L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele — Restaurant in London

‼️ Very impolite people working here. At least at dinner time…

The manager (I believe it was) seemed either drunk or barely able to speak English.

The one waitress from that night needs more experience—or to simply wake up and get things done correctly.

My Experience: (Grab some 🍿)

The place and food were alright. I went there around carnival season with a group of friends (five students in total).

We decided to split the bill, and that’s where it started… Somehow, we “tap-paid” 8 times and got 4 receipts!

Of course, this was wrong. I could tell a payment-receipt was missing, but the waitress insisted everything was fine and said the missing receipt might be downstairs. I thought, Okay… one of those 8 taps must have gone through.

The ‘manager’ was mad angry with us and the waitress, for some reason. He was SHOUTING at me on the stairs every time I tried to talk and get an explanation, threatening me with calling the police if we didn’t pay 20 miserable pounds, and that I could talk to them if I wanted to. (Honestly, I wish that had happened. I just wanted to see the receipts and check who had to pay the £20 😭)

The main phrases he kept yelling at me were “you don’t go nowhere,” (not like I was trying to) “pay £20 (something) and leave,” and “CAN’T YOU SEE THE RECEIPTS? Look, Look 1 … 4, one missing!”

The whole time we where on the stairs, I was thinking that he might not have realised he was holding the receipts, even the ones given to us.

As the manager, he wouldn’t even let me explain that we just wanted to double-check the receipts he was holding (the ones from the till), especially since we’d tapped 8 times. Instead, he acted as a crybaby for £20, maybe he just had a bad day but he should solve his personal problems outside work.

At the very end they were trying to make us pay without any proper explanation (we just kept tapping 😓) and kick us out in a rush because they were closing. I thought it was because it was very late and their closing time, but AFTER we finished checking our bank accounts outside, I saw that they still had around around 18 minutes until closing time. Crazy, right? 🤔😂 (And by the way, they weren’t in a hurry to close; there were still people eating inside.)

‼️ The waitress was more understanding and saw that we were confused. We even made a payment of just 30 pence. 🤦‍♂️😆

We ended up tapping 10 times and they got a total of 6 receipts. Because apparently the receipts were from them to them, and we could only take a picture… they did not gave us any copies, imagine my confusion at that time.🤯

Paid the last two around 23:59 (not long from the others)

❗️Conclusion: The manager made this a really horrible experience. Definitely not coming back…

There are other restaurants around the corner cheaper, and I bet they’re more polite/humane at nights.

Two of my friends went back to their home country with this disgusting experience.

-I was not going to post anything as my friends insisted, but listen… there’s no way the waitress was better problem-solving than the manager or whoever that guy was. I kept quiet that day, just because I didn’t want to make a scene… but we recently brought this up. (definitely not a good thing to remember, but good to compare managers...

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Shockingly bad food - OVERHYPED, OVERPRICED - but great waiter. Visit 09-01-21 - 3 people (2 adults, 1 child)

Ordered a pizza - Margarita comes out quick and very nice. Also ordered Penne Arrabiata pasta at £18.95! (asked for less oil at outset)...and then they serve this! I couldnt believe my eyes - dripping in oil! Ordered side of Fries - they were so salty at outset, I was shocked and left. We asked for the pasta to to be redone and specifically asked for less oil at outset (as they charge 12.5% service fee on top of the prices). The waitress was great but returns with a plate after just 5 mins with only half the normal portion and it looked re-heated ! Wine - cheapest bottle is the Montepulciano Folonari - £33 per bottle! or the half palatable, Chianti is £49.00 or their medimum Montepulciano Folonari £89.90! TOILETS - the stench was horrific, unknown when last cleaned. SERVICE - Very friendly and good waiter that explained that we are fans and regulars at the Naples branch in Italy and Baker St London = worth queuing an hour for! The Baker street was great but this was shocking.

FINALLY - Go to till and asked to cancel the pasta and met with a crowd of waiters, a long wait initial objection from owner who 'speaks no english at all'? and the final straw - they add 12.5% service charge, which I of course paid because the pasta was cancelled but waiter was very apologetic and helpful, he was fantastic and apologised sincerely

I wont say any more - this place charges nearly £20 for a standard margarita and wine is a huge mark up. Sorry, wont be returning again unless I want a bowl of oil with a few...