Ombra in Tower Hamlets

Ombra hosted our wedding reception at their bakery across the road. The setting was great for our 65 guests with indoor and outdoor space, the food was exceptional (four courses, including burrata, beans, pasta and tiramisu), and the atmosphere was wonderful. The team (especially Red) was great at making sure things went smoothly on the day and making adjustments as needed. We couldn't have picked a better venue for what we wanted. Thank you!

Defenitely recommended. I’ll be back to try more dishes as they look amazing! Sardines and bergamot bruschetta was delightful .

We had a lovely meal here, unfortunately the service really leaves a lot to be desired. We had the chef’s menu and it seems we were either being bombarded with courses and not given time to savor each one or we were being completely ignored and waiting very long stretches for the next course. No real explanation on what each course, it felt like the staff really couldn’t be bothered. Asked for some salt and pepper twice from 3 staff members and that did t make its way to our table for a good 20mins. Such a shame really as the food was indeed lovely!

Nice place and knowledgeable staff

Food is excellent, really home made Italian and good drinks. A bit expensive though.

I will start by saying that the food we had was really good. The place is very nice and the possibility of eating outdoor, beautiful. They try to combine flavours in a very interesting way. Keeping their Italian heart but also going beyond the standard, classic dishes. I was happy with everything. One thing that is worth mentioning though, was the bill at the end of our meal. Not judging here, but just be ready to pay £95 pound for two pasta dishes (not very big portions), two Spritz (small glass full of ice) and a shared starter. Ciao :)

While the quality of the food was excellent, I was disappointed with the lack of sides included with the £28 fish dish. At Ombra, you order fish, and only get fish! Wish I had photographed the plate. My mum had to order an additional salad which cost an extra £15.00. This made the dish far more expensive than it should have been. I would have expected the waitress to mention the lack of sides...

Really impressed with this spot, location wise it gives a great view of the canal, especially if you sit outside on the terrace which has a lovely atmosphere. The service was rapid and attentive, staff very friendly and helpful and even offered us a very generous discount on our bill due to a minor mishap with our order, which was rectified quickly. Food was excellent also, we had the Hen of the Woods and Padron Peppers followed by beef ragu. Would also recommend the tiramisu which was probably the biggest I’ve ever had!

Really good food and wine. Wasn't cheap but worth it! I would definitely come again!

Excellent Negroni and appetizers, best and kindest service in London, highly recommend!

I don’t know who needs to see this but AVOID THIS PLACE at all cost unless you want to receive bad service, overpriced food, and extremely hostile hospitality from Ombra staff, particularly from a member named Mitshel. I had experienced symptoms of food poisoning very shortly after dining at this restaurant and sent an email to Ombra after 3 days of fully being sick in bed, only to be responded with progressively extreme hostility in response by a man named Mitshel. The degree of hostility was to the level of him claiming he will call the authorities on me for false accusation (when I had explained I have no issue reporting to the authorities if we could not resolve the issue internally), which to me is simply beyond belief and beyond any degree of professionalism. Clearly the staff and Mitshel take A LOT of pride in their restaurant and I applaud them for it but unless you want to feel attacked AS A CUSTOMER, avoid this restaurant at all cost. I also paid £360 for 4 people and still left hungry (with small portions of starters and pasta at an average cost of £20+), so unless you’re happy to splurge for decent-at-best quality food (with a possibility of contracting food poisoning), my best advice is to look elsewhere. Update: This restaurant engages in HARASSMENT behaviour if you ever complain about them - creating social and emotional harm to any customers who complain. The morning after I posted this review, I received a very suspicious LinkedIn connection from “Ombra” who apparently works as the “director of IBM”. This is after I had responded via email saying I do not wish to have any further liaising between the both of us and kindly asked for them to not reply. Not only did they respond back to my email, I’ve also received this extremely fishy LinkedIn connection. Guys, if any defamation ever occurs about me, please use this review as evidence of the sequence of occurrence.

Extensive wine list which the sommelier guided us through. Shorter food menu with excellent choices. We enjoyed shared plates & whilst we all had different favourites, we agreed the pasta was the star dish. In addition our dog was made very welcome.

One of the best services I received in East London. Amazing products and wine list. I definitely will be back. A big thank you to Red and Filip for taking care of me.

Lovely place for great home made Italian food and good selection of wine and cocktails. I meant to go for a drink and I ended up trying a few cocktails and a few dishes (gnocco fritto Is Amazing). Staff was attentive and friendly, Red and Philip looked after us very well.

Came for lunch, got a nice table on the terrace and service was good. Although a bit pricy, the food was good with starters and the crab tagliatelle standing out. Deserves higher than 4.2

My wife and I visited Ombra on a very hot day, they've got a lovely outside seating area and we managed to sit in the raised area, which had a great view of the canal and surrounding area. The menu was carefully crafted and you could tell a lot of time and thought had gone in to the dishes. This isn't your standard Italian with the usual choices! The staff were very informative with the ingredients and explaining the menu, you could tell they had a real passion for the food. The drinks menu was carefully chosen to compliment the dishes and the rosé was fantastic, as we're the non-alcoholic options. We will definitely be back next time we're in London!

Been here twice now - first time I went the food was not great, thought I’d give it another chance and wow I regret it. Very overpriced, bad to mediocre food, I could actually do better at home and I’m not even a great cook. Can’t fault the service. Still, avoid. Plenty of nicer places in the area.

Been here twice now - first time I went the food was not great, thought I’d give it another chance and wow I regret it. Very overpriced, bad to mediocre food, I could actually do better at home and I’m not even a great cook. Can’t fault the service. Still, avoid. Plenty of nicer places in the area.

Always a great time when coming here

Awesome pasta. Awesome wine. A real Italian!

I often to go ombra in my lunch break and it is great, the pasta with crab is so good, great service too and amazing wine list! Highly recommended!

Just fantastic. Stunning food. Lovely staff. Great setting. Actuality the food was stunningly good Wine was more expensive than I can afford when you look down the list but the food more than made up your my only minor complaint

We had the tasting menu and it was delicious, the mix of fresh vegetables dishes to pastas or meat was really nice, and sometimes not done well. But here it was lovely. The natural wine was also incredible! Would very much recommend asking the staff about your wine choices as they are quite knowledgeable. Highly recommend :)

Have run out of superlatives to describe Ombra. We got the tasting menu with a set accompanying wine list and it proved to be among the best meals I’ve ever had in London. The staff were so attentive and showed a genuine appreciation for their product. As much care has gone into crafting the menu as the atmosphere, and both make for a tremendous experience. You must try this place!

So amazing food that tantalises your senses....absolutely delicious! The service is top drawer! I will be back! Its a must! 10/10 to the chef x

Fantastic experience. Food is delicious, staff super friendly and the atmosphere great. Highly recommend!!

I've been to ombra 5 times (it's next to home), and I had previously rated it 5 stars as around Dec 2023 - Jan 2024 they had a very beautiful refined menu doing something that felt like subtle Japaneze Italian fusion. However, the last 2 times I went I feel like the food quality went down, the service collapsed, and prices went up. Please realign the price / quality ratio!

Ombra is incredible. Delicious food and wine and brilliant service.

Terrible wine which was corked Tiramisu that was 80% cream

Cosy restaurant with friendly staff. But I'm not sure about the food. It's kind of Italian, but no one in Italy would recognise it as such. If you tasted it blind, you wouldn't recognise the tiramisu. Visually, though, it looks just like it. And that somehow happens with all dishes.

Amazing service marvellous food and joyful people

vibes were immaculate. music was fire. employees were so helpful and kind, and food and drinks are banging.

I’m don’t like to give negative reviews as this is a business so the hope it they take it onboard. First the positives. The staff were professional and apologetic for some of the issues. The place itself looks nice by the river but I’m afraid I did also see the rodents who clearly live under the bridge. I would add that this is unlikely anything to do with the restaurant but the river adjacent. The food. The hens in the wood starter was nice and frankly the best thing we ate. My mother had the fish; I think place but a large white fish. It was completely undercooked the bone was freezing cold. She could not eat it so back it went to the oven. When it came back it was still undercooked but she had enough and had a few small cooked mouthfuls and left it. The side was an apple and celeriac salad which was ok. I ordered the Dexter beef at £31 and 1 side of veg. For potatoes they wanted another £6. The beef was so tough it nearly broke my tooth I could not chew it. I can’t believe this meat was to be served as a steak the meat was tough like stewing steak and impossible to cut. The server apologised and did reduce the bill. Sorry guys but it was bad. My mother who was visiting London said it was the worst meal she’d ever had. She’s in her 70s. Nice ambience but poor cooking. Need to do better please!

***Reduced this down to one star after receiving a passive aggressive and intimidating email from the restaurant. We had a 6.45pm sitting and there were only a few other tables in the restaurant. Our two pastas took over 45 mins to come after our entrees & salads and then only received one dish, with the other following 15 mins later. We ate our mains separately. £22/24 pounds for pasta that was very underwhelming for the price. They were very apologetic but couldn’t explain clearly why it took so long. It was nice that they gave us two wines while we were waiting and took two cocktails and the pasta off our bill, but overall the service felt very disorganized and we had a disappointing experience.

The food was really nice as we went to the opening today. Shisha made by faez was immaculate too!

I celebrated my hen party here. And was so impressed with the food and service that I returned shortly after for dinner with my husband. You can literally pick anything off the menu and it will be delish. Always get the focaccia.

The food was good, a bit small and pricey, but overall had a great experience.

Genuinely the best food I've had in london for a long long time. The menu is so dynamic and changes so frequently that even the online version is probably out of date by now. The mutton tartare, hen of the woods and crab bucatini were to die for. Will certainly be returning!

UNREAL food and great service - we had to choose everything on the menu and it did not disappoint. Great vibes and definitely want to come back in Summer.

Absolutely loved eating here and will definitely come back. Really delicious food paired with a great range of wines. The team were really friendly and made for a great evening. Also great background tunes

the food was perfection and the service even better…we sampled almost every course and honestly there is no competitor in london at this price point….well done to the restaurant and the management because it’s clear that they’re incredibly passionate about what they’re doing and they do it with a smile…i would dine here every night out if i could

Tasty Italian food, great negronis, good service

We came here for Valentine’s Day and met a waiter named Kiki. We were literally out the door to eat at another restaurant but his passion for cocktails and love of his craft made us want to know more. So we stayed!!!!

Nice place by the canal. Food is nice too.

The service and food is amazing. Red and Kiki is super sweet and lovely! I definitely recommend this restaurant!!

Enjoyed good Italian food with friendly staff during a Sunday lunch with friends. Gave it 4 stars due to a wait between starters and main, but the Montone was tender and tasty. Although pricey, transparent pricing; don't get negative reviews about it – £50 pp is a reasonable expectation

We had a really excellent seasonal meal at lunch. Great ambiance, fantastic staff who (rightly) exude excitement about the food. Contagious. Excellent and plentiful vegetarian options. Can’t wait to go back and have already booked again for dinner.

Absolutely incredible experience from start to finish. We had the “chef chooses” option for £65pp and it’s great value for money plus the selection is fantastic. Every dish was 10/10 The wine list is also spot on and all natural. We’ll be back!

Top Italian Restaurant. Quality service hospitality!

My partner and I were recommended this restaurant during our drip to London. The restaurant itself was cool and classy, staff were attentive and friendly enough. The food was fresh and delicious. We chose the tasting menu for £65 a person. The starters consisted of a mix of breads, focaccia, a bread stick and a fried bread all which were good but nothing to write home about. The sweet potato and cured meat was divine. Next came a dish of charred greens, croutons and blood orange, which was over charred and bitter tasting, not to our taste. After this, we had a smoked crab pasta. The fresh pasta was about as al dente as you could want. Our favourite came next, mutton with kale and anchovy sauce. Cooked to perfection, the sauce was incredible. Bellisimo. Only issue was not enough. Dolce next, panna cotta with nuts and cumquat, followed by tiramisu with sweet wine. the panna cotta was light and delectable. Tiramisu is not our favourite, but was light and fluffy. Overall a great experience.

Everything was so lovely and made so special for my friends birthday! The food was delicious, as was the wine - those crispy brussels sprouts were something else!

Amazing food and great atmosphere!

Make sure you have a good time here because if you DARE not enjoy it you'll feel the wrath of the fairly unpleasant owner / God's-gift-to-food. Check out the responses to bad feedback to get a flavour of the man's pockets you're lining. Tried to approach our qualms amicably but it was like communicating with a defensive toddler. Pricey, self-involved, and frosty. Worst restaurant experience I've ever had.

We had such a good girls night - the waiters were extremely nice (Red and Kiki) and the cocktails were amazing. Super aperitivo!

1. The restaurant is nice and cute 2. Food is well prepared, quite decent. Nothing to complain about. 3. Wine selection was only ~9 options between red, white, orange and rose 4. What really ruined the meal is the bill includes a service charge of 10-12% and when they presented the machine the server leaves it on the table saying "I'll leave this with you" and then there's an automated page to tip on top of that (you need to opt out). So unless you opt out twice you could easily pay 30-40% tip for no reason.

Incredible food, great service, wine was excellent

Ombra is always a delight. Deliciously simple pasta with perfectly balanced cocktails. The tiramisu was a cream explosion - maybe even too creamy for me but I'm hardly a tiramisu pro.

What a beautiful experience at OMBRA! We tried a bit of everything and each time a new dish would come out it would surprise us with the most enchanting flavours ! Must recommend the pumpkin starter, the royal duck, the fried mushrooms and the cotechino for this festive season. The staff was so lovely and the service was impeccable. We can't wait to come back to try Ombra again⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Had such a lovely experience here today ; the food, the staff, service, attention and care, vibe, music, everything. Highly recommend. Such delicious, interesting and colourful dishes. Everything we ate was outstanding! We ate slowly in true Italian style over a leisurely lunch & so appreciated the restaurant letting us do that - grazie mille!

My boyfriend and I got the “chef chooses” option for £65 pp. The food was incredible (the pumpkin dish and burrata were the highlights with the fish spaghetti our least favourite). It was WELL worth it- we were so satisfied and full at the end. Music was great, atmosphere was fun and the staff were super knowledgeable and kind!

Bad service. Beef Ragu had too much salt. Paccheri was totally raw. Disappointing. Cabocha pumpkin and Cornish Tuna belly were nice.

The food was nice enough but my main issue which I have NEVER experienced at a restaurant before was that throughout the 4 hours we were there, there were large rats running back and forth across the restaurants decking right outside the main door. I was trying to enjoy my food and out of the corner of my eye would see them dash around. They clearly lived under the decking! It really put me off my food and we could see all the other tables turning around in shock as well. They either need to invest in ceiling to floor curtains or a good exterminator...

I love this restaurant so much! This is my third visit and it never disappoints. The food is impeccable, the best Italian I’ve had in London. I’m not really into having one big pizza or one big dish of pasta as it gets boring but this is like Italian tapas, lots of small amazing dishes. The service is also amazing and the staff are great at recommending the dishes you’ll like. 5 stars from me everytime 😍.

Vibes like no other, excellent food, great staff and service. There’s no place like Ombra. Fully recommend for the best experience.

Food, service, lighting, music. Spot on. Best fried artichokes, anolini, brodo, bread, pasta, todo! A true gem in London.

Great food and Service, small and cozy atmosphere. Way too long of a wait for such a small place. We loved all dishes but the first starter took an hour to get to the table, and there were only 2/3 other tables being served.

What a marvellous diner! The food was so delicious, tasty and vanguard! The staff is efficient, kind and selfless for the client. The manager Ridoi is a great somelier! He is always ready to satisfy every client's request. The wine, which he advised, was fruity and special. The chef Alberto proposes a vanguard Italian cuisine which the Italian tradition is highly evaluated through local ingredients. The music is also impressive and the bar tenders are qualified and smart! The restaurant could offer a special atmosphere for a lovely date!

Let me tell you about this place. I have been to Ombra several times in the past year, and it has rapidly become a personal favourite. The first time I came here was last year for my girlfriend’s birthday, and knowing her standards for fine dining, I was tentative about my choice before arriving. Safe to say, just as my appetite for Ombra has grown in strength, after bringing my girlfriend here, the relationship has grown in strength also! The new chef who arrived in the summer, Alberto, has brought a new dynamism to the menu. I have spoken to him and every flower, spice, and dish is handpicked locally, chosen, and intensely studied to allow for the best dining experience. The food is unique to him, whilst simultaneously taking inspiration from traditional Italian cuisine. Same to say for the new general manager, Red. He has carefully curated a team who pride detail from atmosphere to wine choice to service, making him not only an excellent sommelier and manager, but a presence that leaves a lasting impression for the days that follow your meal at Ombra. As an Italian living in London, Ombra is now, and will be for the future, an Italian home in Hackney.

Super cosy and characteristic Italian place with DELICIOUS food and drinks. 100% recommend this place who wants to have an enjoyable experience. Positive vibes!!!

Great place if you want to have dinner or even just a drink. Food is delicious, wine is awesome, and the staff is amazing. If you want to have a dinner or just a drink in East London, Ombra is the place to go to. A special thank to Nerina for her exceptional service.

Great dinner! Went for a date with my gf, good atmosphere, cosy and warm and the food adds that touch of Italian quality that is hard to find elsewhere... friendly staff that assists you at a very good pace throughout this experience. Definitely going back soon.

We ate at Ombra last night and it was excellent! The food and wine was outstanding but it was the service that set the place apart. A really friendly welcome and great recommendations all through the night. The music was spot on as well.

The restaurant moved my table from 8pm to 6.30pm without my consent. Their “excuse” was that their booking system was not functioning correctly. Poor treatment of a customer.

Kieran, Simone and Stefan took spectacular care of us! We had all three pastas on the menu. Each was so well judged. The monkfish and Denver steak were each cooked perfectly… barely done, and full of their own innate flavour.

Table service was terrible, had to wait hours for wine when we received food already when we asked for it apparently got too busy and forgot about it. Gnocchi with so much oil inside that I had to drain it on my plate. Waiting time between meals took ages. Received my spaghetti that got dried before my friend got their food and the portion were small not many clams. Sweetcorn tagliatelle?? That is a weird combination for an Italian restaurant. We came back because 2 years ago we had amazing food and a nice experience. Definitely never going back again.

Really poor experience here, which is a pity because it looks great on paper. Probably my most disappointing dinner in London of the last few years. The food is solid (not amazing) but portions are small and extremely overpriced. Three of us spent about £60 each, sharing some snacks and the cheapest bottle of wine followed by a starter and main each, and we left so hungry that we got kebabs on the way home. The wine prices that evening started in the mid-high £40s (their online wine list has cheaper wines but they weren’t listed on the menu that night). The staff pressured us hard to order more, which we couldn’t afford considering it was a casual dinner with friends, and even insisted that we get the tiramisu after we said we definitely didn’t want dessert - very awkward for all of us. Service was extremely slow and they forgot one of our dishes, which became even more awkward and confrontational when we had to convince them that it really didn’t arrive. We were sat on a sharing table right next to a couple on their date night, which in itself is not terrible (probably worse for them than us) but it was another mild unpleasantness to deal with. At its price point and portion sizing I think it’s trying to position itself as a fine dining option in Hackney, but neither the food nor the service nor space deserves this. We spoke to some friends afterwards and they told us they’d also had bad experiences at Ombra and they would have told us not to go if we’d asked them. The passive-aggressive responses to reviews by the owners leave a sour taste in the mouth. Maybe they should incorporate the feedback rather than sarcastically dismissing it. The second star is just because the dishes mostly tasted good. EDIT: revising to one star because of their obnoxious reply. Not a hint of self-reflection. I’ve been to both the fine-dining places they “suggest” and honestly both are better value than Ombra - more expensive yes, but you actually get what you pay for and leave content. I’ve lived and dined in this area for a decade and I know what you can get for £60, and it’s a whole lot better than this. Years later, when my friends and I walk past this place we still joke about how uncomfortable we were here.

If you like food with no seasoning, this is for you. Flavorless and boring, very overpriced. The focaccia was the only good thing, and we tried 4 starters and 3 mains.

Love love love the food here, it’s a Great place to share plates in a group. Ridoi and the team looked after us so well. I can’t recommend this place enough!

Amazing pasta, friendly staff. Loved my lunch there. :)

We come for a family lunch and unfortunately we had a terrible experience. Unprofessional and unfriendly service, without any care for the customer. Terrible food! Very poor quality of the ingredients, no flavor, greasy and salty ! No idea about what Italian food should be. Absolutely unacceptable.

Amazing meal. Sat in the sun in the garden and enjoyed the most beautiful burrata dish. Felt like a perfect summer moment. The chef Alberto is incredibly talented and the menu features some really special dishes. Great technique and ingredients. Definitely worth a visit!

One of London's bests kept secrets, everything about this place is amazing, the food, the staff the atmosphere. As a solo diner Red is a superstar, he guided me through the Menu and gave me the most amazing experience. If I lived local, I'd come here to avoid the wife's cooking

We enjoyed a super good pasta here, and the host made specially for us limoncello Sprite!

Absolutely gorgeous food. I’ve been reduced for dinner and both times it’s been excellent!

The Mushroom tagliatelle was fantastic

We had a delicious long lunch here and it was excellent. We had a lovely seat overlooking the canal which was gorgeous, and the waiter was really sweet asking us if we’d like a heater which he brought out for us. The food was absolutely delicious. I’d come back again just to have the gnocco fritto with mortadella which was so good. Everything else was also really tasty too, and the smell of the cooking while we were sitting outside was wonderful. The service was also great - we asked about ingredient information and for recommendations and the waiter was very helpful and friendly. It’s not cheap but we felt it was really worth it and will be back another time.

A very enticing menu but don't be fooled by the photos, at £18 a primi half the size of a tapas, £4 or £5 for 3 slices of stale bread called focaccia, this is a very expensive restaurant you will leave hungry. Fresh,and tasty ingredients, but no seasoning of sorts, plain boiled octopus and tomato, not even a drop of olive oil, corners cut everywhere possible to the detriment of the finished dishes. Service average, not bringing all starters together, they take different times to prepare, hmmm, get a chef who knows his schedule. Not again!

A very enticing menu but don't be fooled by the photos, at £18 a primi half the size of a tapas, £4 or £5 for 3 slices of stale bread called focaccia, this is a very expensive restaurant you will leave hungry. Fresh,and tasty ingredients, but no seasoning of sorts, plain boiled octopus and tomato, not even a drop of olive oil, corners cut everywhere possible to the detriment of the finished dishes. Service average, not bringing all starters together, they take different times to prepare, hmmm, get a chef who knows his schedule. Not again!

Food was tasty but portions are small and overpriced. One staff member was rude - told me off when I tried to fix our wonky table by shoving a napkin under the wobbly leg. Won’t be going back.

The worst experience I’ve had in London. Didn’t even stay to eat my dinner! Service? Under 0, unfortunately they were rude to me and to the people around us too. They didn’t even checked our booking but out of the sudden they knew where our table was and we could not change location? We kindly twice …. Sadly I am writing this review

Food is not great. Focaccia is served cold so it's chewy and really bad. Pasta dishes are plain, so much potential with the ingredients but we felt it's undercooked, unseasoned and taste nothing. Really wanted to love this place as it's not too overhyped yet but foods are just poor. Better go try your luck (with the booking) at Jolene

Went to the restaurant for anniversary celebration which was ignored even though was asked through the booking site (what’s the point asking then?) Food was okay, but very plain, absolutely no seasoning, a set of salt and pepper at the table might have solved the issue if there was any. My Italian partner was disappointed especially with the prices, we had way better food in way better places for less. Only 2 stars, sorry.

The food is mediocre: starter’s ok, pasta’s subpar, the octopus on the other hand was tasteless and so overcooked it tried to choke us. Expensive. Slow service. The only redeeming quality of this restaurant is Tam who was very nice and helpful. She kindly offered us the tiramisu. Unfortunately, it was tasteless as well. We’re writing this review from the kebab shop opposite trying to save our evening; nervously awaiting for the sassy comeback from the owner, will it be faster than their service?

Ridiculous prices. £7 for a half beer (in a wine glass). The most expensive I've come across in London

My new favourite restaurant. Unpretentious and simple but with cool music and great urban location. Limited menu in a good way. The food is unique and unforgettable, the pasta cooked to perfection.

My wife and I had lunch at Ombra recently. It was a warm Spring day so we ate outside, by the canal. We were very pleasantly surprised by the refinement of the food, and the kind and efficient service. The food is highly imaginative and original, using only fresh ingredients. We had the gnocco fritto & wild boar mortadella, cauliflower & cordyceps antipasto (beautiful!), and roasted monkfish with celeriac and trompette de la mort mushrooms. All beautifully served and mouthwateringly delicious. The wines are also very special. Don't miss this outstanding place!

Stumbled across Ombre after walking the dogs and looking for somewhere to eat late last night. What impressed me most about Ombre was the italian concierge - it was his first night - he exuded calm and confidence and made us feel incredibly welcome, hence the 5 stars.

I had the most fantastic birthday party at Ombra. There were 32 of us so we had the whole place and it was wonderful. The team were amazing, so friendly and accommodating. The food and drinks were delicious. I have been to Ombra many times before for lunch or dinner and have always loved it, but now I have even happier memories. Couldn't recommend more highly for an intimate dinner with friends or a big party!

Went here for the £10 lunch deal, pasta and soft drink/coffee. The pasta was decent, next I would probably go for a pasta with a cream base than a tomato base. For the drink, if non alcoholic, I would recommend the Cedrata Baladin. If you go here you have to try the Tiramisu for dessert, it was probably the best one I have ever tasted and was perfectly balanced. The staff were very friendly and service was quick.

Lovely place and staff but the food was really not good :( Everything was tasteless and some of our dishes seemed to be missing elements… really disappointed because it’s certainly not cheap. Wouldn’t go again unless the menu was updated.