Padella Shoreditch in Hackney - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Have been to Padella Shoreditch 3 times now and the food is always outstanding. Also very reasonably priced. Of all the pasta places I’ve tried I think Padella is the best in London. They have options suitable for vegans and vegetarians as well which is great and not a lot of pasta places do. Felt like writing a review this time as our waitress was amazing, I think she was called Grace? She was so lovely and friendly and gave us recommendations for where else we could go in Shoreditch after, felt like really exceptional service.

The pasta was yummy - although portion sizes very small - but the staff were awful - very uppity, rude, acting as though they're too good to serve you (I find this a lot with London waiting staff it's bizarre). We ordered a Carafe of red wine - they instead brought us 2 small glasses and when we pointed this out to the lady who brought them over she was so rude, we pretty much had to argue with her to get her to change them and she spoke down to us as though we were stupid/it was our mistake. Maybe put your staff on a training course on how to be friendly to customers :)

We chose this location as we wanted somewhere near to our hotel which was on City Road. The restaurant was a 10 minute walk away. We did not have a reservation but the majority of the tables are available for walk-in, so we were seated within 30 minutes. The menu is limited but done very well. We chose three different pasta dishes between us - a spinach and nettle pasta, a pistachio based pasta and a garlic and dried chili pasta. All three were delicious. The portion sizes were just right. Staff were friendly and attentive. The pasta dishes were between £14 and £16, which for London we felt was very good. We did not try dessert

My wife and I went to Padella recently for dinner. We live close by for few months and this was our first visit. It will not be our last. There is opportunity to book table and I recommend to do it because place got busy. You can also reserve spot where they are making the dishes. Menu is pasta focused - we had the cacio pepe and pappardelle. Both were excellent. Wine is served from tap at two different sizes. Service was friendly and attentive. Places to sit outside also an option. Highly recommend and we will be back.

experience was seriously let down by the very very rude member of front of house staff. i seriously hope management have a word with the lady with short hair and short in height working front of house on 04/04/2024 - she was extremely unprofessional, snappy and disrespectful to certain tables. otherwise, food was good , good value for money and the rest of the staff made up for our consistently horrible experience with the rude lady. the tall waiter with glasses in particular was lovely and professional.