This is great if you're looking for a quick meal on the go. The actual pasta itself was pretty mid, got the pesto pasta but it was a good value for money. read more

Coco Di Mama - Pesto pasta - Italian Near Me - London, XGL

pucciA sandwich felt mostly dry because the sweet chilli sauce was concentrated in one area read more

Coco Di Mama - puccia sandwich - Italian Near Me - London, XGL

Got recommended the carbonara by the staff there. The sauce was bland and the penne was a bit too thick for my liking. I get that this is an Italian fast food restaurant, but would honestly prefer the microwaveable version from Waitrose at a fraction of the price. Won't be back again! read more

This little walk-in Italian lunch joint packs quite a punch! What was initially a 2-star first impression quickly refocused into a 4-star newfound favourite once the friendly staff chimed in, the price-per-portion ratio was revealed and I tucked into my fast, fresh, house-drawn midi pasta with homemade sauce of portobello and chesnut mushrooms in a light porcini sauce. The sauces are different every day and range from spinach & nutmeg to Bloody Mary, which involves sweet tomato sauce with tabasco, worcestershire and vodka. The fresh pasta and fresh sauce really made the difference here. That, and the fact that the cake, brownies and polenta slices are freshly made by a friend of the business and can be washed down with Climpson & Sons coffee. So don't be surprised when you feel like you're in Pret. Don't be surprised when the cold food selections aren't much different than selections you'd get at any other grab-n-go sando shop. And don't be surprised when a dish as simple as pasta with sauce knocks your socks off. read more

Coco Di Mama - Italian Near Me - London, XGL

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I find it disturbing how many Pret a Mangers there are in London. Also its friend Itsu and others like Eat, Wasabi. Really, it's scaring me. Is this food somehow subliminally making Londoners into robots? Anyway, as I nearly got run over by a bus on the way to Boots the other week I spotted this place and gave it a try. First impressions: staff extremely nice, pasta (bolognese) very tasty (get the chili oil and parmesan, you're worth it). They somehow have the portions exactly right - for me midi pasta with a side salad is perfectly satisfying, and I eat a lot. More recently I got the carbonara - I was nervous about this because it has mushrooms in it, and I don't really like mushrooms, and also carbonara is one of the few dishes I can decently make so I didn't want to waste a meal out on something I could do myself. But I found it delicious - I actually ENJOYED the mushrooms it was so tasty. On some days they do blue cheese carbonara - I might even have to follow them on facebook to make sure I get in on that. Also their lasagna which is always a sell out. They also do sandwiches and salads although I doubt I will ever trade up the pasta made-on-premises. I don't know enough about pasta to say you can taste the difference, but I am going to anyway. So in conclusion, I would say this is a great lunch option versus the same old Pret wrap. It's also not that expensive and they have nice touches like jugs of water with lemons or mint in them. Glad to see a quality business like this doing well. Note: I would not recommend purchasing both a can of Coke and a bag of chocolate covered espresso balls at this establishment, and then consuming them both by the end of Friday afternoon. This makes you feel like you're going to start the weekend with a heart attack. read more

Like other Yelpers have said, Coco di Mama is quick service lunchtime pasta aimed squarely at the office workers in the area. The menu is simple, but being all fresh they have changing daily specials, which is good for a change from the usual bolognaise, pesto and pomodoro. I went for the special of balsamic chicken, which was small pieces of chicken in a tomato based sauce, with farfalle bow tie pasta (although you can't select the type of pasta you want). I also had chilli oil and parmesan cheese, which are free of charge extras. The food was pretty good, considering the cost and location (£5.40 for a large serve). There was a lot of oil left in the bottom of the container when I'd finished, so it's probably not something you'd want to eat everyday. It's definitely recommended if you occasionally want some quick, tasty and relatively cheap pasta. read more

Coco Di Mama - Balsamic chicken with chilli oil and parmesan - Italian Near Me - London, XGL

I really like this place for breakfast. Good selection of muesli and cereal and sandwiches. Croissants and pain au choc pretty great too. Coffee is by far the best I have found around here read more

Coco Di Mama - Great place for breakfast. Very good coffee here - its basically similar to pret but everything tastes better (especially the coffee!) - Italian Near Me - London, XGL

The value, portion size, and good service were overshadowed a bit by the plain pasta fare. While other reviewers have noted the fresh flavors I was plainly unimpressed with the bland tastes coming from my meatball with red sauce. This one pasta will not completely remove Coco di Mama from my lunch radar. The sandwiches looked unique and that will be the direction I move for my next visit. read more

Reasonably priced and a good list of options to choose from - pasta, salads, baguettes and soups. I opted for the chicken pesto pasta. I was a little disappointed to find that the chicken was just put on the top of the pasta and they weren't mixed together. The pasta tasted really nice until I got to near the bottom, where there was about a 1cm of oil. It gets very busy at lunchtime, and luckily I missed the rush and arrived before 12:30, but anyone arriving around then, should be ready to queue. read more

Coco Mushroom in da house! Love it more than I love my cat! And that's saying something being a woman in her early 30s with a cat...you know what else makes me happy? Dat cappuccino tho! Really good! Or maybe it's the way the barista guy flirts with me and makes me feel less pathetic about being a woman in her early 30s with a cat...whatever it is, stuffs good. Go there during your lunch and have a bit of food and a bit of coffee and a bit of an ego boost. Because, isn't that what food & coffee are supposed to do? Make you feel good? 5 stars for yum factor. read more

Coco Di Mama - Yummmmm - Italian Near Me - London, XGL

Really like the place, the coffee, the style. They've done an amazing job and it's not too pricy. I will definitely be back. Came there when it first opened all those years ago, and to be fair the food was terrible. I've been back since. It's much better. It's the place to be in the City. Staff are friendly and a good place to sit down and relax. I'm a big fan of their Salads, the Mozzarella one is very good. The Chocolate Mousse is great too. Good place to know. read more

There are not many places were you can find gluten free pasta. So I am giving 5*. I loved the carbonara pasta. Tasty as any other normal pasta. So if you are gluten intolerant, and love pasta, this is the place to go to. read more

Okay...I'll admit it...the first time I went in to grab a coffee at Coco Di Mama I did not have very high expectations, I was thinking great yet another mediocre pop up on Fleet Street. I'll also admit that when I saw the owner, in the back of my mind I was thinking I don't care if the coffees crap I'll pop back in just to look at him...yes that's evil. But his charming smile and skill with turning the top of my coffee into a leaf has not swayed my opinion. The coffee is...well...just plan delicious! I'm a bit of a coffee snob, Starbucks coffee taste burnt, Costa is never consistently good, and Cafe Nero is well....okay. So the taste of hot flat white over my very discerning taste-buds brought a smile to my face and there was joy...bliss... rapture in my mouth. To the point that by the time I made it back to my building I wasn't thinking about the cute guy behind the counter but going back for more...delicious coffee!!! Sadly, I can't offer much on the food. The only thing I've eaten is a breakfast sandwich...buttered cibatta bread with sliced ham...that was delightful (can't really go wrong with that combo), especially since I'd run 3 miles the morning I had it and it felt like delicious fuel to get me through the morning. All in all...I'm a fan and if the food is as good as the coffee then Fleet Street has a new institution, the eye candy is just a bonus!! :) read more

The atmosphere was bland, the fare overpriced (as food usually is in Fleet Street outside of the hallowed environs of Temple's), and the eating experience variable - pasta would range from al dente to soggy apparently at random - but the carbonara sauce and fresh, light bread were enough to keep me coming back. Until, that is, the customer service experience completely fell apart. Previously, Coco has been one of the more efficient food-buying experiences on Fleet Street, but today I went in to buy my usual round of carbonara, bread, and brownie, only to discover once I left that the bread had been left out. (Although the bread is left on top of the counter, on every single one of my many previous visits the server had placed the bread in my bag for me, so I naturally assumed that was the etiquette.) Had the bread been replaced quickly and painlessly on my return, there would be no problem: I accept that little mistakes often happen. However, on my return things quickly became farcical. "The bread is missing" is not a complex or difficult concept to grasp, but the server I complained to needed me to tell her what the problem was three or four times before she actually grasped it, despite me specifically pointing to the bread when explaining the problem. She actually decided that the carbonara was the problem and almost tried to have it replaced, and I honestly don't understand how you can mishear "The bread is missing" as "This isn't carbonara". Eventually, a dim light of comprehension dawned on her and I got my bread. I then decided to talk to the manager, firstly to apologise for raising my voice - I wasn't bellowing by any stretch of the imagination but my tone did start creeping towards the loud end of civil - and secondly to discuss the apparent problem with multiple servers not understanding what "bread" meant. This put the manager on the defensive and prompted him to wheel out excuses, pointing out that the bread was on top of the counter and implying a) that I'm an idiot who can't pick up bread and b) that putting the bread in the bag was my responsibility, despite every single one of my other experiences in the restaurant telling me otherwise. The first rule of customer service when dealing with complaints is a simple one, but everyone seems to forget it: the rule is that when you have a customer complaint, the first thing you offer shouldn't be an excuse, it should be an apology. The second rule is that if you do have the self-destructive urge to offer an excuse, you bloody well shouldn't choose an excuse that implies that the customer is at fault or an idiot. The manager here broke both of those rules, and did so with a smarmy tone which suggested that he didn't really treat my customer experience seriously. I reminded him that I wasn't interested in excuses, just apologies, and he eventually croaked one out. It was too late. I left my food there and went to Temple's, because suddenly my appetite for Coco di Mama's carbonara sauce had dried up - permanently. Never again, Coco di Mama, never again. read more

New fast Italian place, quite small think they're mostly going for the lunch takeaway market as there is not much seating. 2 choices of pasta (fusili or penne) plus a choice of about 4 sauces (e.g. bolognese, pesto, carbonara, pomododro). My midi bolognese came as a very small tub of pasta, I have quite a small appetite and even I wasn't full after it. Also the bolognese wasn't very sauce-y so it was a clump of mince on top of naked pasta and it was difficult combining the two as the pasta had clagged together. Really I would recommend just frying an onion, some garlic and mince together and adding a jar of passata/can of chopped tomatoes at home. It will be just as, if not more tasty, than Coco di Mama and more importantly you will be able to serve yourself a decent portion. read more

Oh my goodness! I have found my new favourite lunch place!! As an Italian food enthusiast (especially pasta) I can not tell you how good it is to find this place. It is so hard to find a reasonably priced place to get fresh, delicious pasta during the day. I actually visited the brand new restaurant on Margaret Street which is a delight - lovely staff. This place ticks all the boxes - amazing food, price and service. If there is a loyalty scheme sign me up now! I think I am going to be a repeat customer. read more

The service by the manager at Fleet Street is appalling. He recommended me pasta which i thought was good but realized later that it had pork in it. Being vegetarian I went back and requested if he could exchange. His reply was "we are a very busy restaurant, this is cold now, i will have to throw it in the bin. Sort can't", which to me translates as 'you are just another number for me, I don't care so get the hell out.' I was polite enough to leave the portion with him and bought another one. I hope he learns how important after sale customer service is. Otherwise the food is fine. read more

Reasonably priced, but the large pot of peperoni pasta only had about three bits of peperoni. Pretty bland overall.

First of all - Coco di mama - doesn't mean anything ! Cocco Di Mamma with two C's and 2 M's would mean mommy's boy but the way they wrote it highlights even more what i am about to write here and that they have absolutely no idea about Italian food - Proper Italian food I mean. They know how to serve a box filled with rubbish covered in a sauce of which they have changed all the main ingredients and recipe, I give them that , but they have absolutely no idea about how to cook proper pasta ! I wrote this review as I am fed up about reading reviews from people that raves about a cup of coffee and a plate of Carbonara with amazing cream and mushrooms sauce ! News Flash buddy : Carbonara doesn't come with cream and mushrooms and for a good coffee go to a bar not a "pretend to be restaurant ! in this city 10% of the people have a good understanding of good food and good Italian food in particular and none of them would review this restaurant / take away shop with nothing more than 1 very poor star ! Good luck to them..... read more