The best restaurants serving Italian food in City of London, Westminster London

Great service. The food and wine (and the grappa!) were delicious.

Not as good as it used to be when Francesco Mazzei worked here. Really disappointing.

Had a lovely dinner with friends here. We were sat in a quiet corner table beside the kitchen window, and could see the chefs do their magic. Food was great, drinks and wine selection abundant… and pricing appropriate for the quality and surroundings etc in the City. We had a mix of starters (get the arancini), pastas (monkfish spaghetti) and desserts (tiramisu)… and my friends and I had no complaints. Our waitress (sorry I didn’t catch her name, but our receipt had Toni on there) was so friendly, fun and welcoming. She made the evening even better. Thanks for a wonderful dinner!

I think we came on an off night but I suspect some of what we experienced was typical. There was a number of large parties in and while the service was great, the food was pretty poor. Salad with no salad, just tomatoes. Tough bullet like potatoes with the T-Bone. A "medium rare" T-Bone that was so thick in places, it was almost blue. Blue cheese sauce the consistency of milk. Calamari straight out of a packet.

Mafia guy opened the door for us and in a very intimidating way told us to go away. He said no pizza for anyone and pushed us away in a very rude maner

This restaurant is a staple in all my visits to London. Delicious Italian without philosophy, but it is crowded. Early reservations are recommended

Fabulous meal from the bread, wine, vegi, salad & fish + terrific service …highly recommend

We had a very poor experience at Bella Italia in Leicester Square. There were no avaialble indoor seats, so we took a table outside (which was ok initially). We had to chase the service staff to take our order, as we waited a long time for this, and it was cold, due to the outdoor heating not working. When the food finally came, we found a use by date sticker on the bottom of our daughters pizza base - this indicated it was 4 days older than the date. I complained and they replaced it. After another wait of course. Then my wife went to use the female toilets, but they were a disgrace, with the sanitary towels bin overflowing with used feminine products. We also point this out, they said they couldn't do anything about it because outsiders clean the toilets and they weren't available over Christmas. The only consilation was that they didn't charge us for the meals because of all of the above. This is the worst dining experience I have had, and I will not take my family here for a meal again.

Absolutely superb service The manager kamal was so very attentive with my young family and even though it was extremely busy with the theatre rate he did not hesitate to help when we needed anything from napkins to more starters, et cetera really wonderful place

Disappointing chai latte—just milk with syrup, nothing like an authentic chai. If you're going to offer it, at least make it properly. Feels like a lazy menu filler. Try a real one elsewhere, and you'll see the difference.

Seriously! I know how fast, easy and cheap it is to make an excellent carbonara from scratch with everything starting cold, so how it takes you this long and result in a product so bland and devoid of flavour is quite beyond me! Have not heard of salt and pepper before? Get you act together for christ sakes!

Brilliant service from my waiter, Angus . The atmosphere was very welcoming and the food was amazing

Very enjoyable meal, service very good and food tasty. Made to feel welcome.

I had a delightful meal recently that completely exceeded my expectations! The kefir pancakes were an absolute treat, well-priced and bursting with flavour, while the crushed avocado on toast was spot on in terms of taste and freshness. The staff were super friendly and attentive, making sure I felt welcomed and well looked after throughout my visit. The atmosphere was vibrant, and everything was spotless, creating the perfect setting to enjoy my meal. I can't wait to return!

Excellent food and good service- but a bizarre experience tonight: we arrived 10 min. early for our 6pm reservation, on a night that the UK was hit by stormy weather : we were refused entry by the hostess, despite our pleas that we were only 10 min early and outside in the wind and rain (she told me us that a few other patrons had been admitted early and there was no space for us ! (half our party were inside!). extremely unhospitable, we won't go back.