Polpo in City of London, Westminster

Gorgeous quaint Italian Restraunt nestled in central London! Beautiful food and reasonably priced too

Ate a delicious dinner at the bar. Very happy staff in a busy, warm & stylish place. Delightful.

Lovely experience. Ramir was great

Food lovely, forgot half our order and took 30 mins and a reminder to bring a bottle of beer. Lovely food but don’t visit when busy.

Food was amazing, cozy but lively place and excellent service. We are definitely going back.👌🏽

Eshaan, Jon, Santom and the team were amazing. They made our experience great.

Was seated at the bar and had impeccable service and food on a Sat evening. Been coming for 8 yrs and this place doesn’t disappoint. Love the spaghetti and meatballs and their stuffed olives have gotten better over time.

What a great find in Soho. Eze and John are fantastic bartenders/servers. Even though all the staff were very busy on a Friday night right before Christmas, they were so attentive and professional. The food was excellent. We had fried olives, spinach arancini, and pumpkin-roquefort-thyme pizzeta, all unique and tasty. With some delicious lemon cake for desert. Very cosy decor, well thought-out. High marks, will return.

Great food, drinks and staff. A firm favourite to frequent!

Such a lovely experience at Polpo today. The staff are so welcoming and can not do enough to make you feel welcome. They recommended some great dishes and Eshaan at the bar made some fabulous spicy margaritas. Looking forward to coming back and would recommend this venue to anyone that wants to grab an after work drink or celebrate something special!

Perfect spot for post shopping stop

The food and atmosphere are fantastic! Excellent service.

Staff fabulous!! Drinks super! Beef shin the standout dish! Will return without doubt.

Delicious food, wonderful service and a great atmosphere. Highly recommend!

Great service sitting at the bar! Loved our experience. Would come back again.

cozy place to sit and enjoy view of a street from the bar, delicious food and warming wine 🍷

Can't go wrong with Polpo. Shame they had to close down so many of the other shops they had in London. The soho restaurant is cosy, good is good and service spotless even with a full house.

Thank you Ewan and fab team for yet again a wonderful evening! Fab food and special service as alwaysx

I LOVED IT . The service, the food. EVERYTHING was perfect from the pizza to the tiramisu.

It is a excellente place to make an stop and drink an delicious italian beer with italian food (in London!!)... ummmmm!!!

Such a great experience! Staff was incredible! Great cocktails

Always stop by one of the Polpo locations when in London. The foods and service is consistently excellent and they have a few options for Gluten Free dining. I usually get the Zuchinni Fries (not dedicated fryer though) and the Pizza base is GF as well. I’m celiac but have not had issues when dining there over the last couple of years.

John and Aziko have been AMAZING! We are so grateful for a lovely evening xx

Brilliant meal, great service and fab atmosphere. Staff were attentive, patient and very lovely. Last time myself and my friend dined here was nearly 10 years back, and tonight was better than the first. Thank you.

Really nice friendly attentive service, cosy buzzy atmosphere and tasty simple menu.

An early evening bite to eat. Always a great atmosphere and great quality food and service.

Great service and flexible with dietary restrictions!!

Always good with friendly efficient servers and amazing food from an interesting menu.

Beautiful authentic food. Lovely atmosphere too

Really lucky we hit two seats at the bar quickly Food was amazing, great service and superb atmosphere

Awesome as always. Staff so courteous and go the extra mile if possible. Thank you for a fabulous evening.

Brilliant restaurant. Service was great, really friendly staff who really put in effort to make you feel welcome. Food was delicious and great wine. Highly recommend, very good value for money

Perfect for enjoying simple Italian food on a winter night. The service is friendly, and the mule wine is a must-try! The zucchini fries and octopus are standout dishes that you shouldn't miss. Overall, it’s a cozy and welcoming place to dine!

Eze and John are the best bar people EVER. Thank you for a gorgeous evening and making us feel welcome. Great atmosphere, food and cocktails.

My favorite restaurant! Toshni our server last night was excellent! Thank you! Looking forward to our next dinner there.

Great place - busy but staff have time for you. Food delicious and the house wine light and fruity. If only I lived near by …….,,,

The food was amazing and service so smooth, beautiful plates in cozy restaurant thank you Ciro for making our evening special.

Felt very rushed and inattentive by our server.

Really good. Great friendly service, relaxed atmosphere. Would recommend.

Tiny portions, large prices. Food was very tasty. Service charge and donation added to bill had that removed. Spent just shy of £100 for two people, left hungry. So while the food was lovely, you have to spend a fortune to fill up. Not recommended, unless you have eaten already !

Stubbled on this place. What a truly pleasant experience. Low key, tasteful decor, excellent food and charming staff.

Wonderful place with great food and fantastic service. Highly recommended!

The food is very good and fresh, very quick service!

Overall we really enjoyed our visit to Polpo. We tried a variety of dishes. The potato croquettes were simply delicious. The octopus and fava beans was surprisingly delish and tender too - my wife’s favourite. The arancini was nice and cheesy, loved it. The garlic and chili prawns made for a perfect dip for the focaccia bread. The courgette fries were also surprisingly delicious. The only slight let down was the liver pate which wasn’t to my liking. As it was my wife’s birthday they very kindly gave us a smaller portion of tiramisu on the house with a candle. No restaurant should have to give away anything free and so for this we were extremely grateful. Highly recommended.

Wonderful food! Very quick and friendly service

Great evening as always, amazing food and atmosphere! John @ the bar does the best margaritas in London - FACT! Recommend

I enjoyed a great lunch at Polpo. The food is very authentic and service was fabulous. Would recommend to visit again and again!

Amazing service and fantastic food. My best recommendations!

amazing food and amazing restaurant

Very experiential restaurant :) We really travel with the map offered across Italy. The service is really top notch. Special thanks to Santom who made our dinner and experience even better in the restaurant. I highly recommend this restaurant! The 3 French.

Really nice vibe. Great food, decent wine list but starts on the expensive side.

Lovely plates for sharing. Hearty, wide variety. Cosy atmosphere.

Lovely food, excellent service. We went mid afternoon so it was very quiet in there. Lovely vibe, though.

The food was great. And good atmosphere.

Fantastic experience! The food was exceptional, the service was top-notch, and the selection of drinks was impressive. Highly recommend this place to anyone looking for a great dining experience. A special shoutout to Eric at the bar—he went above and beyond to make the evening even better!

Amazing vibes, and excellent service from Ciro✨

Large group was well catered for. Food was simple but delicious.

This is a very welcoming restaurant with friendly, helpful staff, delicious food and a warm, comfortable, unpretentious setting. Went there for the first time a few weeks ago with friends and enjoyed it so much took another friend there last week. Would highly recommend (oh, and the prices are very reasonable too!)

Just off carnaby st away from the hustle and bustle lovely food and drinks hade meat balls and spaghetti .

We had a pre-theatre dinner here. Service was super quick and delicious.

Loved it here - will definitely be back

Great find, really helpful staff and wonderful food.

Kind staff and pleasant food. Top choice for a date night

Great food and service. Always a solid Soho choice.

Wonderful food! Really lovely place. Love it here and will be back!

Had a wonderful time!! Delicious Tiramisu

Service was lovely. Food was slightly sub standard, except the burrata was delicious!

The atmosphere is nice. Unfortunality the Spaghetti with meatballs tasted like industry spaghetti and the meatballs like babyfood. It was OK. The Beef was also ok but very rare and difficult to eat. In General ok. The Service was also OK but a little bit chaotic. The waiter who had his first day was very Kind. In General. Nice atmosphere with OK Service and food. Prize is not so good.

What a great place! Good food and great service!

Good food and friendly staff - amazing cocktails

I'm not really impressed by this place. I don't mind paying more for some good fish, but it has to BE good. Our fritto misto was tasteless and a disappointment. I hope I'm wrong, but it tasted of low quality frozen calamari and shrimp. Maybe it was a bad batch, I don't know. Ah, and a bottle of still water is 5 frickin pounds! What saved the night was a great aioli sauce and a good focaccia. The place is nice and the staff is kind, still not worth coming back though. Sorry

Tapas is the right word but at extortionate main course prices. To pay 18 pounds for a tiny tiny bowl of pasta and 3 bits of meat is an absolute joke. The seafood was ok, nothing as tasty as the real stuff in Italy, but again at an extortionate cost. In all honesty, the food is totally average, nothing special at all and the drinks were also so expensive. I would never go back or recommend but each to their own.

Very nice food and friendly staff. Maybe a bit expensive for what it actually is.

Thank you for Polpo a wonderful experience on my birthday!! I hope to visit again.

Delicious Italian tapas. Nice place for sharing a variety of dishes.

Super food and hospitality. Can't wait to go again. X

Really delicious cichetti - the beef shin pasta was a favourite, but all the food was amazing. Quite quiet at lunchtime and great service with helpful recommendations. Oh and fantastic coffee too!

it was very fast service, delicious food and the staff were lovely 🥰

John, Eze and Oana looked after us especially well, fantastic drinks and food. Great cocktails

We loved the Polpo team, and the food was scrumptious!!!!

Our host Ciro was wonderful. Delicious food, great atmosphere and wonderful service - I recommend!

Italian restaurant offering excellent sharing dishes at very reasonable prices for London. Very pleasant and fast service. I recommend!

Great food, great service, great area!

Beetroot Tortellini were very delicious and the service very friendly. We are looking forward for our next stay.

Amazing food - the beef rigatoni especially!

Had a fantastic dining experience at Polpo Soho. The food was delicious, and the atmosphere was great. Special thanks to our waiter, Ciro, for his excellent service—attentive, friendly, and made great recommendations. Will definitely be back!

Love this place, have visited three times over the past two years. The atmosphere is very relaxed and staff are friendly. The food is excellent I've enjoyed it every time. Small plates with a good variety of options, quick service

Well prepared dishes for sharing. Portion have became quite small over time. Needs to be considered because you end up paying a lot for small main plates.

Lovely staff, amazing zucchini fries

Brilliant restaurant serving genuine Venetian cicchetti made with care. If you want great Italian food, far from the run of the mill fare you get everywhere else, Polpo is the real deal. It's original, tasty and fresh. You discover dishes that no one else bothers to cook. Sick of the pizza/spaghetti combo? Head to Polpo, with his intimate atmosphere and great food. The staff is very friendly, the service prompt even on Saturdays. Highly recommended.

I went to Polpo Soho yesterday, and it was such a great experience! The vibe was super chill, perfect for a laid-back evening. One of the guys, Ramir working there was awesome – he casually suggested some dishes, and honestly, they were spot on! Everything I tried was delicious, and his recommendations made the night. The service was friendly but not too in-your-face, which I loved. I’ll definitely be back for more – totally worth a visit if you’re in Soho!

We love this place and come here whenever we’re in central London. Awesome food, atmosphere & service and super family friendly. Ciro looked after us really well.

Great food! Excellent service from Corp, we’ll be back!

I recently dined at this restaurant, and unfortunately, it was a very disappointing experience. First off, the portions were incredibly small, especially for the high prices they charge. The food itself was bland and lacked any real flavor, making the meal feel like a waste of money. To make matters worse, the service left much to be desired. The male waiter was overly pushy, constantly trying to upsell us on more items and add-ons. It made my entire party uncomfortable and took away from what should have been an enjoyable meal. I understand that restaurants need to make sales, but there's a fine line between good service and making customers feel pressured. Sadly, this place fell short in both food quality and customer care. I wouldn’t recommend it and definitely won’t be returning.

I feel that charging 13.5% service leaves a very bad taste in the mouth. It feels that you are deliberately conning customers by posting misleading prices on the menu.

Great service super attentive - amazing food!

Great bar fantastic service friendly atmosphere will come again

The food was delicious and great service.

Amazing food and service, thank you to Shad for being a great host.

Eric and John were very attentive bartenders, happily return!