Little Italy Reviews Summary

Category: Italian restaurant London

Address: 5-8 Irving St, London, WC2H 7AT, United Kingdom

Phone: +442037308627

Rating: 3.7
based on 322 reviews.

Menu Variety and Quality

Pros:

  • "The menu showcased a wide variety of authentic Italian dishes, each bursting with flavor and made with the freshest ingredients."
  • "Really like the pizza with loaded cheese and the crispy Tiger prawns."
  • "The food was amazing the atmosphere is so cool, it’s comfy place."
  • "Food is amazing, free garlic bread was a nice touch."
  • "The food itself was really good (margherita pizza was fantastic)."
  • "The nicest pasta I’ve had in such a long time! The garlic bread… amazing."
  • "The best service in Leicester Square, the manager Fatima made the time of waiting to pass very fast."
  • "The food was delicious and good. The amount of food was acceptable."

Cons:

  • "The food was just ok. I may be picky since I make my own pasta but it really just is meh."
  • "Food - not good and ridiculously high priced for the quality."
  • "Quality of the food was way too expensive for what it was (surely from a can)."
  • "The pizza, a bowl of pasta were 30 pounds, they automatically charge you 25% service."
  • "Pizza - (20 pounds) - 'little Italia pizza' not crisp, felt like reheat not Neapolitan, too much cheese felt like pizzahat."
  • "The food was served hot. But the service was pathetic."
  • "The food was ok but overshadowed by the lack of customer service."
  • "The food was not tasty at all. The salmon is overcooked and it definitely means that there is no chef in the kitchen."

Service and Staff Attitude

Pros:

  • "Despite being very busy due to it being Christmas and extremely congested inside, service is friendly, prompt, and professional."
  • "They gave my daughter some ice cream for free which was nice."
  • "Yasmin called us into the restaurant and we are so pleased she did. What a great place. Excellent food, great service."
  • "The staff is well trained, polite, careful with our needs, and very welcoming."
  • "I had a great dining experience, the food was great but the service was even better."
  • "My daughter and 5 friends (age 14) went to this restaurant and came away disappointed. But they were able to ask the service charge to be removed."
  • "The staff were extremely friendly and the food was really good quality."
  • "The staff here is the best very efficient and friendly out waiter name Giuseppe very attentive."

Cons:

  • "Food and service was definitely not worth the 25% service charge they added to our bill."
  • "They don't care about the customer's experience, just money."
  • "I was outside the restaurant just a while ago one woman came back to me shouting."
  • "Service for the food was quick, which was good. But the pasta was a bit bland and no veggies."
  • "Very pricey for what you get. Below average food and tried rushing us out at the end."
  • "We ordered grilled seabass and salmon. The food was delicious and good. But unfortunately, it took a long time to get the bill for payment."
  • "Food was poor, poached eggs on toast, all egg white apart from a little yolk which was hard."
  • "The food was alright, the Bolognese, lasagna, and carbonara were all quite dry."

Price and Value

Pros:

  • "The food itself was really good (margherita pizza was fantastic), but you're better off walking a little farther away from the national gallery."
  • "It’s no expensive place!"
  • "Good place for pizza, and had vegan cheese options."
  • "If you are looking for a nice place to have dinner with your friends and family at Piccadilly, that’s the perfect place."
  • "Very friendly lady on the door service asking you to eat there."
  • "Nested on a side, quiet street near Leicester square, nice deco, calm, not too busy."
  • "The dinner was awful and when we told to remove the service charge they point black decline."
  • "Really nice food, location, atmosphere, and staff however the food was quite expensive but was clearly good quality."

Cons:

  • "The prices are in the higher side and they add a 12.5% service charge in the bill."
  • "Prices were a bit steep for portions."
  • "Garlic Mozzarella Bread (Half a size of pizza) - £6.20. It was okay, but I prefer Pizza Express' garlic mozzarella bread personally."
  • "Pizza - (20 pounds) - 'little Italia pizza' not crisp, felt like reheat not Neapolitan, too much cheese felt like pizzahat."
  • "1x Fanta & 1x Coke - £5.95 each!"
  • "Insanely expensive for what it was. Pizza, a bowl of pasta were 30 pounds, they automatically charge you 25% service even though they don't even speak you."
  • "The only good thing about this place is the location. I don’t recommend this place at all!!!"
  • "Very overpriced for the food quality. I didn’t try any Italian dishes but my food tasted exactly like small-town cheap café food."

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