for a weekday lunch?) very glad we came here, very pleasantly surprised overall. (The owner chucked in a couple of amaretti at the end, too, nice touch 🥳)

Went for lunch with a couple of friends, the staff/service was great, everything was served quickly, the wine was good. The food itself was nice enough but nothing overly special, and at £25-35 for a main, the taste didn't justify the price point in my opinion. I would probably go back for a meet up with friends, but wouldn't seek the experience out as such.

This place is a complete rip off. Literally sat down looked at the menu. Within 5 seconds of looking at the menu, I knew this place was a rip off, 32 pounds for a main is insane even in London! So decided to leave, asked for water the the table as we thought we would be eating there, £5 for a bottle of water is day light robbery and actually insane. Do not enter for your own bank accounts safety! However the waiter the poor lady dealing with my stunned shock was lovely.

World class Italian cuisine done in a casual and friendly style. In a town full of oversalted, fried or over buttered food this place really stands out. A clean, simple and modern interior with very comfortable seating and lighting helps focus on the food being served. Lorenzo and his staff have done a beautiful job both with the cuisine and their selections of wine.

Friendly welcome and decent service most of the time (very slow taking desert order, so we just got the bill and left). Bread basket turned out to be hunks of toast with a tiny amount of (delicious) oil. Not worth £9! Mains were tasty, but poorly presented. Wine was nice and beer was cold, so no complaints there. But worth £85 for toast, 2 mains and drinks is too much. (Includes 'optional' 13.5% service charge).

When we entered the restaurant and asked for a table for two, the cook behind the counter rudely said WE AREN'T OPEN YET. WE OPEN AT NOON. I said that's in three minutes though, maybe we could sit until then? He responded with DOES IT LOOK LIKE THERE IS ANY STAFF TO SERVE YOU NOW? NO. So unfortunately I can't comment on the food, but I certain won't be returning there ever.

eww did kemal make the food? tasted sooo bad and it was overcooked. not worth the money imo. get your food somewhere else.

Food was excellent, owned and run by Italians who took very good care of us. Service was excellent. Not a huge variety on the menu but the food was superb.

Really delicious food and some great wines in a small and cosy restaurant.

TERRIBLE! Found 2 strands of hair in my food (It looked like arm hair) so I am assuming the chef is a hairy person. Just completely unacceptable and unhygienic. Not only that, service was slow for MID food. The food tasted like it was cooked the night before and then microwaved before serving which is not acceptable considering the price of the dishes.

There is no service, there is only one waiter and the food is just for tasting, there is flavor but not for satiation.

I bought meat for 10 pounds. A tabe but arrived. All fasfoods are better. 👁️👄👁️

The bruschetta appetizer was one of the worst I’ve ever had and we ended up leaving after apps only because the food was so bad and the smell from the bathroom was overwhelming. The staff was super nice so broke my heart a little to cancel our dinner order and leave.

good Italian food. price on higher range. small space

Very pleasantly surprised with an Italian authentic meal. The service is super friendly and gives you personal advice based on the menu. Absolutely recommended and best to make a reservation.

Over priced, mediocre food, poor service. I went for lunch with a group of friends, we had not booked but were able to walk in at 12.30 - there were very few customers - there was a reason for that. It was a hot day, but the waiter did not offer water when we sat down. I asked for tap water, but he brought bottled @ £4 for half a litre. A bottle of house wine was £35, main courses were £18 - £28, portions were small, my pasta was lukewarm with 3 small slices of aubergine and some tomato sauce (£22). The bill was extortionate and I felt completely ripped off.

Great little place with fabulous food!! Highly recommend it. We had dinner and were pleasantly surprised on the great service and food. Amazing selection of wines.

This restaurant is a great discovery. The food is authentically Italian and delicious. We had the linguine alle vongole and the strozzapreti with swordfish and they were both excellent. The service was also very friendly and the prices weren't overly expensive.

We went out for dinner and the meal cost over 150 pounds for the three of us. Most expensive meal on our holiday. Significantly overpriced. And the food was bland, sloppy and tasteless (our gnocchi). My partner’s meat dish was over cooked and chewy and the bread we were given was stale - worst meal I’ve had for such a very long time. Feel scammed over the horrendous price for such an awful meal to be honest.

Very average to poor food at an exorbitant price! Noting many have given it 5 stars but for us, beef fillet was tough (poorly cooked dry on the outside while pink inside) served with a handful of ‘roast’ potatoes and two bits of carrot. All for £30!! Gnocchi was bland and sloppy - all for £26. With two starters, three mains and a glass of house wine, total price for three of us was over £150! Considering the poor food quality, very poor value for money.

Wonderful food, staff happy to tell you about the provenance of the food and wine.

Lovely Italian restaurant conveniently located to multiple major London sightseeing locations. Food and wine were excellent, service as well. The ambience was a little more "big city functional" than "Italian osteria," but, I mean.....it's near-downtown London, so that's pretty expected, and it's still a very enjoyable dinner.

Situated behind Tate Modern this delicatessen and restaurant is producing some interesting dishes with a list and stock of wines to satisfy all price points. Service was friendly and helpful and this is an ideal lunch spot post a Tate (in our case the Blue Rider exhibition) visit. We shared some bread and followed with 2 plates of pasta - one of red mullet and another of prawns - both very good. The bill can mount here. We had the 2 pastas, a couple of glasses of Chianti, water and 2 coffees - £130 for 2. Decent cooking and if you like Italian wines worth a visit.

They have signs that it is authentic Italian food, with a server who seems to be Italian. While the food is all right, it is nothing spectacular. The service was rather nonexistent and quite slow.

This was a while ago but my experience kept replaying on my mind and I think a review is in order. I went because it had good reviews but was left disappointed. The food was bland but I didn’t want to complain so I just ate it and half way through I found a hair in my food! For this I did complain. When I complained to the server, the server basically said what do I what them to do about it. Maybe Utterly appalling behaviour. I should have went to KFC instead if I wanted bad service. Actually that’s unfair to KFC since they have better service. Plus the food there is seasoned.

I've been here a couple of times and the taste and quality of the food has been one of the best in London, as far as pasta dishes go! Perfectly al dente, with interesting flavour and ingredient combinations and pleasant service. While not cheap, I think the value for money is more than guaranteed, especially considering the location.

Delicious food, risotto with venison, mushrooms in cream sauce. Excellent service, good wine selection & suggestions. Small place but creative dishes. Not a spaghetti place.

Real outstanding Italian food. Small place so you need to book in advance. Spectacular paccheri with broad beans, bacon and pecorino. Even the second courses are exceptional. Absolutely worth trying.

Is a really an amazing place, the food and the service is marvelous

You must try the cannoli desert! Fabulous host, and amazing food! Will definitely be back!

Not a cheap place but the food is fantastic.

Food was unique - each dish is well designed with various combinations of the selected ingredients. For those who are bored with “standard Italian food in uk” it is surely worth a try.

Savory, tasty, delicious, I highly recommend. The place is nice and cosy, as well as the waitress and the chef ! Great time !

What an absolute little gem of a place, tucked away behind Tate Modern. The waiter was very attentive and friendly, and really knowledgeable about the food and wine. We (a family of four) each had three courses, and every plate was absolutely delicious - good seasonal dishes, and generous servings. We had a fantastic time and will definitely return when we visit London again.

Bad service attitude and the food is not good and burned.

Way overpriced for average food! Service below what was expected at that price. No atmosphere and nothing to get excited about. Better off in a half decent pizzeria, at least you’d probably be warm! Never to return.

Restaurante pequeño, acogedor, con cocina a la vista y buen servicio. Esta especializado en productos de Italia. Los platos de pasta nos encantaron aunque la verdad un poco caros. Buena seleccion de vinos italianos a precio elevado. Mejor reservar, porque dispone de muy pocas mesas.

Quality Italian restaurant. We ate ziti alla Gricia, vegetarian lasagna and delicious pork cheeks, braised in Barolo, with polenta. Everything excellent. Very good desserts and excellent wine. Fast service, friendly and professional staff. Definitely recommended.

This place is a scam. They charged me over £25 for a dish that was smaller than the size of my fist. Ridiculously small menu with even smaller portions. Will not be coming again.

The waitress was so lovely and very accommodating. We arrived with no booking and got the last table. Food was delicious! Small place with very intimate feel! ❤️

Plato con "¡5!" tortellini ,26 libras , a parte te cobran un 12'5% "por servicio" más en la cuenta. No lo recomiendo nada.

This is the best unique Restaurant I have been too. I have been coming here for years and I can not recommend a better place to come to eat and drink. Outstanding service, atmosphere, food and wine. I have travelled all over the world and visited many restaurants and this place is one of my top three! If anyone says any different in the review I am astonished 😦

Overpriced tiny place. Average food. Wouldn’t go there again.

Just bought a supposedly 200gr of Pecorino. Shame on them I got overcharged big time, they should either buy a new scale or just don’t sell stuff you can’t even measure!

Loved this restaurant! Highly recommend!

I love Capricci. I had not been in years, but dropped in yesterday for a late lunch mid-way through a day at Tate Modern. The fish dish I selected had just run out, and the waiter suggested the guineau fowl. It was amazingly good. The service is also excellent -- attentive and effective without being overbearing. I felt very comfortable as a solo diner too.

The food is tasteless. There is not much service. The waiter acted like he did not expect customer. Noone served water after we ordered. Surprisingly bad. I don’t know how the restaurant gets such high rating with food this bad. Cup noodle would taste better than this. Disappointment

Very expensive, waited long time to be served food, and then left more than half the plateful. Disappointed not the Italian restaurant we were expecting.

Lovely cosy place with welcoming staff and big portion food. However, a bit pricey. Only downfall is the bathroom.

Found a gem in the heart of London If you love truffles then this is the place for you.

They are overpriced for food and a glass of red wine. And they charged the service fee without asking.

Great food and service. Very low key friendly place. On looking in the window I thought it was a deli that just did snacks but we asked and there was a nice seasonal menu. Pasta with duck ragu was sensational as were the scallop starters. The assorted bread 'nibbles' with oils were so amazing we asked to take the rest of the bread home! The Sardinian waiter was lovely and couldn't do enough for us. Highly recommend.

Great food with wide selection of wines. The manager matches the wines with the food and you can also buy great packaged products of Italian artisanal gastronomy... Small kitchen that prepares fresh food... Coffee is also great...

Visiting London on business so with a colleague and this restaurant was recommended by the hotel staff. We found the menu choice quite limited especially as a vegetarian. However decided to stay and try the food. The one Vegetarian option was a special so not priced on the menu. We shared the mixed bread nibbles which was OK but way too much dry bread with a tiny amount of butter and oil. Nothing wrong with the mains but given the price they were also nothing special. Recognising higher prices in London we found this over priced for the standard of food we got. The wine list had way more choice than the food menu. Service was fine but we wouldn’t visit again, it’s not in our opinion, good value.

Absolutely delicious, worth every penny and such a cute little restaurant! Service was quick and great Really authentic Italian food and wine

Cute Italian bistro with fantastic food and wine. The service is exceptional too

google map shows it’s open all day so we spent our time walking there in the afternoon. The door is open, but the man said it’s closed now.

Authentic food, nice guys, good wine! …excellent…

Kleiner feiner italiener in london abseits der touristen ! Essen / trinken top. Sehr guter und netter service - unbedingt hingehen, wenn man italiensch essen will wie von mutter‘s kueche !

We came across this gem of a restaurant just across from Tate Modern. It’s quite small and even on an early Monday evening was very busy. And deservedly so. The menu is really varied with interesting twists on Italian food. Everything we ate was freshly cooked, very tasty and beautifully presented . Service was friendly and really helpful on explaining the menu. When next in London we would definitely seek this out again.

really high prices for what you get, the food is not bad

I just don’t think the price matches the food, it’s not amazing, average place, bad pricing

A brilliant Italian Sunday roast. Lovingly made with top-quality ingredients, bringing heart-warming flavours. Friendly, attentive service, yet leaving us in peace, too - i.e. not over-attentive. Very good choice of starters and mains. I'm from Yorkshire so love my English Sunday roast, but this Italian one was sublime.

Dined here before a show at Shakespeare's Globe (about an easy 10-minute walk). A warm evening so we took a cafe table on the sidewalk for the light breeze and people-watching. The service was friendly, knowledgeable, and efficient. Menu was varied; the presentation and preparation of our dishes (bruschetta, salads, coniglio, and espresso) were just right for an informal summer meal. Interesting and unfussy wine list. Have a glass of Prosecco. Have two!

Such a hidden gem - delicious food and fantastic service. Will definitely be back and recommending to all my friends!

The restaurant has no ambiance. The food was quite average. The starter was a pepper with a filling of something that resembled canned tuna. The main courses were ok but nothing special. The staff was very friendly and took an interest why we did not touch the starter. We booked through the open table app and after we left they canceled our reservation on the app. Probably to avoid a review. And this is why I took the time to write one!

So pleased it is still there. We hadn't visited for many years.

What an excellent neighbourhood Italian restaurant and wine bar! Fantastic menu with interesting dishes alongside classics, very enjoyable wine list and wonderful personal service that unfortunately isn’t always a given in London. A real gem.

Avoid. Lived in this area for three years and finally decided to give this place a try. Very high prices and small portions, undercooked spaghetti(nothing to do with al dente). Paid 24 quid for half a plate of risotto, no value of money at all.

Veramente un buon ristorante italiano (italiano vero!). Personale cortese, simpatico e molto disponibile. Piatti ottimi, soprattutto il risotto

I hadn’t eaten here before. Tiny kitchen but super food. My friend had the pasta with truffles. They didn’t have any gluten free pasta so I had the monkfish and new potatoes (with truffle) which was excellent. As were the wine and the coffee.

Some of the best tiramisu we've ever had, with excellent service!!!

Quality ingredients well put together. Delicious authentic Italian fine fare with wonderful, accommodating service from lovely Italian people. We felt like we were eating with family and had one of our nicest family evening meals in London. Super wine too!

Three adults and two children had a delightful lunch. The restaurant, between 12.00 and 1.30, was not busy and all the food was cooked fresh. The menu does not have a huge selection but none of us had any difficulty finding something to choose and we were all very satisfied. The wine list was extensive with ample choice of wine by the glass. The waitress was excellent. Helpful, friendly and efficient. There is an open kitchen and it would have been nice for the chef and the other staff member to at least acknowledge us. They weren’t exactly overwhelmed and a smile doesn’t take a huge effort.

Nous sommes très bien accueillis. Il y a même un serveur qui parle français 😇 Des plats authentiques, saveurs exquises...

A hidden gem behind the Tate Modern. The food was delicious, you could tell and see pasta etc were all fresh and homemade. We had the set menu which very tasty and also very good value for money.

This place was recommended by a friend and it was delicious. It has a wonderful menu, food was perfect. It balanced being a trendy upscale resturant while also being very approachable. We will definitely be back. Our server Maya was excellent. HUGE wine list.

The guys here are fantastic. The menus are authentic and great care is taken with selection of the ingredients and the preparation and cooking. And then there are the wines which are reason enough to go there alone.

Официант горит своим делом, очень классно рассказал что и откуда, обязательно попробуйте разные сыры и мясо все очень разное на вкус, баклажан понравился

Capricci was absolutely a delightful stop during our time in London. I can’t believe we simply stumbled upon such an authentic Italian experience. We left with full bellies and full smiles, plus recommendations for our next visit to Sicily, Italy later this year. Highly recommend!!!!

Great food and wine. Cacio e Pepe super tasty.

A convenient place for dinner around Tate Modern or before the theatre. Friendly and professional service, nice food; but surprisingly expensive for what it is — beware the "discretionary 12.5% service charge" that gets added to the bill without mention.

Took 2 elderly friends here for early supper. We all enjoyed the nice but overpriced meal, (my husband said he thought his glass of wine tasted strange), settled the bill and then told by manager/proprietor ? That we were not welcome to revisit! My husband...

Menu covers all bases, cheese, pasta and delicious meat and seafood dishes that are truly authentically Italian. Excellent wine list too. Prices match the experience.

Big yes. Excellent food - fresh and tasty. Friendly and fast service.

amazing food such a big menu with lots of options, served quickly, staff were very friendly

A succinct menu but everything looks attractive and not something easily found in chain restaurants— full of seasonal surprises. The fregola was recommended by the Sardinian person taking my order, with Bottarga (cured roe) fished from near his hometown. Although it looks like some people dislike the smell, personally I didn’t find it fishy at all. The tomato broth was perfect, flavorful and not overpowering. There were quite plenty of clams. Also loved the texture of fregola. The basaltic vinaigrette was slightly sweet and went well with the rocket and shaved Parmesan. Really appreciate the all day menu :D (was enticed by the focaccia deal but I was planning for proper dinner, despite it being abnormally earlier). Wish I’d been here sooner but it’s always bustling at peak hours. Looking forward to coming back again and trying new things, even for takeaway.

Excellent food. We both had the lasagna. It's a very small place so reservations are expected. We haven't been in London long enough to determine the price level. It seemed pricey but I'm not sure.

Absolutely loved this place and will definitely be going back! Food and wine is just wonderful! Atmosphere was also nice as its a small place, so the experience is quite intimate. Would highly recommend 👌

Si vous cherchez une bonne pizza, passez votre chemin, La pizza 4 fromage était finalement une pâte recouverte de sauce tomate avec un peu de « parmesan » semé par endroit. Idem avec là fruit de mer (sauf que ces derniers n’étaient pas bons du tout !) Sinon personnel aimable, sympa pour ne boire qu’un verre.

An absolute gem of a restaurant and completely unexpected in terms of location and initial appearance. The perfect date spot where you'll be well educated on every plate and glass set in front of you.

The food was reasonable but the service is very bad at a level that you should not approach!!!

Super delicious. Amazing food! I had the mussels and the tiramisu. Best Italian food I've ever had. I would have added pictures of the main dish and dessert but I got the eating so fast I forgot to take the photos 😁

Our hosts were brilliant- the wines offered are varied and interesting. The host clearly has in depth knowledge and the tortellini and tiramisu I had were very good indeed.

Interesing menu with a range of unusual dishes not commonly seen in run of the mill Italian restaurants. Everything we had was veyr tasty. Amazing selection of wines, all available to take away too.

Great coffee and delicious desserts. Staff is amazingly Italian. We will be back for a full meal. Grazie

Nice food and environment. Staff friendly.

Great Italian food - lovely service!

Fantastic food at a little family run place that knows how to treat customers. Staff took care of my fussy eating young kids, and fed us terrific food

Really lovely little gem of a place! The food options were great, the pasta was fresh, the cheese options were fantastic, the service was very pleasant, the atmosphere was lovely and cosy. The seats are not very comfortable if you stay there for longer.