Rocca in Kensington and Chelsea

poor service attitude, n average food but decent price. wont coming back

Lovely atmosphere and really attentive and friendly staff.

We went to eat here with 8 people without a reservation. The staff was extremely nice. Rarely have I seen catering staff laugh so much while they had to work very hard. Real Italian people. The food was also very tasty. I would definitely go back if I had the chance.

Myself and my friend visited this past weekend and we had a wonderful time. The service was attentive without being rushed, friendly and helpful. The good of course was fantastic, super authentic and myself and my friend both enjoyed our food, which was a decent portion and which was excellent value for money. We would definitely return!

Good spot. Nice Italian Restaurant near South Kensington station. Well worked pastas. Steak’s green peppercorn sauce was incredible. Good portions. Tiramisu also very good (albeit could be larger). Prices are reasonable. Staff is attentive and efficient.

The place is magnificent, the food is great and delicious. Vasko waited on us and couldn't have been more friendly and helpful. All 10!

Delicious food and great prices, especially considering the location. The linguine allo scoglio was fantastic, full of fresh seafood.

We ordered from the lunch deal menu Bruschetta Classica Americana Pizza Linguine Al Pesto A special wine at £28 a bottle was on the table which was very good. All three dishes were lovely - the pepperoni on the pizza was high end and tasted great. Service was top noch and very friendly staff. The restaurant is decorated beautifully and spotlessly clean. We would definitely recommend this restaurant and will eat here again next time we are in London.

Good standard Italian food . Excellent if you want a quick meal

A pleasant well-priced restaurant with fast and friendly service. The lunch menu of an entree and a main for 12.45 is excellent value.

The food was delicious and the service was good and fast. I would recommend this restaurant!

Mixed feelings as I have been several times and sometimes the experience is totally worth it and some other times its very poor. The bruschetta is good, never disappoints. As for main curses - they often get my order wrong. When they do they it right, carbonara and the radiatori special are good. I wouldn't recommend the bolognese and the linguine allo scoglio. The bolognose doesn't have any flavour, it's insipid and watery. The linguine are so heavy and the fish never seems that fresh - a pasta like that should be simple and savoury. That one is flavourless. For the dessert they have a good selection, the quality is ok but nothing special. The bill is ok given the location. If it was in a different location the food wouldn't be worth the price though.

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The place was busy, incredibly noisy to the point of being uncomfortable. We were brought our main course while our first course was still in front of us. My Wife's chicken was inedible, my seafood linguine was an excessive amount of linguine with seafood of poor quality and of suspect pedigree. The shared salad was largely rocket with a quartered tomato and a few strips of shaved carrot. They boast "the best tiramisu in London" but it was very wet and tasteless. I don't think that we will be back any time.

We went there n Sunday much time even though it was busy we were seated very quickly. Ahmed was friendly and fast and the pizzas are very tasty. Kids can have sma pizzas which is great. Highly recommend

Carbonara was amazing! As was the service! Don’t miss on the tiramisu!

It's a regular haunt of mine and my most recent visit there were 10 of us. We hadn't booked but they were able to give us a table.

Really good, but for me with the Carbonara it could have been a bit more. The wine was good and the meal for four of us was very reasonable.

Booked this place after a visit to a local museum and it was lovely! It felt reasonably priced and food was very nice. The staff were attentive and nice. The food was served quickly and was great tasting. Would definitely come back if in the area!

Perfect food, great atmosphere, polite service

Perfect service, perfect food, really delicious. We didn't have to wait, cause we booked a table, but was quite busy at friday evening. Worth the money that we spent here. Totally recommend!!

Service was quick and food was delicious. 7/10

Had a fantastic lunch at Rocca! The food was absolutely delicious, and the atmosphere was warm and welcoming. The staff were amazing, so lovely and friendly. We tried the Americana pizza, lasagna, and linguine allo Scoglio—all were excellent, and we highly recommend them. One of the staff recommended the tiramisu, and we’re so glad they did—it’s an absolute must-try! We’ll definitely be back. Highly recommend!

Definitely a hidden gem , excellent food and service and not expensive

Nice restaurant in South Kensington. Steak was alright, chips were tasty as were the root vegetables as a side dish. Pecan caramel cheese cake as dessert was also decent.

Great food and lovely staff. Definitely try the tiramisu!

Excellent value, great food and good sized portions.

A quick Google search for a fine Italian restaurant, close to South Kensington Tube Station found this little gem. Even though there was a show on at the Royal Albert Hall and the museums were just closing, as this one is a little off the main tourist area, it was not packed out, so we were able to get a table. Great service: attentive, polite, yet humorous. Relaxed, too, as no rush to clear the table for any other diners. The food options were great and extremely tasty. I had the chicken special and my wife had the chicken in white wine and mushroom sauce. Delicious. Torn between choices. And the Tiramisu? Oh. My. Days! Light, tasty and if I had room, I would have had a second slice! Thanks guys. Great find

Visited on Wednesday night and everything from the service to the food was great. We ordered both pizza and pasta dishes as well as dessert all of which were exceptional. The staff were also very attentive and friendly - would definitely visit again!

Visited with my family. The food was great and the staff were very friendly and accommodating. Will definitely visit again.

Thank you, Mr. Hatem, for the service, the sweet soul, and the delicious taste 🌷

Everything about Rocca was terrible, the food was badly cooked with pasta stuck together. The service was terrible with dishes served at haphazard times and 15-20 mins between the first and last dish. The staff choose to lie about orders being placed at different times rather than apologising. Truly terrible experience.

Very warming place. All servers were super friendly and weren't shy to engage with clients. When server heard people singing happy birthday, he came and sang too. They joke and ask smalltalk questions. Food was served quickly, and even margherita pizza have been really good. I can also recommend their homemade lemonade. Will certainly go back on my next visit to London!

Staff and food were lovely, and prices were very good!

Excellent site. Charming staff. Relaxed vibe. I went for lunch with a friend. Neither of us were hungry, but the prawns and mussels we ate were pleasant enough. The bread dough was good 😊. Negronis cost £10 and are a bit on the mean side. Recommended for its location and cool, easy going staff. The staff speak several languages; fantastic for tourists from abroad.

Authentically Italian. Independently owned and offering fine Italian cuisine, first class wines, and truly perfect service. The lunch menu offers truly exceptional value for money, and the ambiance is warmly welcoming.

Italian restaurant with a wide variety of dishes, good treatment from the waiters and very fast service.

Lovely ambiance. Husband got carbonara and I got the rigatoni. We were curious about it as it was near our hotel and we are in a journey to find the best carbonara outside Italy. I wouldn't say it was lackluster but it was not unforgettable that's it. Lovely interior though!

Been a faithful customer for years - Salvatore & Bea always make me, my family & friends feel welcome. I've never left feeling disappointed. 10/10!

Great place with great waitors and service Always full. Always with friendly serving. Very delisios lamb chops Spagetti ragu and lasange.. Perfect. If you are around don t hasite. You will be happy.

Great traditional Italian trattoria. Went for a family lunch with three generations and everyone loved it. Great atmosphere.

Good welcome, very good food and served quickly. A very good address in South Kensington.

Wonderful - we're going to be in London for a week and I've been there twice. Everything is good - food, atmosphere and service. The most unusual thing was that we went into the restaurant because someone saw us on the street looking at the menu and said: come in, it's really good, my favorite restaurant. It's become my favorite in London too.

Excellent Italian restaurant with various options of starters, pasta, pizza, side dishes and desserts🍕we tried the pasta (truffle fettuccine & tomato and basil rigatoni) and I must say that we finally ate Italian after a few days in London🫂 Extremely friendly staff, strategic location if you are coming from the natural history museum or from all over Kensington. We didn't try the pizza, but the pasta was very good. Highly recommended tiramisu✨

The food was delicious and all the staff could not have been more helpful, I would highly recommend!!

Fast, good value for money and very welcoming

Honestly the food was not good, pizza in Franco Manco is better.

The food was okay. I had the spaghetti and it was good. The service by Salvatore was wonderful. He was attentive but didn't hover. The pizza my boyfriend got was fantastic. We loved the cheese garlic bread and the prices can't be beat. Highly recommend this place!

Friendly staff good food i like how they serve parmesan cheese

Absolutely delicious food, bright, vibrant and warm setting. High quality ingredients we had vegetarian pizza and pasta. Would highly recommend excellent service! A+

Best lamonede, oil and Santa Claus

Great set up, excellent food and lovely staff at very reasonable central London pricing

Went there on a Tuesday without a booking as a group of teenagers and was greeted with such grace and enthusiasm. Didn't feel judged during our entire time there, including when we couldn't pronounce the names of the dishes. The service was the best we had ever had, with entertaining and charismatic staff and the food was amazing. They hand-grated cheese table side when our Lasagna came out, gave pizza oils and seasonings and brought cleaning and shell dishes for the seafood pasta. To end, we had the tiramisu and it was honestly the best I had ever had. The sponge was fluffy and coated in coffee but not soaked and the cream was sweet and airy. Could not recommend this place more, its truly amazing and would recommend to anyone and everyone.

Good parmigiana di melanzane and galletto al mattone. Good burrata but I was expecting it as per the menu with pickled onion and instead it only had half a grilled tomato and grilled sourdough slice on a bed of oil, so much I couldn't eat the bread as it was soaked in oil. I found the menu on the website different from what I got and also different from the downloaded pdf, basically they've got three menus (very confusing if you are planning ahead). Pizza was not Neapolitan style so I didn't really like it, I found it dry and a bit hard to eat. The lobster tortelloni were amazing. The tiramisù was very good and came in a big portion! It's unfortunate that there are some foreign influences (probably to sell more) which make this restaurant a bit on the tourist side and less authentic (e.g., cream in pasta dishes, cheesecake, salad served together with the main in the same plate) which makes sense for the area it's in. The espresso was not bad which is a win in itself. Service was great and very fast (it was not busy when I got there). I would give half a star more but cannot give 4.

We booked this restaurant from a Google search. We knew nothing about it as we were new to the area. What a fab place! Great atmosphere, the food was very fresh. The service was excellent. Prices were very reasonable for fresh pasta and pizza. We would definitely go there again.

Booked early and ate in here after a show at the Albert Hall. A really nice atmosphere with friendly staff taking care of us. Food was amazing, prawn linguine was a special on the day and recommended! Price in here was also a surprise.. Very reasonable for London!! Thanks, and we'll be back again

Delicious food ! The pasta portion was correct too, and the staff was really lovely and funny ! Will definitely come back to try more food !

super restaurant, very good food good location & good atmosphere fast service, pleasant waiters reasonable prices I recommend

A nice Italian restaurant near South Kensington station. It’s a lot bigger on the inside than it looks. The service is friendly and efficient. The food is good too. Arancini was slightly under seasoned, but very crunchy and nice. The selection of bread was really good. The pasta with pesto sauce was OK. It was good, but I’d prefer a bit punchier seasoning. But then, I am picky when it comes to pesto. For a proper sit-in restaurant, the price tag is reasonable. I would happily go back and try other dishes.

I ordered Ravioli and it was bland and undercooked. Went here on a recommendation and was disappointed.

Awesome Pizza, very light and tasty tiramisu with a fast service ! 10/10 !

The food is delicious and authentic, I ordered the calamari, salmon fettuccini and tiramisu. All exceeded my expectations! The staff are friendly and joke with the customers, really good service. Nice atmosphere and it’s very affordable especially for a location like south Ken. Highly recommend

Good place, good food and good price. Recommended.

I went to Rocca before RAH and we had a great time. The food was fresh , and there is gluten free options which is great . Ahmed was friendly and great to explain the menu . Definitely will be back when we are around .

Authentic Italian cuisine at the highest order . Simple but delicious and fresh ingredients of authentic Italian cooking. From the appetizers Burrata to Galicia breads to the Italian pizzas , to the Bolognese Fettuccine, some with great flavor. The seafood linguine was also delicious. Overall atmosphere is great with a cozy dining room experience. Has great selection of wines and other drinks . Dessert Panna cotta was delicious as well .

Beautiful place and service was decent however the food was underwhelming. On top of that there is a 12% discretionary surcharge that is added to the bill. Wouldn’t be my top recommendation however, a decent place for something average.

Hi all, this is lovely restaurant with family run vibe. Good service and food as a great authentic italian taste. Visited it twice over two weekends. Not overly priced given you are in south Ken. Recommended.

Lovely place for a tired traveler to come to for a late lunch after a 10 hour flight! Atmosphere is very nice and the food was delicious. Our table had the linguini with seafood, lasagna and risotto and all was excellent. Would definitely come back again.

Vasko's attention was excellent, very delicious food and exceptional Italian beer. Advisable!

Super tasty, value for money and the staff is very friendly!

Very good and tasty and extremely friendly and attentive staff

After lovely time in museum we were walking by this restaurant although from outside it’s looks expensive for our surprise price were very pleasant. It was our first time but for sure not the last one. We tried the special pizza and pasta they were superb and for our little one we had smaller size pizzas . Food was fantastic and also deserts especially tiramisu . Overall atmosphere was amazing staff very welcoming and friendly . Highly recommended We will be back

visited this place after the Royal Albert show. Aamazing food and amazing service. Ahmet took care of us with great chat and service. Overall great experince

worst service i've ever received

Friendly service, fantastic food and not pricey considering the area. Highly recommend the bolognese.

Dining on a Friday evening meant there was a lovely atmosphere even though we sat down at 5pm. We ate the arancini and the caprese salad, carbonara and spaghetti bolognaise, and shared the tiramisu. The food was nice overall but the caprese salad was lacking - lots of tomatoes but one small slice of cheese with a few olives on the side, they only grated a small amount of Parmesan on the pasta even though we asked for more, and the arancini did not have the cheesy middle I was expecting as is usually the case. Also, although the staff were attentive, as we arrived at 5pm when they were quiet, we were asked 7 times in 10 minutes of arriving if we were ready to order our food although we repeatedly asked if they could slow down. So this was not a great start to the experience. Would recommend, but book in advance.

Excellent dinner place, very nice ambience, loved it!

bland food, poor english leading to miss communication partner accidentally ordered wrong drink and told waitress and she was quite rude about it

The pizzas are just incredibly good….! The servers are very friendly and pleasant! Plus, the place is superb.

The pizzas are super good and the tiramisu too!! I highly recommend for a good Italian meal in London The room is a little noisy, but like most restaurants when the room is full Fast and efficient service

Love this place. Nice pics. Lovely Tiramisu and profiteroles

What a place, fantastic food, and great service from Hamet. Very funny man

Excellent Italian restaurant, ideally located. The service is fast and attentive, with attentive servers. The dishes are tasty and at affordable prices. A very good address to discover!

Feels like a family run restaurant you find on holiday Italy Spain or Greece

I was at the science museum with my grandchildren and they wanted pizza so we came to Rocca by chance and was served by A gorgeous Turkish gentleman who not only gave a 100 percent service made us laugh we felt so welcomed , we ask had the Regina pizza which was excellent , thank you so much .

We went there after the show and the place was close to our hotel , the food was really fresh and it felt like we were in Italy, the service was great especially Ahmit made us so welcoming and makes you feel you are at home , definitely will be back when we are in London

Great spot for a late dinner! Every other restaurant in the area was closing (around 9:30/10pm) so we wandered here and were super happy with the food (our favorites were the rice balls, mozzarella, and ravioli) and service. Will definitely go back.

I went there on a Friday. The waiter dropped lasagne on a customer and was not even apologetic. Moreover he gave us half a portion of lasagne and pretended that he didn’t notice it. Even after they bought out a second one which was marginally bigger, the lasagne was very poor quality. It was as if they had bought it from Aldi and heated it up. There were more layers of pasta than beef. I also ordered a crab linguini and there were 5 small flickers of crab in there. They said they can put more crab and admitted that this was not right. After all this they had the audacity go charge me service charge on my bill which I refused to pay. To be honest they should be embarrassed to bring me a bill after the food was so bad and the service so so poor. I have had 2 good experiences here in the past but I will never return.

Today we went there for my son’s graduation ceremony and it was amazing . Even though it was extremely busy the food and service was amazing . We had a great time thanks to Ahmed , we recommend everyone if you are around

Great restaurant, friendly welcome!

Local with classic Italian style, the service is good and everything was clean. Despite the area of ​​London in which it is located, the prices are not high and the quality is very good. Definitely recommended

Great service and very good food for the price. We were very happy with our meal and very attentive staff and servers.

Transported to Italy. The seafood pasta is to die for. Friendly folks.

Excellent food and service for a great value!

So happy I found this little gem. Fantastic pasta, lovely wine, great service and all at very reasonable prices! I almost want to keep it a secret 😊

Dinned at Rocca on Sunday eveninxg, managress recommended us THE TIRAMISU best we've EVER tried! Great service and ambiance. Thank you!

Visited for dinner on Friday 4th October and had one of the greatest customer service experiences of the year. Fantastic, attentive waiters, with their finger on the pulse looking to make the experience memorable. Drinks arrived swiftly upon being seated, we were offered guidance around the menu and the food was delicious. Exactly what I was looking for, delivering the basics at a high level. Great job. Thank you, we're looking forward to returning in the near future.

Really enjoyed our experience at Rocca today - nice ambience, good selection of food on the menu, and we enjoyed our selections. The service was especially good - the staff noticed our toddler was enjoying a plate of olives we had ordered (with stones, so we were carefully pitting them), and brought a complementary bowl of pitted ones just for him!

We celebrated the birthday of a friend from London as a group. It's probably not the best Italian restaurant in London, but it's one of the good ones. Deep, but pleasant room, attentive service, truly quality Italian cuisine. Good choice of quality wines.

It is lovely to visit a restaurant run with pride. The service was exactly at the right level. attentive, not in your face. The pasta was above average and offered great value for money.