Palatino in Islington

I loved the food here so much that I didn’t even think about taking photos when the dishes arrived!! The tempura vegetable starter with the fried sage was a great opener. This was followed by the renowned Cacio e Pepe and several other moreish pasta plates. We were seated at a lovely big table near the chefs pass so the excitement of seeing the dishes being prepared helped whet the appetite. This is a regular place of mine now. Can’t wait for the reopening after this Covid-19 crisis.

Came here on Saturday with Ava Experience. Very welcoming and attentive staff. Can not fault the service or the food. Bottle of Prosecco was left on the table and changed when empty without any fuss. Food was delicious, there is a special menu for Ava Experience guest. The portions were generous , authentic and coked to order. Highly recommended.

I ate here alone from the early diner menu. It was excellent. I was made to feel welcome and settled at a table where lovely bread and complimentary water was put on the table. As I was on this menu I was offer the house spritz (which I had), Prosecco or soft drink complimentary. The house spritz was delicious! It had cherry and artichoke liquor and was a soft version of a Negroni. The restaurant is quite trendy but has a nice relaxed atmosphere, as a lone female diner it can at times feel a little awkward but I actually stayed for a glass of wine in the bar after. Some wines and cocktails are also on offer till 7 I had bruschetta with mozzarella which was excellent and very well seasoned and then chicken and pancetta meatballs which came with a polenta. I’m not normally a fan of polenta but this was made with pistachio and was delicious I didn’t have room for dessert (I chose wine instead) but there was a choice of tiramisu or vanilla ice cream. 2 course was £16 and 3 for £20 Really excellent restaurant, food and staff. Certainly worth a visit

Una perla del quartiere di Clerkenwell. Atmosfera cosy, provate i vari antipasti come le anchovies e stracciatella. I secondi di carne sono buonissimi, provate la cacio e pepe ma sopratutto la pajata! Ottima scelta dei vini, dolcetto d’alba ottimo! Buon assortimento di amari.

2nd visit. Booked specially for the Bollito Misto dinner. It's very unusual to see this offered in The UK and we're really glad we went. Excellent food - top draw. Better than expected! Friendly staff. Calm vibe.

Came here with a colleague for a quick lunch. We ordered cacio e pepe and a couple of there daily bread starters. The pasta was super good. Really enjoyed it, perfect for a Friday lunch and I will definitely be back. Great service and a very nice chilled space.

Dîner en amoureux, excellente cuisine, petites portions et assez cher. Espace moderne et bruillant, comme beaucoup d'endroits actuellement. Je ne regrette pas pour la qualité des plats.

The unlimited pasta thing is so far from worth it. You only get a choice of 4 very meh pasta dishes. The regular menu looked ok from the other tables that were ordering. I was expecting that you could order any pasta dish from their menu which would’ve been so much better since you get to try lots of new stuff instead of the 4 super average dishes that were available. Staff were friendly.

The best restaurant experience in London so far! Very delicious food and nice smell of different foods sailed into our noses while waiting for our food. Food made with love! Nice atmosphere and very friendly staff.

My daughter and I have eaten here several times and we are on their mailing list, which is why we received and offer of 50% food. We booked a table and the restaurant was fairly busy. We decided to share a large portion of cacio e pepe to start with. It is expensive at £17 but as we were getting 50% off, we decided to order it as we have enjoyed this dish many times in Rome.The pasta was overcooked and very stodgy. We ate it as we were hungry but would not order it again. We ordered roast guineafowl with wild mushrooms on sourdough toast and cavolo nero. We waited 30 minutes for this dish as I think ours had gone to another diner. Our waiter gave us a portion of fried potatoes on the house by way of an apology. This dish was sublime and the sort of food we had come to expect from Palatino. The ambience is a little clinical and cold, but that is partly down to the decor. We would return but would not order the cacio e pepe again.

i had a meeting right beside palatino and happened to not have had lunch so i thought “why not?”. the starter - bread with zucchini and olive oil - was REALLY good and so was my main course- reginette alla norma! £20 in total, not cheap but not particularly expensive either and considering the ambiance and the service I’d say money well-spent! I’d definitely come back

We have been there on Friday with a big group of friends without a reservation. The manager Pierre was absolutely professional and kind to find us an accomodatio. Food and wine are absolutely amazing. We definitely come back

We popped in for a drink. This bar and restaurant is a 10 minute walk from Old Street tube station. They have two happy hours, between 5 and 7 pm, with a limited drinks menu. I had a combo of vodka, strawberry liquor and prosecco. It was delicious and only £4.50. The barkeeper very kindly made from scratch a mocktail for my friend who wanted something as near to a pina colada as possible - again for £4.50. The venue is very trendy, with attractive modern décor. The staff were helpful and friendly. I must go back for supper one day.

My partner & i called for a quiet drink found the staff very friendly & an interesting venue. Unfortunately my partner suffered a stroke & the staff were so helpful & kind i cannot thank them enough. I went back the following day to thank them & inform them of his progress - they were all so concerned & pleased that he was on the road to recovery - i had a couple of small plates which were delicious - a shame we didnt have the opportunity to sample the full menu. We are back in Wales now& my partner making good recovery but I cannot thank all at Palatino enough(you know who you are)

Pierre, the excellent assistant manager, welcomed us to the evening with a wonderful unique Sgroppino cocktail. Each course was matched with a complementary Gin Cocktail created by Pierre. The Basil Mojito is one I’m going to try at home. The menu, based around seafood available on the Italian coast was divine. They have regular theme nights here an it’s well worth attending and allowing yourself to be looked after and led on a gastronomic journey.

Lovely location, lovely staff and tasty food. What more does a Londoner need for having a perfect evening. Try anything that waiter/ress recommends.

I love eating at Palatino because the food is consistently good and their cacio e pepe is the stuff of dreams and their bruschetta with stracciatella anchovies and lemon zest is one of the best inventions of the past decade. I love it also because...

Staff are rude, not even sure why they don’t quit they clearly hate being there and hate people!!! If you can ignore the rudeness and lack of ability of the staff the food is very yummy, but value for money is poor, the portions are...

Been here twice now, as we were frequent visitors at Rotorino in Dalston, and miss that place immensely. Palatino interior and decor can't begin to compete with its cavey, darker and cosier predecessor. Service wasn't always the most attentive in Rotorino either, but in Palatino...

If you want to eat amazing italian food then Palatino is the right place for you! Fresh home made every day. The true taste of Italy. Staff awesome.

I dined here recently whilst staying locally on business. I had walked past the restaurant a few times and from the outside it seemed ok but nothing special. Having g read the menu I decided to give it a go. I was made to sit...

Super average, especially for London standards. The menu wasn’t exactly inspiring or made the restaurant itself stand out. The food arrived before even the drinks did, and it even arrived cold! The food tasted ok, but that’s the most positive word you can use to...

Friendly service and atmosphere, great Italian food. Definitely recommend it to anyone looking for authentic Italian dishes.

After the great Portobello dock closed, Rotorino - only for the deaf - was attracted to come to Palatino to try the Sicilian menu. At Portobello - Stevie was at the start in the kitchen - great food, service everything - when he was not...

Inoffensive but unremarkable in every way. Had the veal pasta (sizable portion, but little taste) and the bream (again little taste, drowning in broth). Service erratic: way too fast and aggressive at the start ('are you ready to order?', 3x), way too slow later in...

I booked a table for 17 last night for a birthday meal. Service was great - really attentive and sweet and the venue is cool. It wasn't super busy which was nice for us as we were being quite loud. The food was great, the...

Modern Italian in Old Street. Quite expensive but the large pasta portions are big and definitely work fine as a main. Nothing offensive or bad at all, pasta and service was nice, but the whole experience quite unmemorable, from the food to the set up....

Disappointed to say the least. Didn’t think much of the food to the service and the decor/set up is bizarre in the bottom of a shared workspace. Stevie Parle’s cooking seemed to peak at Rotorino, which I used to love but then got expensive and...

Abbiamo pranzato in questo bel ristorante per caso, la location è moderna e piacevole, la cucina a vista, il personale...

I am Italian, and in this place I have found what I was looking for... I found the real Italian cuisine as I was at home... The tonnarelli cacio e pepe were divine (even better than in Italy)...the service was very good... To recommend

la nourriture est vraiment mauvaise, rien n’est bon les patates n’ont ni la couleur ni le goût de patates comment...

Back again to my local Italian gem 💎 Great food as always. Lovely wine selection. My only observation this time .... sort your phone out ! Tried 8 times to call and mailbox was full 😩

Went with my girlfriend and had the Valentine set menu (see picture). The food was excellent (see below) and was complemented by the restaurant’s cool, modern vibe and the friendly, attentive staff. The food was led by the oxtail gnocchi (brilliant, perfect) and the wood...

Came with friends and family and it was the perfect spot to have a nice italian dinner! We were super taken care of by Pierre our authentic italian waiter who guided us on best plates to choose. Lots of sharing plates but the best were...

We popped in unplanned to have a very quick dish before seeing a choir concert in a nearby Church. We had the two most economical mains on the menu. My husband's plate was just spaghetti by a fancy name for £14.50 and my dish (pasta...

Relaxed atmosphere for a leisurely Saturday lunch. There is also an unlimited pasta option which is recommended.

Palatino is an interesting layout, based at the front of what appears to be a co-working space. The food was very nice, small portions but good flavours, however the service was disappointing. Perhaps they were understaffed but they were incredibly slow, we didn't get drinks...

Me and my wife visited Palatino and we were really happy with the quality of the food and the service we received was exceptional. The atmosphere and restaurant itself was really nice it was a comfortable place to dine. The aromas from the food due...

You don’t want to miss out on great Italian food and super friendly service!! The menu is refreshingly exciting yet traditional, which means the chef must have great knowledge of Italian food and great courage to reinvent and associate different tastes. The wine selection could...

We had a great lunch at Palatino. The food and service were great. We had two very tasty and original Antipasti and a fresh plate of ravioli filled with ricotta and pumpkin. The classical Cacio e Pepe pasta was delicious . The staff is friendly...

Fantastic we really enjoyed it food drink and service was excellent. Very clean and love it as you can watch the chefs cooking .great lunch with our daughter as we travelled from Manchester just for the day Thanks

Met friends here for a Saturday night dinner. It was a lively scene but service was very slow and the food was unremarkable. Ordered the bucatini, salt cod crudo, fried zucchini blossoms, and grilled sea bass. The sea bass was the star; avoid the bucatini,...

We went here for an early dinner (6pm) before going to Sadler's Wells (10min walk). The service was really good, attentive, one of the ladies even asked us by when we had to leave, to make sure we would be out on time to get...

The restaurant atmosphere is lovely with its warehouse-style building. The food on the other hand, was fairly average I felt. I ordered the porcini and ricotta ravioli and I thought it was far too rich and swimming in oil. I was a little bit disappointed.

Had a great night last Friday at the restaurant. Greeted by friendly staff, super food and good service. Great location on Central Street. A bit pricey for us northerners.

Very nice restaurant, great atmosphere, good location and very friendly staff. disappointed with the food as it was bland.

Жили недалеко в отеле. Первый вечер зашли, мест не было, показалось мило, похоже на итальянские рестораны, в Италии мы были...

The first impression is confusing. It's Palatino and it's FORA, a sort of workspace club. So which reception desk do you go to? The restaurant is a bit canteen-like, but the staff are welcoming and friendly, and the kitchen is highly visible. The food is...

We went to Palatino last Saturday after an evening at the Sadler Theatre. The staff was super attentif especially Ely who looked after us. We started with a toast with ricotta and lemon (original and delicious) followed by a whole sea bream and the chicken...

I had dinner in this place with a couple of friends last week, food was amazing but the waitress couldn’t advice us on portions so we ended up ordering too much. Good wine and beautiful negroni.

Had dinner here recently on a trip to London. Great food and ambience. Great pasta and dessert choices.

Visited on recommendation for Lunch. Large modern restaurant with good decor , excellent menu choice with good quality food and drink . Restaurant was quiet, staff very pleasant and great service. Well worth a visit

Visited recently with our grown up family whilst visiting two of them in London Large modern restaurant with great decor , excellent menu with good quality food and drink . Staff very pleasant and great service Well worth a visit

We were a large group of thirteen so they understandably offer a smaller menu for so many. The service was excellent and the food was delicious. Great anti-pasti - the courgettes especially. The pasta was really good. The onglet as the main course was perfect...

We ate here on a Tuesday evening and lucky enough to get a table without reservation. Our waitress was informative re the cocktails and menu and gave us plenty of time to make our considered choices - my martini Bianco cocktail so refreshing during the...

Friendly staff, attentive but discreet service. Industrial surroundings, pleasant food good choice of both food 7 drinks

A bit off the beaten track, but worth the detour. Nicely presented restaurant with a good bar and friendly staff. The food is excellent - a ‘proper’ Italian menu of antipasti, primi, secondi, and contorni. The pasta was perfectly cooked and full of flavour, and...

A modern building which still manages to create an Italian feel to it . An excellent menu , meatballs with pistachios and polenta , Peaches and Burrata, Bucatini pasta with amatriciana sauce to name but a few dishes. The Italian wine list is fairly priced...

I'm Roman and I didn't find the food authentic Roman. It I all quite bland and unremarkable, when it should be intense and full of flavour. Why going to the restaurant when you can prepare better food at home?

We started with a bottle of Lambrusco.very retro and actually very enjoyable. The menu is not enormous which is often a good sign. And indeed it was. Great pasta dishes. Our friends said that the steak was perfectly cooked as was the red Mullet. The...

We enjoyed the food and the ambience in this restaurant so much that we returned the next day and usually we never do that. Pierre was the essence of hospitality. Sea bass, pork neck, maltagliati - they were all excellent.

On the strength of an excellent evening at Palatino last year, I returned with different company on a weekday evening. The menu had changed, taking into account seasonal varieties. The restaurant was busy, yet the staff remained very friendly and helpful. Once again, the food...

We’ve thoroughly enjoyed our lunch at this nice new restaurant. The food was delicious, be it mozzarella, freshly made pappardelle with pork ragu or a whole sea bass on the grill. The wine list s not a two-volume book, but a carefully selected shortlist of...

The pasta starters were excellent and the roasted sea bass was the best of the mains. Almond tart was a disappointing dessert. I feel bad complaining about the service because they were all lovely people,but it was very hit and miss throughout the evening (we...

Delicious Roman food in a sleek, clean, bright environment walking distance from Old St Tube. The chef is great and even gave us a short cooking lesson on how to make the most delicious tonarelli cacio e pepe: exquisite! The Sicilian Manager, Giuseppe, is lovely...

I found this restaurant with Code app, the atmosphere is nice and quiet. I shared with my friends two antipasti, both delicious. We were only disappointed for the main, the pasta with veal wasn’t really tasty and the lamp chop wasn’t soft how it supposed...

We went once, and we loved it, and tonight we went back. The first time, we had amazing zucchini flowers fritters (they were so good we had them twice!). This time the did not have them but we still ate very well. My Gnocchi alla...

We went for lunch midweek and had a great time. The restaurant space is fabulous - and looks great. The staff were friendly and welcoming as we waited for the client we were meeting. The food was great and wine delicious. The pistachio, chocolate and...

this is the third time I have been to Palatino. Unlike Jay Rayner, I have lived in Rome and worked with Italian food. I so want this place to work, but, every time, it's not quite right. Most recently, the pasta was fantastic, amatriciana and...

Still reminiscing about their dessert wine and sage ravioli...! Hearty portions and unusual flavour combos make this a good choice for pasta lovers. I'm looking forward to returning

We were quite excited about snagging a last-minute reservation at Palatino after reading on CN Traveler that it is one of East London's hottest restaurants for 2018. Arriving, we felt equally excited, seeing the decor and ambience of the place. This feeling quickly dissipated as...

Firstly, the space/location - very cool colour scheme and I know the area well, so felt at home immediately. Friendly front-of-house. The booths are very nice. They serve red Peroni, which is unusual but preferable. Food was a mixed bag - mostly very good however...

Read the reviews which were pretty good. So took the plunge with a friend. We ordered there antipasti, two pasta dishes, and two mains plus dessert and bottle of wine. Antipasti were Anchovy & Stracciatella on Taost, Langoustine, and Castelfranco & Radicchio. Totally gobsmacked when...

We were prompted to visit Palatino by Jay Rayner's review and were not disappointed. The highlight of our meal was undoubtably the two pasta dishes we ordered and shared as starters. Palatino's cacio e pepe is a beautifully simple yet fiery hit of pepper and...

Palatino could strike you as ultra hip, shared workspace, minimalist lines, street that goes quiet when the offices close. BUT the food is fantastic, wines varied and good value, staff all get it right. The food is rightly the star excellent pasta, antipasti and mains....

I was staying at a hotel just around the corner from this restaurant and was struggling to find somewhere to eat. Having stumbled across Palatino I have to say it was the best meal i had during my trip to london. Pasta was a highlight,...

Had dinner here twice within two weeks of December and was impressed both times. The atmosphere is nice and relaxed - although some might find the music a bit too loud or up beat - and the service is excellent. Both times solutions were found...

Had a lovely lunch here - shared two anti-pasta and two primo and one pudding - more than enough for two. We had an anchovy and burrata on toast anti-pasti. Really lovely flavours but the bread was just too burnt. I know it was supposed...

The moment you walk through the door you know you are in for an evening of delights! Excellent food, superb service and such a welcoming and relaxing atmosphere. Palatino opened only a year ago but is now top of my list - booking essential. I...

After reading the Jay Rayner review, claiming this was Roman food better than in Rome, I was hopeful. They do indeed use some good ingredients and can cook. For example, a polpo with 'minestra nera' featured excellent, tender octopus and high quality extra virgin olive...

This place has great potential, but it is let down by sloppy practices, or anyhow neither kitchen nor front room seem to care as much as they should- so I shifted on my seat seeing pasta dishes sitting for 4 mins under heath lamps at...

A group of seven of us dined at Palatino for a work lunch and it is safe to that everything we ordered was delicious. To start, I had the tonarelli cacio e pepe - the starter size portion was quite large and it was extremely...

I have popped into Palatino for lunch a number of times and love the ambience and feeling. And whilst the authentic Italian food is good, the portions feel a touch measly for the price they're charging. If this was sited in the centre of Soho...

I really like this venue - lovely, elegant space and whoever does their playlists has great taste. Food and wine very good and - unusually - there's a really good choice of pasta for vegetarians. Only issue is that when it's busy - which i...

Very expensive and really not worth it. The food was very boring and bland. Nothing more to say really. Would certainly never go to again and would not recommend!

Wanted to have a drink at the bar, manager said I had to order some food to have my drink, I call it BS as other people were having drinks without food, so I walked away. Unreal.

Ok so this place is amazing. Food great and staff are insightful and very responsive. I read the negative reviews while I was in the restaurant. Just don’t believe them. Food. Just fantastic. Amazing flavour and beautifully presented. I like large servings and I have...

Palatino was incredibly busy and we thought rather expensive. Nothing on the not very large menu is straight forward. Everything is a bit fussy, whether on purpose or not, I have no idea. The food, to be honest, was not exactly to our taste, and...

Palatino offers a chic, modern design with very tasty food. To start, my friend and I had the anchovies with mozzarella on bread. It was a very appetising dish to say the least. For mains, I had the meat balls, which were again very satiating...

This is the kind of place I generally dislike - achingly cool, music too loud and designed to please the waiting staff rather than the customers. But I enjoyed it. The waiting staff were great - very helpful and knowledgeable around the wine list and...