Dessert Express in Tower Hamlets

Stunning Italian food but maybe avoid Sunday if you don’t want to have to wait too long to get a table. I lived in Italy and this place serves really really high quality Italian food

We spent £122 for two, and while the service was fine, the food and drink were disappointing. The food wasn’t tasty and very overpriced at £22 for a bland saffron risotto and thick chewy agnolotti. Nothing was “wrong” per se, rather it was just incredibly basic and lacked substance and flavour. Drinks were also below par; the Aperol Spritz was flat, and the Negroni was just passable. While the salad, peach mozzarella, and gnocco fritto were decent, the overall quality didn’t justify the price. At this price point, places like Osteria Romana or Manteca offer far superior food and drinks. The high overall ratings made us expect much better. Perhaps we picked a bad day, but there should be no exceptions at this price point. It feels like we dined at a completely different restaurant than the one described in the reviews. Unfortunately, we won’t be returning.

Terrible experience. Only 2 tables were occupied in the restaurant, and it took over 45 mins to get out one starter. The main courses (4) were all tasteless, and dire. We complained at the time when the waiter asked us "hows the food", we told him it was awful, but by then we had waited so long to receive food (over an hour for the main course), we were that hungry, we ate it. The chips were about the best thing we endured, we didn't moan about the chips being 6.50 pounds, but when we got them, it was less than a full potato! LOL We did laugh about this in the end.

Overall, was an enjoyable experience. I ordered the fish pie which was nice although there were pools of melted butter that had collected in the dish. Possibly from the sauce. Nice food and service and good to visit if staying at the hotel.

Chef and the waitress they are nice people but they don’t have any knowledge about Italian food and how to make a drinks. I’m sorry but risotto I ordered was too watery and tasteless and mojito was disaster.