Artusi Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was some of the best pasta I’ve had."
• "The pasta was perfect, rich but not overpowering."
• "Each course was delicious. The food was as good as anywhere in London."
• "The ox cheek pasta was perfect and very tasty."
• "Everything I ate was absolutely delicious."
• "The food here is exceptional."
• "The food was delicious and reasonably priced for the quality."

Cons:

• "Pasta was very salty."
• "Pretty disappointed with our food at Artusi."
• "The food lacks in flavour."
• "Tasteless gnocchi and 14 quid for a 4 asparagus plate."
• "The starter was very greasy, the coppa was definitely not coppa and overall the whole plate tested like oil."
• "Unfortunately we were both very disappointed by the food. Chaotic flavors and odd combinations."
• "The warm beetroot and shallot salad was slimy and the beetroot lacked any flavour."

Service

Pros:

• "The service was quick and attentive."
• "It's a lovely restaurant with friendly service."
• "The staff are friendly and do all they can to accommodate."
• "all the staff were really accommodating."
• "Service was excellent, people who work there were the best."
• "Great service from a friendly and knowledgeable staff."
• "Staff were extremely friendly."

Cons:

• "Not once were we offered more drinks."
• "Also there were fruit flies which distracted us and dampened my dining experience."
• "Unfortunately the place also lacked atmosphere."
• "Sitting uncomfortable."
• "Service OK – slow and they got mixed up meaning long waits between courses."
• "Then it took forever to order."
• "The service was quite slow."

Menu Variety

Pros:

• "They changed the menu every week."
• "Great variety of dishes on the Christmas set menu."
• "The menu changes every so often."
• "Menu seems seasonal."
• "An ever-changing menu, great use of seasonal ingredients."
• "Food is delicious and some excellent choices on menu board which changes regularly."
• "Artusi's menu changes constantly, but one thing is always on the menu - excellently cooked food."

Cons:

• "Menu had only a couple of vegetarian options."
• "small menu only had one vegetarian option."
• "The menu is very limited - two pasta dishes, 3 starters and 3 options on meat/fish based mains."
• "Not for vegetarians! There is one vegetarian dish on the entire menu."
• "Disappointed with the sad single vegetarian option though - tomato sauce on a potato slab."
• "very little menu choice."
• "the menu changes by the day but still not exciting nor varied."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Very relaxing place to eat."
• "Warm and homey atmosphere."
• "Great jazz/playlist of music."
• "With an extremely positive comforting atmosphere in the restaurant, I felt extremely comfortable."
• "Very nice ambience and friendly service."
• "Good relaxed atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere was lovely."

Cons:

• "It was REALLY warm inside, a little distracting."
• "Very loud because of the hard acoustics."
• "Atmosphere was loud and yet empty at the same time."
• "the whole thing is bare, lacking character and so noisy I could hardly hear my partner."
• "Sharing a table where you can't barely have a conversation as it gets really loud."
• "the pared back atmosphere (read bare walls) means you can hear louder tables very clearly."
• "Decor is strange and dated."

Value

Pros:

• "Great value and top-notch food."
• "Three courses for twenty pounds is almost unbelievable for London but Artusi have done it."
• "Sunday set menu is an absolute steal."
• "Surprisingly decent portions too given, the quality and price."
• "Very reasonable prices."
• "Outstanding value."
• "All round excellent, both in quality and price."

Cons:

• "We expected exceptional food considering it is a limited menu (and also over priced)."
• "It is expensive (£30 each for lunch, without drinks), but worth it nonetheless."
• "house red a little pricey at £22 but very good."
• "pricing was obviously steep."
• "It's quite a pricey place for the location."
• "Food was ok, but quite expensive."
• "Food nice, rather simple but a tad over priced."