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Spasso

Spasso

61 Walm Lane, NW2 4QR, London, United Kingdom

Italian • Campania • Neapolitan • Mediterranean


"The decor of the restaurant is really lovely. We were greeted as soon as we arrived. We placed our orders quite briskly. We received complimentary bread and olives, which was a nice touch. Our Bruchetta starter arrived a whole hour after we arrived, which was disappointing and far too long to wait for a cold and easy starter. The menu did not specify that the prawns on one of the bruschettas were raw! The waiter said service was slow because they were busy with Uber Eats and Deliveroo. Clearly not prioritising paying customers, who pay a 12.5% service charge, unlike online customers. Eventually, our main courses arrived. My pasta was only just cooked, so close to being undercooked and hard. They ran out of ricotta and replaced it with the tiniest amount of cheese so I asked for some more. Since ricotta was supposed to be the main ingredient of the dish. The tuna steak was lovely, and the veal could have done with a thinner breadcrumb batter. The sides, chips and zucchini, were £4.50 and very small portions for such a cheap side. So that was slightly disappointing. Overall, the pinot grigio white wine was very drinkable, and they brought tap water when we asked for it. And the whole staff were very polite. It was a shame the service was so slow, and the food could have been better for the price that it was. We also felt it was overpriced for the location it was, zone 2 London and not in the West End."

Downtown Mayfair

Downtown Mayfair

15 New Burlington Place London, W1S 2HX, United Kingdom

Beer • Steak • Italian • Desserts


"The most amazing thing about this restaurant is people are lining up on the street and crowding the entry bar area to try and get a seat. It 's madness. I have no problem paying premium prices for a premium experience but this supplied far less than that. The restaurant space is crowded with tables close together. An estate agent would call it intimate. it is often a struggle for the waiting staff to negotiate their way through to tables. The bar area can seat just a handful of people which means the front area of the restaurant often gets crowded with women wearing £1,000 dresses crammed together in the hope of getting a seat. The service is great and the food is good. But in life there should always be a correlation between cost and quality. I had sahimi which was about eight thin strips of marinated wafer thin tuna. It was very good. But it cost about £40. For my main I had the lobster spaghetti. Again this was cooked well and it was a decent portion. But again, from memory, this was about £60. I make no criticism of the restaurant for charging such prices. If I ran it, I certainly would. If celebs, football stars and people with more money than sensible judgement are willing to pay over the odds to eat decent food in a restaurant space which lacks any substantial wow factor in terms of architecture, decoration or atmosphere then more fool them. it is, at least relaxed, with people in designer t-shirts as welcome as the better dressed. If there is one thing in its favour, the doorman on my visit was exceptional."