This is a lovely little Italian place on a gorgeous cobbled street in Twickenham…read more
The decor is beautiful, very rustic, old school Italian.
We were tucked away in a nice little corner and presented an extensive wine menu, specials and food menu.
The staff were nice, giving us enough attention and space appropriately.
We started our evening with an aperol spritz each - when in Rome and all that!
We struggled to pick our staters as there are so many good choices. There's also a great sharing anti pasti platter too.
We selected goats cheese tartlet and stuffed sardines.
Unfortunately we were a little disappointed with the starters.
The goats cheese tartlet turned out to be a breaded deep fried goats cheese slice on top of layer of soggy uncooked puff pasty with cooked shallot underneath.
The special happened to be deep fried goats cheese, so we felt like out option was actually just that rather than an actual tartlet.
The sardines were okay, but not what I'd imagined.
My main was delicious. A large portion of lamb shoulder, beautiful cooked, it fell off the bone. Accompanied by a lovely Aubergine dish with olives and pine nuts. The red wine jus was overly strong though.
My dates main wasn't quite as good. He had roasted pork belly and gratin potatoes. It was was a large portion of meat but a bit dry and a lot of fat. Also we both felt that the waiter should have asked if he wanted any vegetables on the side. It seemed strange for a meat and potato dish not to automatically come with any vegetables.
We selected a lovely bottle of Sicilian red wine, which was delicious and decently priced too.
We weren't offered any water though, which was a shame as it's nice when it's assumed you'd like some water with your meal as well as wine.
£80 in total for two cocktails, starters, mains and a lovely bottle of wine.
All in all a nice meal and evening, but simple things could make the experience a lot better.