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    Franco Manca

    4.4 (14 reviews)
    ModerateItalian, Pizza
    Closed 11:30 am - 11:00 pm

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    Casual
    Loud
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Went here just to explore balham, but positively surprised by the quality pizza, good service and all reasonably priced

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    Incredible value for money. Best pizzas pretty much anywhere. I prefer to takeaway as the restaurant is quite loud.

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    Review Highlights - Franco Manca

    Franco Manca chains across London offer Neapolitan style pizza with a sourdough base, with a small but thought out menu at decent prices.

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    Franco Manca

    4.3(192 reviews)
    2.0 miColdharbour Lane/ Herne Hill
    £

    God. Damn. They are hands down the best. HANDS DOWN…read more There's really nothing much to say. Good dough good price good everything.

    Maybe even more than 4 stars, but the pizza here was really quite good! My colleague in London…read moresuggested taking a walk through Brixton my last evening at our London offices back in September as I had not really been on that side of the Thames and am pretty adventurous. He also suggested coming here for dinner which I decided to take him up on that even though where Franco Manca is located has a lot of very interesting food venues which reminds me of Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles. The staff was helpful and sat me immediately. I ordered a glass of wine which was just okay. I'm not really knowledgable about wines so I guess my way through it and this one wasn't as good as others I've had. I ordered one of the more basic pies as I feel that should really be the tell-tale sign of a good pizza. The crust and dough of this pizza was truly excellent as was the cheese. The sauce lacked a bit of flavor and freshness. It wasn't a bad sauce, but I like when there's a fresh and very strong tomato taste which I didn't get eating this. After eating a full pizza, I didn't look to get a dessert and didn't even check to see if they had one. Overall, a decent pie to eat in a very peculiar area! When I arrived back to South Kensington, I noticed there was a location of Franco Manca a block away! Oh well. It was better to see a different area of London.

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    Franco Manca

    4.3(108 reviews)
    3.6 miSouth Kensington
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    So the highlights were that they really accommodated to kids. They had this kid activity sheet…read morewhere kids can color and put stickers on. The decor was very clean and appealing. There was a large selection of delicious pizzas. I loved that they could accommodate to allergies. The one negative was that the pizza dough was totally charred on the back which gave this bitter taste. It definitely took away from the deliciousness of the pizzas. All four pizzas came out this way. One was so burnt that we had to send it back. They were nice about it. Wish they took it easy in the pizza oven rather than let the dough get to the point where it's burnt.

    Although Franco Manca Pizzeria is not considered as fast food restaurant, but as soon as you seated…read moredown by hostess, to the time you are out the door takes under thirty minutes! I've try few of their locations over the years of visiting London, but to be honest, their pizzas are not flavorful. The only dominant flavor comes from the crust and all the toppings are mute, flavor wise. On my visit to this location I ordered no. 10 with Wild mushrooms and truffle oil, as I mentioned that before with all the umami ingredients, flavors were lacking. Restaurant looked clean and hostess was attentive enough. It is good if you really need sourdough pizza, other than that I am sure you can find better pizza elsewhere in London.

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    No. 10! 7/10

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    Bucci Restaurant - Limencello

    Bucci Restaurant

    4.6(13 reviews)
    0.2 miBalham
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    Just returned from England & the culinary highlight of the trip was this Italian restaurant in…read moreBalham. The food, service, and environment were top notch. As good as or better than any Italian food I've had in the US of A. We were a party of 8 and had a large assortment of appetizers & mains all of which were delicious. Also the Pinot Grigio I had was very tasty &, by report, the cocktails were also excellent. Finally, they comp'd us each a jigger of limoncello which was the perfect way to end a super meal. I recommend this place highly to anyone in the area of Balham or is willing to challenge the narrow streets & fulsome traffic of London.

    Ok, so this is my type of Italian. Walk in and you are greated with Bouna sera, the smell of pizza…read moreand the sound of an espresso machine. Went on Sunday for their £14.50 Sunday lunch - fantastic value. The antipasti was simple but delicious. Real highlight was the rolled anchovies in breadcrumbs. Each say on a bay leaf which had heavily flavoured the oily little fish - yum! Mains were classic Italian tratoria fare, lovely baked pasta dishes like veal and tomatoes or cannelloni. I had the later and wished I had served myself more. Desserts were simple, although I was a bit bummed at the lack of tiramisu. I have been working my way around the tiramisus of the world since my first encounter in Italy so am a very boring guest at an Italian dinner if I don't get it. I had canoli, which were perfect. Overall, love the atmosphere (think kids covered in tomato sauce) nonnas chowing down on risotto, and lots of normal 30s folk enjoying good comfort food and comfort prices. Service was wonderfully friendly and attentive. I will be back!

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