Albertini Restaurant Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Really enjoyed my visit here. Staff were attentive and the food was great."
• "The service was great and very friendly."
• "Quick service, helpful, friendly waiters."
• "Service is next to none, always a big hello by name, for us from all of the beautiful team who call us their neighbours."
• "Service was exceptional and prompt."
• "Service was faultless and a lively atmosphere."
• "Service was quick and staff are friendly."

Cons:

• "Well you would not have received a tip because the service was appalling."
• "We felt kind of rushed as were told upon seating that the table would need to be vacated."
• "The service outside was a little slow."
• "One of the server was bit flirty with my female friend which made her uncomfortable at first."
• "After us many groups of 4 or 3 people entered the restaurant. Everyone got a table before us. At the end we've been waiting for about 40 minutes to get a table."
• "Unfortunately we were plagued by delays, with food taking upwards of an hour to get the main (and only) course."
• "Many waitors walked by and ignored us while we were being harassed for money while we were trying to enjoy dinner."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "For the quality of food, the costs are very extremely reasonable."
• "What an amazing quaint Italian restaurant with the most amazing food I've ever tasted."
• "Each course was good quality and quantity, flavour and tasty."
• "Fabulous food, stellar dessert."
• "The food is great and inexpensive."
• "Great Italian food."
• "The tiramisu' was the last thing I tried, and it was more than flavourful."

Cons:

• "The portions were ridiculously small for the price."
• "The Carbonara was one of the worst dishes I ever had in London, pasta totally overcooked and without seasoning."
• "We also ordered white whine which tasted just like water."
• "We ordered linguine with mushrooms which were unfortunately stale and the pasta was tasteless."
• "The ravioli was rather pitiful, especially considering it cost the same amount as a fairly substantial pizza."
• "The starter dish with burrata for 20£ was a flavourless mozzarella with 3 small slices of parma ham."
• "The pizza was under cooked and 4 cheese more one and a half - mostly blue cheese."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Classic relaxed Italian restaurant."
• "It's also close to the British Library, so it's in a super convenient location."
• "A great find off the main road."
• "Best atmosphere of any restaurant we dined at during our twelve day tour."
• "Very cosy and comfortable atmosphere."
• "The interior is lovely but service is very sketchy - we had to prompt and ask for everything."
• "It's small, but cosy rather than cramped."

Cons:

• "The tiramisu was great but too liquidity as they served it in an ice cream dish."
• "This is 'tourist Italian'; you know the giant pepper mills, giant shavings of parmasan, and chilly oil served with every pizza to hide that it has no flavour of its own."
• "The place looks great, good menu, great location, friendly staff and most the food looks good. However we were definitely let down."
• "Very crowded and quite noisy."
• "Seats outside an Italian restaurant in a filthy side street by a Nisa."
• "Inside the restaurant itself its quite noisy which gives a good ambience."
• "It’s cozy, busy and jummy!"

Value

Pros:

• "The food is great and inexpensive."
• "Prices are very decent too!"
• "Very good value nice Italian lunch."
• "Great value between Kings Cross and Euston."
• "The price is so reasonable that I thought there had been a mistake."
• "Offered at the incredible for London price of £1.80!! Beats chains like Costa & Nero and insanely pricy hipster coffee shops - recommended!"
• "All reasonably priced and a very reasonably priced wine selection."

Cons:

• "Total well over £90. Almost a hundred pounds for this."
• "Force charging service charge... Wetherspoons offers better by miles and at a quarter of the price."
• "We were charged £ 19.00 with an optional 12.5% gratuity."
• "Wine list a bit short and pricey."
• "The final surprise was the price - you wouldn't expect it to set you back quite so much!"
• "I thought the prices where a bit high but I guess that is normal for that area."
• "We ordered calzones which looked good but weren’t served with tomato sauce as it traditionally should.. when we asked for tomato sauce to our absolute dismay we were given a pot of KETCHUP!!"