La Figa Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "This place serves authentic Italian food. Large hearty portions and fantastic taste."
• "Food is absolutely amazing. Portions are huge."
• "The food was amazing, so much flavour!"
• "This is real pizza. Probably the best you can find in London."
• "Wonderful food made with love and affection."
• "The food was fresh, delicious and authentic, with generous portions."
• "Everything we ordered was delicious."

Cons:

• "Great calzone, however appalling ravioli."
• "Really expensive and the pizza, although tasted good, was extremely difficult to digest."
• "Portions are huge, but the food is mediocre at best."
• "Terrible experience, they served us a “Fizzy Burrata”."
• "Most dishes were underseasoned, and the seafood was overcooked."
• "Food is a very CRUDE approximation of Italian cuisine, portions are huge but nothing tastes good."
• "Our mains were two pasta plates, which were extremely underwhelming, either low quality ingredients or just badly prepared..."

Service

Pros:

• "Lovely airy setting, welcoming staff, very entertaining to the younger family members."
• "The staff were incredibly friendly, got a free shot of limoncello and a lovely pandoro to take home."
• "Extremely welcoming and friendly staff - especially the owner."
• "Staff friendly and service was excellent."
• "Staff is very nice and welcomy."
• "Service was good, very friendly experienced staff who all seemed to be enjoying their work."
• "The service was excellent with the wait staff being very attentive, and nothing was too much trouble."

Cons:

• "It took quite a while to get a table (even though there were plenty of them available), and the same thing happened while asking for the check."
• "The staff didn't even look remotely happy to be working at the restaurant."
• "Service not very attentive, food dumped on the table while waiter looks away."
• "The service was very nice but at times took a while to get noticed."
• "Very rude waiters. They can not take a complaint."
• "Manager telling off the staff and making a scene in front of eating customers."
• "Waiter was extremely rude and the food was cold, dry/hard we had to send back 4 dishes due to the pasta being chewy and dry and burgers dripping in oil."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "For your money you get nice atmosphere, good service and huge helpings."
• "It’s one of our favourite local date night places."
• "Also you have the Támesis river really close, so you can have a walk with beautiful views."
• "This place feels like a corner of Italy in London."
• "They've opened up the terrace, which made the whole experience very holiday like. Location is lovely, plenty of nice places for pre and post drinks."
• "Everyone always leaves saying it has a special feel about it and they aren’t wrong."
• "Real italian feeling."

Cons:

• "Difficult to get there if you are not mobile."
• "The feel of the place is like it is stuck in the 1980s."
• "The decor doesn't seem Italian."
• "Blue Christmas lights used for permanent decorations."
• "Overall the place is tired and the waiters not particularly pleasant."
• "Don't go there if you want to have a conversation as you'll end up shouting all the time."
• "Unusual incident where start appeared to be a drunk regular at the bar...verbally abused a woman at the bar before throwing a glass at her."

Value

Pros:

• "Prices are very competitive too."
• "Pasta dishes and pizza's were very affordable."
• "Really good food at a reasonable price, in my opinion."
• "The price range is good, about 25£ per person, with a couple of drinks and 2 main dishes."
• "Reasonable prices for wines - bottles and by the glass."
• "The food here is amazing and the prices are really reasonable for food of such quality."
• "Good prices. Highly recommended."

Cons:

• "Visited La figa last night and come out still hungry with a £35.00 service charge."
• "The prices are just outrageous considering the low quality of food."
• "A bit pricey but totally justified by the quality and craft that goes into the meals."
• "It's a little bit pricey, EG: £9 for bruschetta."
• "Above average pricing... 2 pizzas and soft drinks 43 pounds."
• "Some stuff seems a little bit overpriced."
• "I really don't like paying nearly £4 for a can of Coke if I'm honest."