The best restaurants serving Italian food in Fulham Reach Hammersmith and Fulham London

On Saturday four of us went to The River Cafe for dinner . Over the past 2 years we have been visiting bucket list restaurants and this was one. I’m afraid it really didn’t live up to expectations. Whilst some of the dishes were good the spatchcock partridge was underwhelming and my husband’s calamari over seasoned and tough. We arrived spot on for our 8pm booking but our table wasn’t ready and we were not seated until 8.40pm. The restaurant has certainly made sure it has as many tables as it can fit !! Which does give it a rather claustrophobic feeling . The wine list is expensive which together with an overpriced menu does make it a very pricey evening which unfortunately the food does not live up to. The web site says the restaurant closes at 11.30 and they certainly mean it !!! At 11.30 precisely we, together with other diners, were asked to leave and the hoover was brought out !!!! It’s another one ticked off the list but not one we would return to .