Il Piccolo Diavolo Reviews Summary

Category: Italian restaurant London

Address: 147 Stroud Green Rd, Finsbury Park, London, N4 3PZ, United Kingdom

Phone: +442072723302

Rating: 4.7
based on 152 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "The service is fantastic with one cheerful lady running front of house."
  • "Staff were friendly and the restaurant had a nice ambience!"
  • "Staff are really attentive and friendly."
  • "Attentive staff who go the extra mile to make you feel welcome."
  • "The waiter was super friendly and went out of his way to find us the last remaining pistachio ice cream."
  • "The service was excellent, our server was AJ and he recommended us good food and wine."
  • "Service was amazing, food was filling and DELICIOUS."

Cons:

  • "Staff were not wearing the same uniform, one was wearing a hoody, did not give the appearance of a reputable restaurant."
  • "We were waiting for an hour and a half to get the food on the table."
  • "Also I never had food poisoning in my life. Tonight I was up all night...... Not cheap either."
  • "To add further insult a 10% service charge is added to a substandard service."
  • "The lady waitress was sullen and disinterested."
  • "Horrible customer service."
  • "Perhaps because of that the service was lacking even basic checking up on us."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Pizza was crispy, toppings were incredibly flavoursome."
  • "We received a fantastic gluten free pizza, which they adapted with extras."
  • "Everything about this restaurant was great. The food was fresh and awesome."
  • "The food was absolutely amazing and fresh."
  • "Delicious pizza and pasta, tiramisu."
  • "Great pizza with generous amounts of cheese and fresh base that tasted amazing."
  • "The food was extremely good and excellent service, portion size very generous and price very competitive."

Cons:

  • "The pizza was also undercooked and a bit doughy so I had to cook it a bit more in the oven at home."
  • "The food we had came out frozen."
  • "Ravioli were store bought, undercooked, and incredibly salty."
  • "The food tastes like quickly heated supermarket food."
  • "The desserts were definitely not homemade."
  • "The food was tasteless."
  • "The food was oven made from Tesco or Costco."

Ambience

Pros:

  • "The ambience inside the restaurant is cosy, perfect to wine and dine with friends."
  • "The decorations and atmosphere at the restaurant was beautiful!"
  • "The atmosphere was warm and homely."
  • "Great atmosphere with really nice people."
  • "Lovely staff, lovely food, lovely family atmosphere to the restaurant."
  • "Nice atmosphere and friendly staff."
  • "The atmosphere was perfect!"

Cons:

  • "The decor was 'Poundland chic'."
  • "The place was deserted apart from us, so there wasn't really any atmosphere."
  • "This is a big restaurant to fill so if you want a busy atmosphere all the time you're out of luck."
  • "I feel it has lost a bit of the atmosphere as compared to the old place."
  • "It's pretty empty."
  • "The place was deserted apart from us, so there wasn't really any atmosphere."
  • "The sofas were coming apart and lumpy."

Value

Pros:

  • "Was surprised also by how reasonably priced the menu was."
  • "They are delicious with very affordable prices."
  • "Very affordable, quick and friendly service."
  • "Also great prices!!! This place is a must try!!!"
  • "On the upside, the prices were cheap."
  • "Cheap especially for London standards."
  • "Generous portions and all reasonably priced!"

Cons:

  • "Also I never had food poisoning in my life. Tonight I was up all night...... Not cheap either."
  • "The food was absolutely dreadful and massively overpriced for the substandard quality."
  • "Like all Italian restaurants it is overpriced."
  • "Nice food, a bit expensive."
  • "The only disappointment was the table near us complaining about the fish platter … clearly trying to get a free meal."
  • "The tiramisu is obviously from a supermarket."
  • "Thank you for ruining Mother’s Day."

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