The best restaurants serving Italian food in Highbury East Islington London

Brilliant little family run place in Highbury with lip smacking Italian food. Everything we ordered was super fresh and prepared with great attention to detail and served piping hot. Our server Carlos went above and beyond to ensure we were comfortable. Would highly recommend this place to anyone in the area!

Went for a brunch as got there way too early for the Kire’s concert at The Garage. I ordered simple Carbonara as it is my go to meal when testing out Italian places. I have to say I was beyond satisfied. The carbonara was creamy and tick and even though it doesn’t look like much it definitely fills you up. I did not have any starters or anything just a cup of hot chocolate on the side but once I started my meal I definitely thought I couldn’t finish it. Definitely would recommend to anyone who in the area. The prices seem a bit high compared to the other Italian place on the other side of the road but every good Italian place with delicious food will charge more. Also the prices seem normal as I was expecting it to be around that amount. Hence I did not trust the other place with cheaper food options. Overall, the food was great, the hot chocolate definitely warmed me up and the nice quiet noon was definitely that will make me come back when I’m in the area.

The food was delicious, especially the burrata, but the pasta portions were quite small. Also we were celebrating a birthday, which I did specify to them when I made the reservation, however they completely ignored it.

The food is very tasty and the prices are right too. Service friendly.

This is great value delicious underrated pizza i will definitely order again .the cheese toppings and dough are all good

Pedimos filetes de gama alta y nos lo sirvieron con aderezo de ensalada de queso azul frío que fue asqueroso, pedí cambiar por pimienta en grano que salió como agua sin sabor, las patatas fritas todavía estaban duras en el medio. Comida muy decepcionada. Tuvimos el cóctel de la historia de amor que no era potable que era tan fuerte y me encanta un buen cóctel. Lo único bueno que tengo que decir es que la decoración era impresionante. No volvería a visitar y es una pena ya que viajo al hospital muy cerca para recibir tratamiento y los habría utilizado de nuevo si fuera comida decente!

The (surprisingly large inside) restaurant was virtually empty late on a Friday evening, so you could well be lucky just turning up with the faff of booking. The service was totally amazing and the generosity totally reminded me of actually being in Italy (where we used to go at least twice a year). Free 'melon'cello was offered, they were super-generous with glasses of wine to taste. Memory says Donna Sofia closed in Covid and have only recently re-opened. The non-pizza food was interesting and felt like a 'meal out' rather than a warmed TV dinner, and there's a great pizza oven

Gran alcohol local, agradables asientos al aire libre, consiguió el pie cuando está encendido, consiguió la calefacción exterior, consiguió las pizzas y una pinta decente. Malditamente encantador

miserable, grosero, brusco, lento, mala actitud personal!!! Evitar lo contrario dejar sin una sonrisa en la cara y extremadamente molestos!!! Tardamos 20 minutos en un tranquilo día de conseguir un café! Tuve que usar el menú yo después de esperar 15 minutos!! Y el camarero era más allá miserable y grosero! Él simplemente parecía odiaba todos los clientes y no podía ser molestado! pésimo servicio horrible