"The last three times I have eaten out in London at a place chosen by someone else, it has been dire. This place was chosen by friends staying in a hotel nearby, and more than lived down to my expectations. Old school Italian can be very good indeed, if it is delivered with passion and integrity rather than cynicism and greed. Both passion and integrity were sadly lacking here. Fried squid £8.95) came in soggy, under-seasoned batter and the squid rings themselves tasted of little. A seafood pizza £13.50) was more proficiently cooked, but the main 'seafood ' element was canned tuna. We didn 't have sides except for a couple of portions of garlic bread which I avoided for the sake of my marriage) or dolce, and coffee was dire. The wines were ok and reasonable value. Service is very slow even though the restaurant was not particularly full. At £70 for three I might have put it down to experience. At over £120 it made me rather angry."
