Lamezia Pizza & Fresh Pasta in Islington

Great pizza, even better pasta and a Gelato to die for. Excellent and warm service

Really bad experience whilst eating in. I witnessed a male waiter and the chef use slit throat gestures to a takeaway customer. There was some disagreement but this is not how people in hospitality should behave. Food was great, service and atmosphere abysmal

Excellent dishes, impeccable service and warm welcome

I ordered a takeaway The 2 pizzas 🍕🍕 were delicious Will definitely be going back for more

Rude staff and poor food. I also advise against it when it comes to hygiene.

What an amazing place, My self and my family went to eat at Lamezia restaurant and honestly service and food was amazing Thank you so much will be back soon

Always an amazing family friendly place 😊

Superb in every way. Delightful

Genuine Italian cuisine and atmosphere. Wood fired oven for pizza and other baked specialties.

Really good pizza, very friendly people, the preparation was excellent, recommended 100%

Lovely people working here. Super friendly and the lasagna is the best I’ve had in London.

Terrible food with absolutely terrible service. The Panzanella salad was a mash with no taste and just tomatoes. The service was also really bad - our vegetarian pasta dish was cooked with bacon and took ages to get that dish replaced. The replacement dish (recommended by the server as signature pasta dish) was absolutely inedible. We had to leave the restaurant, to go get a meal elsewhere which has rarely happened before.

Pizzas were good but not the best in the area. The dough was slightly thick and chewy. For the pricey pizza I was expecting better quality...

Cute Italian place with really good atmosphere. Tiramisu is very good

Good portions and tasty food. I got the risotto with the mushrooms which was well cooked and creamy unlike other Italian restaurants I have tried that tend to overcook the rice. My partner had the spaghetti amatriciana , the spaghetti was al dente and delicious sauce and well cooked guanciale 👌 we also shared the Bomba as a dessert, for one person might be too much - the pistachio ice cream was a bit light, couldn't taste much of the pistachio aroma

If you live in London you can't miss going to dinner at the Lamezia restaurant. Found by chance, it was a very pleasant surprise. We were on holiday in London and had dinner twice in 3 days at this place. The first time we tried the pizza which was really good, especially because I wasn't sick the following morning (now at my age I always have to evaluate it the following morning). The second time we returned with friends and we tried real Italian cuisine (which is difficult to find in London), from the starters (which we asked for twice because of how good they were) to the dessert it was all very good, I would like to say that the first courses are were better than the second ones but in reality I couldn't really choose, it felt like my mother was in the kitchen!! So if you are in London I highly recommend you go to this place!

Lovely friendly people/family run restaurant. Great atmosphere, exquisite food, desserts and wine. Very attentive and would highly recommend Lamezia 👌

Rude staff, they are advertise as showing the football matches and then act shocked when asking the staff about it. Location outdated, and unfriendly.

Drop whatever you are doing and go and eat at Lamezia, that is all. And don't forget to wrap your dinner up with a bomba desert.

Can't fault the food, staff very friendly and efficient.

Great ! I highly recommend ! :)

Very tasty food and great ambience! Small cute shop with nice staff!

Delicious pizza, fresh from a very good oven, as evidenced by the char marks. Pizza was nice and salty. The chili oil is incredible! (Wish they sold bottled chili oil) Definitely recommend getting a pizza here. Didn’t try the pasta but looked really good too

Walked in Sunday with no booking as we had just got to London and were starving. What a find! Food was amazing. Great, friendly service. Would definitely eat here again if we are ever in the area again. Thanks so much, you got our trip to London off to the perfect start!

Had lunch with friends. Nice quaint ambience about this place. Food lovely and service good. Will def return

We had dinner on a Thursday without a reservation, and ordered the pain nostro (bread with chili oil, balsamic vinegar and olive oil), the spicy carbonara and the tiramisu. The food was incredible - it wasn't overly heavy, tasted wonderful and left us wanting more. Pricing was also decent - all this for under 40£. The staff and decor were also highlights - everyone was really warm and there seemed to be a lot of regulars and that might include us as well!

Came in Friday eve, 4 of us, without a booking. Really great food and service for a reasonable price. Would recommend Lamezia if you are in the area!

During our stay this became my favourite at Holloway Road. Awesome pizza and pasta. And so friendly staff. Go here!

Great food, wine and service in a cosy Italian restaurant, would definitely return

Świetne miejsce z bardzo dobrą włoską pizzą - jedną z najlepszych, jakie jadłem!

Beautiful little gem of a restaurant. Came with 3 young children and they all cleaned their plates. Would definitely recommend!

A place where you can get a good classic carbonara is a good place. The service from Alessia was very good.

Amaizing atmosphere really nice pizza.

I went with a cousin on a Saturday, not crowded. Staff was absolutely lovely and so welcoming. The pizzas were DELICIOUS. I had the Vegetarian one with extra Gorgonzola, and it was one of the best I have had.

Really good anf affordable pizzas. Really nice staff. Thanks

Lovely place to have Italian food, pizza was great and service was friendly. Lots of options and specials of the day which were great.

Lovely authentic family run Italian.

Lovey place just a pity we had to rush it.

Great Italian restaurant with lovely dishes and very fresh food. Desserts are delicious too. All the dishes were packed with very very tasty flavours and unique. The chilli oil was not good at all but the fresh chillies were nice. The drinks were good too but the peroni wasn't as strong and the glasses were dirty inside some of them. Overall a great experience and enjoyable.

Delicous fresh food, great atmosphere and lovely service all for a reasonable price. Love it.

I loved it!! Me and my Italian family went there for dinner and our pizza was absolutely delicious and so tasty!! We loved the atmosphere, we felt like we were at home. We Highly recommend it.

I went to Lamezia with my partner for dinner. Italian staff is very friendly and professional. We ordered a speck and provola involtini as a special daily starter and 2 pizzas( Lamezia and Romagnola). Good ingredients , good selection , normal size dishes but dough can definitely be improved and unfortunately is a bit overpriced.

Very nice pizza with friendly service

I came here with my friends, we loved the food. It is fresh and tasty!! Great customer service. I really love the places where the staff members smile and say nice words.

Love this place! My fave Italian in London!

You really feel like you are in Italy here. All the service is so nice and the food is very authentic. I would definitely go back!

Ottimo ristorante italiano a Londra. A gestione familiare da calabresi. Ci siamo sentiti in casa e abbiamo gradito non solo il cibo la l’atmosfera accogliente e simpatica. Sicuramente un posto da considerare se si è in città.

Nice meal, nice setting, nice staff. Nice restaurant. I would recommend

Personnel accueillant + Gnocchis délicieuses et fondantes = restaurant à faire ABSOLUMENT !!!

Can't speak more highly about Lamezia! My father and I go before every Arsenal home game. Maria always remembers us, and even emails ahead of time to change reservations when match days change. The food and service is excellent, and the whole atmosphere is extremely friendly and welcoming. The best restaurant on Holloway Road by a mile - and i've tried most of them!

very poor customer service. booked table 2 weeks prior and confirmed by email day before to be told 15 minutes before meal no table available. we were offered table outside very busy traffic etc, nobody out there obviously due to poor seating conditions ,will not be be trying to book this restaurant ever again.

Very disappointed to have booked up a table for 2 today travelling from Oxford to be told 15 minutes before double booked and no indoor seats available offered seat outside, far from acceptable with traffic weather etc considering confirmed night before, very very poor organisation

Absolutely amazing! Delicious authentic Italian food, great atmosphere, and super friendly service! If you are in the area I 100% recommend this restaurant! The spaghetti scoglio js one of the best we ever had!

Best Italian restaurant in London. The truffle pasta is simply outstanding. I would definitely recommend eating here if you’re in the area. The desserts are mind blowing also!

This is my favourite local place. Everything. Octopus carpaccio, bursts, truffle pasta, seafood grill…desserts. Team is phenomenal and I just genuinely like coming here after a long work day and have warm pasta. I love you 🖤

Decent spot to hop in before an arsenal match. The service was quick and the pizza was decent. Neopolitan style pizza but enjoyed that the toppings didn't slide off or create a puddle of mush when eating. Would recommend if looking to get some solid food in the system before a match

Nice atmosphere. The restaurant feels very homely. Pizza was very tasty. 4* because we found pizzas a bit too ‘bready’ and we personally prefer the neapolitana style pizzas.

Lamezia has always been one of my favourite places to eat in London. Extremely friendly staff and quick, efficient service. Great wine and super tasty food. Good pizzas, too.

Impresionante! I am super satisfied! Amazing bolognese you can tell is home made. The pasta dishes are huge! Beautiful, delicious and big tiramisu! Good costumer services. Best Italian place in the area ! Super cute and cosy, amazing for solo dates! I am definitely back!

Best pizza in London, and the friendliest service. Just fab!

If you look for real italian experience in London - this is place for you. Tasty food, amazing pizza, good atmosphere. We left the restaurant simple happy.

Amazing pizza near emirates great for before or after an Arsenal match. Perfect service, always friendly.😀

Really delicious Italian food! Everything tasted very fresh and the staff were all very kind. I got a pizza and it was really nice and flavorful. The burrata was really amazing and I would highly recommend it.

It was ok. Seafood risotto delicious but carbonara not. Restaurant was empty. Service was ok but nothing special. I recommend Berto/Zia Lucia next door instead.

The food was incredible and the bread, oil and vinegar starter was the best I've ever had (5 different types of bread!). Would have been 5 stars for sure, but for the inexcusable use of plastic cups. Along with not being pleasant to drink from, in 2023 there's absolutely no excuse for a restaurant to use disposable cups. UPDATE: Plastic cups are a requirement of the council due to football fans being idiots. I have updated the review to 5 stars. Although maybe the restaurant could invest in some reusable plastic cups instead.

Very nice and cosy Local Italian restaurant. Would definitely recommend, pizzas are delicious and the dough is amazing! Must try!

Waitress got our simple drinks order wrong initially then ignored us to the point that I had to shout over to get her to come to our table as she had not brought us the water we requested nor checked up on us or asked if we wanted deserts after our plates had been cleared. When I asked for an ice cream flavour that was listed on the board she seemed very confused then returned to say they did have this flavour (in which case surely it could have easily been removed from the blackboard). The bill included a 12.5% service charge which we asked to have removed as prefer to leave tips in cash according to the service. This also confused the waitress and who I presume was the manager that was brought over because she also just worked it out via a calculator and handwrote the new amount on the receipt. As there was 5 of us we split the total and all rounded up - 2 of us paid by card and the rest by cash; one friend also put extra change in to cover the tip so we had DEFINITELY paid over the total amount (minus the service charge) but another friend had used an old £20 note so had to go to the till to pay his share by card... where he was told we had underpaid by a few pounds and he had to cover this. He did so and the rest of us did not find out until after we left or would have argued this at the time. This all delayed us somewhat and we were actually late arriving at a gig we were attending nearby. On reflection I could not believe we were in the restaurant TWO HOURS and only had mains and drinks. The food was quite nice but the restaurant is very small with tables close together. We may have been a little loud as were a group but were made to feel very unwelcome.

It was a pleasant discovery, I moved 10 days ago to Holloway Road and it was a surprise to find this restaurant 2 steps away from my house! Thanks also to Mina the waitress, and to all the staff, very friendly and attentive… We will definitely be back not because it's close, but because it's one of the best Italian restaurants in London Thank you 👍

Tiramisu was absolutely delicious!!!

Dear Lamezia team, Thank you very much for a wonderful time at your restaurant and delicious food we had yesterday. The experience and atmosphere were incredible, just what we were looking for.

We only stopped for a drink whilst passing by. Lovely little place with very welcoming staff.

What a lovely little restaurant, the owners where really chatty and friendly. The food was really nice, I had meatballs for starters which just melted in my mouth ( mouth is watering as I'm writing this). For the mains I had a pizza with spicy Italian sausage (cannot remember what it was called) which was tasty and filling. Will definitely be going back. I didn't pay the bill so can't comment on cost.

Superb service....lovely people . Pizza was good as well.. we'll be back ❤️❤️

This place, a small family business, since a few weeks now, is my only Italian love in London! The food is always fresh and the taste is so rich and genuine. I have been trying, in 10 years living in London, several Italian restaurants but this is by far the most authentic one!!! For the readers, I am from Napoli and I must admit that I am very fussy when it comes to food. Well deserved guys

Brilliant family run restaurant. Came on a Friday evening and service and food was both fantastic. All staff were very friendly & smiley and all food was delivered quickly. Vegan pizza was amazing. Limoncello made by Mama was a lovely end to the meal :)

Food was relatively bland or over-salted, bottle of wine opened behind the bar and left on the table for us to serve ourselves. It’s the little things sometimes.

Amazing pizza, very tasty and the the staff is very friendly

We were positively surprised by the great food they have! We usually prefer their neighbours and never tried Lamezia but the pizza is very tasteful and the ingredients are fresh and tasty. We also had the lasagna which was amazingly juicy and perfectly cooked….definitely is going to be the first option now kn!!!

Lovely place and lovely staff!! Food was good too

It is honestly a surprise! It is a family run business, very cordial staff and nice atmosphere. Loved the Italian songs in the background and all the typical pictures on the wall. Food is great and the price is very honest and affordable. The size of the Portions is perfect as well. Definitely recommend it. We paid 22£ each for a lot of food.

Super nice little Italian place, loved the pizza and all the Italian vibe

Great meal went for traditional Italian, meatballs, pizza, carbonara plus tiramisu and all excellent. Service friendly.

Good pizza taste authentic Italian stile ! Quick and efficient you can also pay cash

Cibo molto buono ,non poteva andare meglio

Heerlijk gegeten! We hadden de 'mix and share' planken vegetarisch en met vlees. De combinatie was super! Erg vriendelijke mensen, familie bedrijf. Een dikke aanrader!

A great restaurant. The food is excellent (pizzas and everything else) and great draught beer too. A proper family run business and they make us feel like part of the family too. We go most weeks.

Excellent family run restaurant with food that tastes so fresh and authentic. The restaurant has such a homely feel it is incredible!!

Wonderful team and great menu. Will be visiting again! Would definitely recommend.

Delicious. I'd forgotten how good real Italian puds are.

Lovely atmosphere,good pizza,crazy staff.

Excellent food including superb pizzas. Friendly and attentive service. One of our favourites in North London. Quality and simplicity.

Best pizza I've had in London (tartufona), lovely staff and homely feel.

Staff friendly and nice venue but the seafood pasta we ordered was a mountain of poor quality seafood - please examine food you feel has been buried under pasta - all tasted awful sorry but we didn’t eat it and did tell the waitress why - nevertheless we were printed with and paid the whole bill - the pizza I had was nice …

Il menù italiano e le pizze napoletane come in Italia... Servizio e prezzi ottimi

So glad I happened upon this place. Amazing food and even better service!!

Authentic atmosphere and great Pizza.

Excellent pasta, helpful staff, recommended.

Excellent family run Italian restaurant. Exquisite food served promptly. Everything we tried was really good, from calamari, to the meatballs, the pisci al tartufo, gamberoni etc. Don't miss it if you enjoy Italian food. Tip: kids are well welcomed so extra thumbs up for this restaurant.

One of our favourite restaurants in Holloway road. Pizza def tastes better than the neighbour! I was too greedy and asked for a large pasta portion 😅

As a frequent patron whose husband hails from Lamezia Terma in Italy, and after which this restaurant is named, I'm delighted to attest to the quality and authenticity of this amazing little establishment. Rustic and intimate with attentive staff who make you feel like visiting family, the food is exactly what you would expect it to taste like on the continent. Fresh ingredients, herbs and spices, an original and creative menu to suit all, whether it be a pasta dish or pizza,I promise you will have a memorable, Italian experience x