Il Giardino - Menu

Excellent choice particularly the specials on the blackboard I had the aubergine starter and the tagliatelle al salmone. The food was excellent. Warning: don’t go there if you are in a hurry we were very happy to have a leisurely meal!

We went for the first time, absolutely stunning! We tried the Antipasto to share that was quite small but fair for the price paid, the Linguine Mushroom and the Pizza were tasty and very good ! I am not a huge fan of Tiramisu but their one was fab !

Came back to Il Giardino for the first time this week after living abroad for 10+ years. Every bit as good as I remembered and thrilled it’s still here. Lovely unpretentious Italian restaurant, food is delicious still dreaming about the Orecchiette pasta with walnuts! Thanks to the chef and all the wonderful staff. View menu

Lovely family style restaurant with a great menu. All of our meals were cooked fresh and the menu is not too exhaustive so it would appear all meals are made fresh. Staff are friendly and attentive and as one other reviewer wrote the premises is refreshingly unhip. Starters and mains were great and the homemade tiramisu was superb. Reasonable portions and prices. Love it x

My second visit on a date night with my partner we got the window seat with the lovely candle, it’s really nice cosy and comfortable intimate. The waitresses always helpful even though it’s busy they come running if you turn your head. The food was great, I had the garlic mushrooms and pizza, enjoyed it and the house white was also nice. Wanted to tip, but they add 10% anyway. Worth going if your in Peckham Raspberry cheesecake was yummy

Third visit to this informal hospitable restaurant on the main drag near Peckham Rye station. Decorated with unpretentious art and curiosities, France, Italy, Spain, Peru etc. Good menu leaning towards our favourite Sardinian flavours and dishes, not least the pasta. Really like the place. Fairly priced and friendly. Only minor gripe, some tables a bit close so small and larger groups of enthusiasts can be just a bit loud and it is sometimes hard not to feel that you are at their table with them. But the pluses of eating here easily outweigh the backdrop of lubricated garrulous fellow (often strident female) diners. Recommended and this place seems different from any other establishment in t... View menu

Dreadful service. Great food (when it finally arrived). Our waitress spoke such broken English for her and us to actually communicate was a chore. And we really tried. Consequently the dining experience was a trial. We ended up with one tiny dish of veg to share (about one potato and a spoonful of spinach) between two main dishes because of her recommendation despite questioning the choice. We waited for over half an hour between finishing our starters and the main courses arriving. When I had the audacity to query why we were waiting so long I was shown the bill and told there are lots of people to serve, it 's not just you I didn 't really find this very friendly or helpful. However, all t...

Sadly disappointed with the service last night. I recommended to my family that we come here for my 50th birthday but now regret it as we had to wait nearly an hour for our starter the all of my family apart from me got their main. I was sitting there for 15 minutes whilst everyone was eating as the restaurant had ticked my meal off as served to me. This actually upset me and I told the waiter. They bought out my meal when nearly everyone had finished theirs but by then, I didn’t want it. I wasn’t hungry anymore. They bought out a slice of tiramisu with a candle and sang happy birthday as an apology but that didn’t make up for the fact that I didn’t get a meal in the end! They took off the c...

We came here a few times a few years ago. The food always took ages to come but it was good when it came, as was the wine. I wonder if they’ve had a change of ownership over COVID because now it’s still slow but the food and wine is terrible. It’s still a nice building but they ruin the atmosphere with tinny pop music and laminated menus. I ordered house white which was bad. Had to ask for tap water and took a while to order food. Ordered a starter of crostini. It was £8 or so for cheese on toast with some cheap pepperoni on top. After that, we thought about cancelling our mains but we’re too embarrassed. They came out about an hour after the starters. And we were lucky to get in before the... View menu