Il Bacio Express — Restaurant in London

What is home? To some, a physical structure. To others, a group of people or merely a concept. To me, it's the first bite Il Bacio Express' Integrale alla Parmiaggiana.

I have often wondered whether my attachment to Il Bacio Express is a function of its proximity but I can conclude with absolute certainty that this pizza is out of this world. It being extra-terrestrial, proximity plays no role.

I have often heard that the pasta is the real star of the show at Il Bacio. With such a star studded cast (excellent service, Sardinian beer, and murals to make even the most seasoned aesthete weep), that is certainly saying something.

Maybe one day i'll build up the courage to take a dip in those starchy waters, but for now and for the foreseeable future, Il Bacio's pizza remains the apple of my eye.

My parting words are to those who have given negative reviews to Il Bacio having ordered it to your home. You don't deserve Il Bacio and all that it has to offer. If you can't be damned to get up and humble yourself before the best rotating wood fire in Stoke Newington, you ought to eat whatever leftovers are sat macerating at the back of your fridge....

I went here once last year and everything from the food to the service was great. Yesterday, I came back and ordered the same thing that I had last year. Unfortunately, once I had been served my food nobody ever came to check how it was- which we all know is one of the first things you’re taught to do in hospitality. I tried to eat the food but unfortunately it was so incredibly salty, I couldn’t eat it. After sitting for a long while, I asked for the bill. The waiter asked me what was wrong with the food and I explained that it was very salty. He took it away, came back later and told me that it was the additional cheese that was salty. They provide a little pot of cheese on the side- of which I hadn’t added a single piece to my food. I was quite surprised to still see the dish that I’d only had four mouthfuls of still on the bill, and that I’d not even been offered anything else instead. Instead of asking to have it taken off the bill, I paid, knowing that I won’t be...

Top marks for speedy delivery, well packaged and overall flavourful food. After that, a little bit disappointing. Roasted pig - £17 - mostly bone and fat, though delicious. But to give you fair warning, the way it has been hacked up like a piñata, don’t be surprised to find the skull intact with eyes and brain, lungs, heart or other offal. Go carefully. Enjoy a tasty while not crispy potatoes along the way Seafood risotto - £12 - was going so well, although the portion size is not appropriate. Mostly made up of large inedible shells (and no sign of their meat anywhere), took a bite into a single shrimp and single king prawn to taste all the bland water in their shells from being thrown in frozen. You can see the wrinkly skin on the flesh. Also, a (large) mussel unopened thrown in for good measure - surely a chef knows those should not be eaten? Hopefully not sick tomorrow. Probably best to stick to pizza and find comfort...