Sofolino in Waltham Forest

Probably in fact the worst Italian food since DeMedici in San Pedro . Our first course a brown cheese dish very overcooked and under flavoured ,The main course Linguini with prawns ,floating in a horrible brown goo meant to be a fish sauce , which came from the local canal awful ,I eat 1/4 my wife did not eat more than one spoonful . Our friend sent back her first and second course ,in -edible a replacement arrived not sure what the pasta was, floating in a very bright orange sauce A pizza arrived very badly presented but was eaten by one friend Who was hungry .The owner waiter was not interested and nor were we .Only the company made for a pleasant evening . I can’t believe some of the positive reviews . Maybe the chef was mourning the Chelsea’s lost today . Whetstone0 Why oh why is it so difficult to get very basic Italian food cooked correctly ? Very very disappointed .

We love this local Italian. Friendly service, great food and a relaxed atmosphere makes this restaurant a firm favourite that we return to time and again.

Visited sofolino last night and had the most delicious dinner. Prawns so fresh and perfectly cooked and steak to die for.. wine list was comprehensive and had a lovely red with my steak. This is such a special place with relaxed atmosphere and first class service. Defo worth a visit

This place is a decent restaurant to have a bite of food. Would definitely recommend. we will visit again

We liked some of the food here but it was very bland and not a very good atmosphere but we would return if needed

This is an informal restaurant aimed at a older age group or at least that's How it was when we went in the evening. We brought the age down to 20 years! Menu has a good choice of starters, meat, fish, pasta and pizza, portions are large and prices mid range for the area. I really liked my starter of smoked trout and salmon pate. Pasta was on but not the best I've had. Overall not bad. I

A full restaurant usually bodes well, but as we found out this was due to the prices, not the quality of cooking. Food adequate, not especially hot. My first course was a soup of the day. Very adequate I chose liver next - ultra thin cuts of calf's liver, pink as I ordered. Fine, but not overwhelming. The other three had a pasta dish in some sort of cream sauce - school dinner quality in its amount, presentation and taste. No better than that. The desserts looked home made and there were appreciative grunts from my table companions, so they must have liked. The Nero D'avolo glass of wine I had was fine, my male companion had a beer and the ladies opted for water. Bill was £84.00 for four of us, so, as I said, an adequate neighbourhood restaurant. Service was good, quick and with a smile, but the owner/major domo appeared around the tables with no smile, no words.. If you cannot smile at a full house, stay in the back