Pesantissimo in Camden

Our first time visiting this lovely place. We’ll definitely be back if in the area. Excellent, delicious home made food. Service was fabulous, efficient and friendly and a lovely vibe whilst sitting outside in the street. Would recommend!

Food good, but it’s 2024 - what sort of a place won’t do a kid’s portion of pasta? I mean, really? £18.50 for a spaghetti with tomato sauce and claiming you can’t do a smaller portion for a child? An absolute joke.

Extremely disappointed with this restaurant. There seems to be relatively new owners and they were rude and got my order wrong. So bad. Was hungry and didn’t eat.

This service needs to go down. Awful customer service, waiting for ages for the food. Restaurants don't respond, riders don't answer phones. Terrible concept, pure scam!!!!

Having visited this restaurant back in December 2023, we decided to have my wife's 50th family get together here. What a fabulous choice we made. The food was simply outstanding as were the drinks and service. Such a gem, in the middle of this residential area. The team made a great effort with balloons, decorations and flowers for my wife, such a great touch which made the occasion even more special. The food, tasted fresh and was well put together our party of 7 ordering a variety of pasta's and pizza's. Everyone was delighted with the quality and service. If you're in town, this is a must visit for a great dining experience.

I have come here many times in the previous years. I often have a pizza for lunch, and it's always spot on. I've tasted the pasta dishes which are also tasty. The price is very honest for a restaurant, especially in Primrose Hill. I don't understand the reviews I read before writing this, I eat in a lot of places in London. I recommend definitely here.

We sat outside on a nice evening to be joined by a constant stream of Deliveroo guys. Eventually we asked one who who was almost laying on us to move away only to be met with a tirade of abuse culminating in being accused of being racist. The staff were sweet an apologised but did nothing to stop mob of helmeted scooter guys lurking around for their next delivery. Unless you enjoy dinner with a serenade of lambretta riders avoid this place. Oh I forgot to mention the food was awful - maybe we should have given it to the scooter guys.

What a hidden gem! I found this place whilst looking up places to eat in primrose hill. We were running 30 mins late and called to say so, the lady was very understanding and put me at ease to not rush. Once we arrived, we were greeted with a warm welcoming smile! Our food was fantastically presented and very tasty. I would recommend anyone that’s looking for a place to eat in this area as it’s well worth the visit. We shall be returning again soon. Gutierrez family x

Spontaneity is one of those things that always keep life interesting. Like the spontaneous break up of my relationship the night before my birthday. In no mood to celebrate, I was dragged kicking and screaming by my closest friends to primrose hill, where the abundance of couples engaging in public displays of affection was enough to jump in the nearby regents canal. With all hope presumably lost we stumbled upon this charming Italian where we were treated like royalty. And believe me, my friends and I are far from it. Needs were met and expectations were exceeded by the beautiful service staff who had the commendable stamina to put up with us. Once our food arrived, we were transcended into an unfamiliar euphoria rarely experienced with your clothes on. To top it all off, I was generously provided with the annual embarrassment of “happy birthday” in the form of a delicious complimentary tiramisu. It’s safe to say that pessantino saved my birthday. And the next girl that will eventually break my heart will be sharing a tiramisu with me there in the future without doubt.

Me and my 16 year old friend purchased a pizza yesterday evening after sitting up on Primrose Hill. Whilst waiting for the takeaway box (as we didn’t want to eat in), my friend accidentally knocked a pepper shaker off the table. As I was in the toilet at the time of the event, I had no idea it had even occurred. As i returned to the table, i was preparing to pay the bill and a male waiter starts aggressively asking me if I was also going to pay for the broken shaker. Stunned into silence at the fact this grown man was shouting at two clearly young girls in the middle of the restaurant, as well as the fact I hadn’t known what had happened, I couldn’t answer him. He proceeds to say ‘are you stupid? Am I speaking Chinese? Answer the damn question’ still shouting. A very kind female waitress proceeds to tell him I wasn’t present and it was my friend that broke the shaker. My friend apologised profusely as well as me, yet he continued to berate us until we left. If I had been at dinner with my parents and I accidentally knocked over a shaker, I am almost certain quite a scene would’ve never happened. It disgusts me that this restaurant believes they could treat two teenage girls as less than human, showing no compassion whilst we showed mountains of remorse. I actually really enjoyed the pizza but will never EVER be returning because of this treatment.

Food was very nice - we had arancini and the veg antipasti board for starters and were lovely and filling, so we shared a pizza (big portion) and were easily able to swap ham for artichoke :) ... Had 2 bottles of house red wine because it was also very good ! We were given 25% off so everything was reasonably priced overall. Toilet was neat. The open window seat was perfect for our anniversary dinner, would recommend to anyone <3

I have had four meals from deliveroo them and I really think they are excellent. The food was hot (temperature wise) tasty and very well presented. My friend and I thoroughly enjoyed the meals and they really deserve a visit. Another thing their pastas and pizzas are huge and you can easily get two meals out of each portion.I hope to visit the establishment when lockdown is over as I would like to see and taste the experience as I am sure it will be just as I found it home and maybe even better.

Good place to eat 😋 out in London this year and good service to boot and good rest rooms to clean up

Great service for takeaway and awesome pizza :-) will definitely come back. The location is convenient

We ordered lots of different takeaways during the first lockdown and Pesantissimo was the best Italian by far. We decided to order again for a Valentine’s dinner and were not disappointed. This is a genuine Italian restaurant and all of the food was so flavoursome - if you closed your eyes you could pretend you were in Italy! It all arrived well presented and at the right temperature (even the tartufo!). The only slight downside was that we tried to order a night in advance but Deliveroo said the restaurant doesn’t deliver to our area. We tried again in the morning though and managed to secure a delivery.

We order from here regularly and find the portion size and value for money great. The pasta and starters are always super tasty and filling. The pizzas are very tasty as well, however unfortunately they don't seem to be well taken care of in transit and often the toppings end up all over the place (probably not much the restaurant can do). If you are after a hearty pasta meal this is a great place and food is always delivered in fairly short time scales.

I ordered three pizzas tonight - they arrived with all toppings fallen off the pizzas. Inedible and totally unprofessional, as the photos show.I phoned Pesantissimo, and they blamed Deliveroo and did nothing to fix the situation.I phoned Deliveroo, and they said they had no alternative available drivers to deliver a new order.Absolutely unacceptable and will never use the restaurant again.

What was once a good neighbourhood restaurant has gone to the dogs. Take out from here is now a total gamble. First order didn't arrive. Replacement was inedible as a result of being totally bashed about in transit. Called restaurant to complain and they were offhand and dismissive... 'not our problem'.The incredibly rude and aggressive manager then called me to 'discuss', but hung up on the call as I tried to reiterate the problem. He did take the opportunity to be thoroughly unpleasant before slamming down the phone. I can only assume this is the same person referred to by numerous other reviewers below.Worst customer service ever. Such a shame as this was a good local. Will now avoid.

I went for dinner, I took my take away pasta and ciabatta was super delicious. And Simona did a perfect service with an amazing smile.

Me and my friend were just walking around Primrose and all his small restaurant caught our attention. We decided to have a take away pasta and we were not disappointed! It tastes amazing and the service from Semona is excellent!

I had a great time eating delicious food at your restaurant. The waiters and the waitresses were committed to great services and were very friendly.I love Italian food and most importantly every food and drink on your menu tasted delicious! Everything was perfect! I can't wait to get back here.

Este lugar me ha salvado durante el aburrimiento de la comida del encierro. A través de Deliveroo, el menú tiene un 50% de descuento y la comida es italiana del siguiente nivel. La mejor pizza y la mejor pasta. ¡Tiene ingredientes de alta calidad y sabe tan fresco! No puedo esperar a visitar este lugar en persona y decirle al personal lo maravilloso que es.

Very delicious pizza place with small menu on pastors and pizza high quality ingredients and the service is great as well as gVery delicious pizza place with small menu on pastors and pizza I quality ingredients the service is great as well as good prices

Mi abuelo solía ser dueño de este edificio, así que fue surrealista regresar y verlo como este hermoso restaurante. ¡Pensé que era correcto comer aquí y me alegro de haberlo hecho! La comida estaba increible. Ojalá pudiera calificarlo con 10 estrellas. ¡Volveré pronto con mi papá!

Photos below say it all.....called the restaurant and we was told "not their fault, wasnt like that when it left restaurant". They said they would contact Deliveroo to find out what happened. I think what happened is obvious.

Ho fatto una prova da pizzaiolo alcuni giorni fa, nessun italiano , impasto mai visto,quadrato e secco in superficie, di dimensioni molto inferiori al formato di pizza che propongono, formaggio rancido, cucina in uno scantinato con raggio di azione per cui le pale hanno il manico tagliato. Per non dovegli dire che non mi interessava ho finto di essere lento ed impacciato.

the food is brilliant, and presented fantastically, authentic italian pasta. staff could smile more and be more friendly

Ordered a long time ago, but it was just so good.

Lovely pizza, really fast delivery!

Paré aquí para una cena previa al concierto (el área ideal para cenas / bebidas antes de los eventos en el Roundhouse). Preocupado por algunas de las críticas negativas aquí, pero todo estaba bien. Buena selección de platos, grandes porciones, personal amable. El único inconveniente fue la gran cantidad de conductores de Deliveroo / Just Eat que entraron y salieron durante nuestra comida. El lugar es bastante íntimo, pero en el espacio de una hora, alrededor de 30 repartidores de bicicletas entraron y salieron por la puerta. La camarera nos dijo que llevar negocios era bueno, alrededor de 100 por noche.Es bueno para sus negocios, pero amortiguó la sensación romántica del lugar, ya que era como estar sentado en una oficina de taxis. Sugerí una escotilla en la pared de la cocina para que los ciclistas pudieran recoger desde la parte trasera del edificio; -)

No puedo creer lo terrible que es el servicio. Lo peor que he recibido.Estaba a punto de pedir un tagliatelle gamberoni de deliveryoo pero contacté con el restaurante para solicitar que me pusieran un poco de chile en la pasta, ya que me gusta picante.Literalmente me gritó y me gritó el gerente, que estaba extremadamente enojado porque pregunté por qué me estaban cobrando por solicitar chile en mi pasta.He pedido pasta de muchos restaurantes y nunca me han cobrado algunos chiles en mi salsa. De hecho, la mayoría de los restaurantes han ido más allá. (Casa de espaguetis en Tuffnell Park - ¡increíble!Gritó que estaba siendo acusado por sus chiles y, por lo tanto, me acusará, aunque la forma en que se comportó y habló conmigo fue muy decepcionante. Cuando se le señaló que el servicio al cliente era deficiente, gritó por teléfono que no le importaba y rechazará mi pedido. . Afortunadamente aún no había hecho el pedido. . Quiero decir, no puedo imaginar lo mala que hubiera sido la comida si hubiera sido ordenada si esta es la forma en que el gerente se conduce sobre una solicitud de pasta picante, ¡ridículo!

Delicious food, really good value and my deal (pasta and pizza for 2) included a varied salad with lots of fresh interesting vegetables and extra Parmesan shavings.

Fantastic service and food quality -once again! (We are regular customers and true fans) Grazie mille Pesantissimo!

Pesantissimo forgot to put green olives on my pizza.

The pizza arrived cold. The pasta was okay

Fantastic Hot food, good food, brilliant service Thank you

Absolutely satisfied, 5 minutes early was perfect 👍👍👍

We order regularly from Pesantissimo since years and are never disappointed. Very good quality food, generous portions and quick & friendly delivery. They also very kindly fulfil our extra wishes (ie pizza without cheese as the kids don't like melted cheese (don't ask!)). We particularly recommend the pizze and seafood pasta.

Perfect and delicious as always. Thank you

Perfect and delicious as always. Thank you

So fresh, Perfect and delicious as always. Thank you

First off- have ordered from Pesantissimo for 4 years and loved/hated the service. Pizza’s arrived- the vegetarian pizza normally has a variety of veg on- tonight it literally had some courgette and black olives- added and paid for artichokes but very poor over all. Basically don’t order from here on a Friday night- too busy to accommodate a basic pizza order. Also arrived cold. Shame as quality is good on a week night.

Had amazing food and service at this restaurant wonderful staff and the best Italian food ever I had in a long long time. Me and my family had a really good time . Highly recommend for Valentine’s Day 🎊🎊🌹

Pizza was completely cold when it arrived. The delivery guy did not have any bags or packaging with him to keep the pizza warm, but simply brought the cold cardboard boxes. No point ordering nice pizza if it's going to arrive cold.

I am conflicted as to give a bad review because if you want night convenience wine, this place has decent wine..OK over priced but far from the paint stripper others serve It's decent! The food is the problem. 3 crostini primavera for £7.50 was seriously 3 tiny thin cut bagueutte slices with some mushroom and a blob of goats cheese microwaved in sealed carton and very cold by the time I got it. Pizzas are soggy greasy dough. Don't even taste or smell like real cheese. Thanks for the wine, but over prices won't bring me back til you sort the food, as in make it actually 'food'. We are all going to die soon enough, no meed to hurry us us for profit!

Ordered from this place because we know the pizza taste good..... but 45 minutes late on delivery time is a shambles! Called at 7.30pm pizza was suppose to arrive within the hour and we actually received it at 9.10pm. Shame because considering the taste it could be one of the best pizza place but due to poor service is not.

Food arrived very late (80 minutes after ordering) and was stone cold. Food was very average.

Outstanding quality! Amazing risotto and freshly made pasta dishes, delivery was super fast and everything was piping hot on arrival. Fantastic!

I was not expecting much. Just average local place to stop my hunger pangs. But I was shocked at how handsome the waiters were. Sure the food was a pleasant surpise but the waiters were possibly the best looking men I have ever seen in my life.

Really enjoyed our evening here ,food was so great had Avocado Tomato Mozzarella to start followed by Vegetable / Crab Risotto and Chicken millenese for mains.. Prosecco was lovely and cold.. service was very good..

I’ve been there last night, every thing was so good, pizzas, pasta... the staff is really friendly and the restaurant is really close to the park where you can see all London. Thanks pesantissimo !

Pizza was nice. The tomato sauce too garlicky and they forgot to add my toppings. I would repeat anyway but I have the impression with that tomato sauce all the pizzas will test the same.

My husband and I went here with my parents last night. It was perfect in every way. Delicious food, lovely wine and the BEST service. Simona was quite simply a joy to speak to. It’s very hard to find restaurants (not just pubs) that allow dogs. Lola our Pom was spoilt rotten! Totally recommend and we can’t wait to go back.

Bonita ubicación, pero no hay mucho más en mi opinión.

Lovely pizza but delivery took a lot longer than it has said when we ordered. Restaurant service not applicable

Wow what a pizza! Quality! I love the base, nicely baked, just how i like it. Beautiful work!

Amazing food quality, I had the Rissotto and soup of the day and both were delicious!!

I used to order pizza here every week then I stopped for a year because every time the pizza came with wrong ingredients! Today I ordered again and on of the two pizzas had a wrong ingredient which I don’t like at all so I didn’t enjoy my piazza one more time! I won’t order again

Authentic taste and lots of toppings Tiramisu is good. I wish they did bigger discounts. And probably sacrilegious to Italians I wish mozzarella sticks were available as well

The meatballs where horrible very processed. Tasted rotten. Sausages on pizza where cold inside. All food inedible

Carbonara didn’t have cream sauce it was dry pasta

Pesantissimo isn't pretentious, it doesn't try to be fancy, but it does everything extremely well at the lowest prices in Primrose Hill. Something about the layout of the restaurant makes it convivial, whether you're on a romantic date or you're taking twenty children for pizza. Excellent place

Just ordered the lasagna...if it can be called that.

It was so good value and taste.

Everything was OK except that the pizza arrived cold.

One of the best pizza I have tried. You must try it. They know the best. Thanks for making such delicious food.

Esto tiene la peor comida que he tenido, ni pizzas ni las pastas eran comestibles. El personal no era servicial, no estaban contentos con los clientes que tenían y tenían muy pocos clientes para un lugar supuestamente muy popular. Digo que mejor ve a comer a Pizza Express, al menos comerás algo apropiado y te llenará la barriga.

Great quality ingredients and taste

Very quick delivery the pizza was very posh n tasty

È la seconda volta da Pesantissimo! Nella zona è il migliore come qualità-prezzo. La pizza è deliziosa! Non la solita napoletana tutto cornicione che puntualmente si lascia. Accolti da un signore distinto che ci ha portato il cibo molto cordiale. Continuate così! La zona è deliziosa a due passi dalla collina di Primrose irresistibile! Il locale è piccolo e raccolto! Pochi tavoli fulro per la bella stagione quindi magari chiamate e prenotate anche se noi non abbiamo avuto problemi!

He estado aquí algunas veces ahora. La primera visita fue realmente genial, había una porción generosa de albóndigas cuando pedimos las albóndigas de pasta. Sin embargo, en nuestras próximas dos visitas, la porción de albóndigas fue mucho menor y la pasta también estaba ligeramente húmeda en comparación con la versión más seca que tuvimos en la visita anterior. Realmente decepcionado. Última visita, el restaurante parecía estar corto de personal el viernes por la noche.

After a great meal last week, I ordered again. Both dishes were honestly disgusting. We couldn’t finish either and they even got the drink order wrong. At least it arrived early, but that’s all I can say.

The Quattro formaggi was inedible

WOW!!! Best take away food we’ve ever had. Absolutely sensational.

Pizza was soggy, tasteless and didn’t seem cooked properly. Worst I’ve ever had and very disappointed!!!

Pizza was a bit burnt. i'd like the pizza refunded.

The pizza was cold when it arrived, so we had to put it in the oven to warm it up

Very good quality but pricey Also i don't understand what no mozzarella mean

To be fair this wouldnt be your fault - I wasnt really keen on the taste. That flavour wasnt for me I'm sorry. Pizza was dripping in oil/fat though which was quite a turn off

They delivered me a diet coke instead of coke zero, i had to throw that away. The pizza was fine, but the tiramisu was worse than storebought.

Bruschetta was soggy when it arrived. Pasta was cold

Been here a couple of times for a quick bite and we have only ordered the pizza and pasta. The service was efficient and the food excellent on both occasions so will visit again as I think this place has more to offer.

Good tasting pizzas but one was very under-sized and mid-shapen. A little disappointing considering the cost (over £16 before discount). I suspect the base was confused with the garlic bread as this was fairly substantial. Not particularly impressed.

Este lugar sirve comida italiana adecuada.

We ❤️ your delicious pizza - just one thing wrong this time, the delivery guy had obviously held the pizza on one side at some point, as our toppings had totally slid off. We overlooked this though because we love your pizza so much. We’ll definitely buy again, but please make sure your delivery people don’t tip the box.

I don’t know why but you guys keep raising the price on the food which is shocking because that’ll get rid of so many customers. People never like price hikes. Sort it out lads

One of our pizzas was very burnt all over and had just been covered up by rocket instead of remade :(

The reason restaurant service is set to Alright is because the restaurant never sent the chilli oil as requested, and the driver was carrying the 2 boxes of pastas on a tray, which was our pizza!! The pizza arrived ruined and cold. Very disappointing. Overall. Good food and tasty. Just a shame about the delivery guy.

Pesantissimo is a lovely neighbourhood restaurant that delivers good quality, tasty food in generous portions. We find their service friendly and reliable and order very regularly. Would recommend both pizze and paste.

Really quality taste from Italy. I know good food.

Delicious food, generous portions as always.

ordered Bruschetta Goat Cheese without goats cheese, called few times but no replay

Everything was fantastic but the fish was not the freshest

Have always enjoyed ordering but service has gone downhill. Now there are grumpy, rude staff who seem inconvenienced when you ask them a question. Not even authentic Italian cuisine.

One pizza was burned but the other was delicious

Disgusting, they are using ready made garlic paste from a tube and don’t even bother to disguise it. Cheese was tasteless and I was wondering if halloumi was mixed in to it

Locale piccolo e poco accogliente, nessuno del personale che parli italiano, almeno con noi. Menú e Vini limitati, va meglio con le pizze, che però costano come un main course! La cucina nell'interrato vicina ai bagni non fa una impressione favorevole. Nella stessa zona si trova di meglio.

I don't know if they've changed chef or management but my last 2 orders were not nice. I used to love their food but its gone way downhill. The pizzas were bland. I always ordered bruschetta with goats cheese and that was always soggy but it came with a substantial amount of cheese- now there isn't enough cheese to put both pieces of soggy bread... I stopped ordering chips from them because they were always cold and dry. I am now trying other pizza restaurants for the first time in ages because the food standards have dropped. It's a shame because I used to love their food.

Food was cold when arrived and it was early, figure that one out 🤷‍♂️

I would like a refund please: I threw away 3/4's of the pizza and could only eat the crust; it was inedible- Wet soggy pizza base with a few pieces of pepperoni. Wet, soggy apple pie swimming in custard. Grainy, icy ice-cream that taste like sand.