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Sofalino

Sofalino

1390 High Road Barnet, Greater London N20 9BH, N20 9HR, United Kingdom

Bars • Delis • Pizza • Pasta


"I thought I should write a review for sofalino, 2 wonderful evenings spent there over the last month, once for my birthday meal with family, and then again a few nights to dinner with my sister. I've been here since its opening 5 years ago, and it's one of my favorite in north london. the food I had eaten at my birthday dinner was undoubtedly the finest food I had tasted since my vacation in italy in the last summer. after having enjoyed the soft, velvety brot and plump juicy oliven, I shared the antipasto for 2 with my sister for the starter and went for the cow mouse for the pornstar. the antipasto is fantastic; it contains prosciutto, salami, mortadella and breesaola for the cultivated meat, roasted aubergine, courgette and red paprika for the vege and is served on many rockets with circustomates, artichokes and black olives. but the absolute high points of the plate were the buffalo bocconcini, deep roasted valleyggio in the brothcrümeln and gorgonzola arancini. so many beautiful aromas to enjoy, and this is only in the starter! the kalbsmilanese was crooked and fritted to perfection, and was huge! my vater, mama and I decided to go with gorgonzola and spinat gnocchi, instead of the standard linguine napoletana, which to potentially one of the best main courses I have ever eaten outside italian. other dishes that are worth mentioning from this night are the pappardelle with venison and porcini mushrooms, and the gnocchi alla sorrentina. when it was my birthday, they had made me a stunning chocolate cake with fresh strawberries, which covered the meal nicely. for my meal last night I had the antipasto, of course, but this time the arancini even better was the last time she had saffron in, which is possibly my favorite last thing. I had the calzone for the main course, which was simply delicious with a lot of ham and mushroom filling and a nice teigy but crispy crust. I went to dessert the day for pudding, completely forget my clients quickly from no cake / sweet tasty things, but it was totally worth because my huuuge disc birne, mandel and ricota tart was from the top drawer; my sister had only one bit of the baked crust and she still talked about how incredible it was the next day! sofalino also has a very high quality wine list; the primitivo 'il pumo ' is a personal favorite of our, with its dark, smooth, laumen intense taste. at both of these locations the restaurant was full and flowering, and the personal friendly and attentive; just what they want from an Italian restaurant. without doubt, I will be back sooner than later."

Luciano's Ristorante

Luciano's Ristorante

278 High Street West Sunderland, Tyne and Wear SR1 3DZ, United Kingdom

Drinks • Casual • Mexican • Italian


"Reception Arrived exactly on time for 6pm booking but waited 10 minutes to be seated Receptionist asked if we required drinks, which we did and informed her we were also ready to order our meal. she stated she was unable to take menu orders. Waited another 10 minutes before our order was taken for both starter and main course. It quickly became apparent that one waiter for 20 tables was going to cause delay problems. Whilst waiting for the starter we noticed that the restaurant was cold with a few free standing vertical electric fan heaters generating very little heat unless you were seated immediately adjacent to one which i was not and subsequently donned my outer coat to keep warm. Following the serving of our starter I reminded the waiter on two occasions that I was concerned at the delay in serving our main course as we were attend the local Theatre at 7.20pm. He assured me the meal was on its way, however by 7pm one hour after our arrival there was no sign of our main course. I informed both the waiter and their receptionist that we were not prepared to wait any longer I paid for the soft drinks and starter meal and left the restaurant. I was extremely disappointed with the quality of service provided and will certainly not be returning to Lucianos at Sunderland again. It is worthy of note that we were not the first customers to have a disappointing experience at Lucianos as endorsed on Trip Advisor!!"