Mediterraneo Cucina Italiana — Restaurant in London

Great location and very friendly staff. However, the food was really not good. As starter we had a mozzarella and tomato which was rather tasteless, and some dish that was a combination of ham and tuna. It looked like a plate of hummus, but it turned out it was thin slices of ham, smothered in a thick layer of tuna paste, the stuff that you would normally put on a cracker. The tuna taste was overwhelming, they may as well had left out the ham.

As starter we had a pasta with mushrooms and meat, which was extremely creamy and salty.

The desert was a tiramisu that was again nothing but cream. It tasted good, but my stomach made it abundantly clear that it would have been a better idea if I had skipped that.

It’s a shame, all the staff in the restaurant are really friendly and helpful, and they make for a nice atmosphere. But the food that came out of the kitchen was below standard, and we were charged a lot of money for it. I’m afraid I won’t be going...

I ate a good soup but also two desserts, a Panna cotta and a Tiramisu. I've probably eaten at over 1500 restaurants across the UK and at least 50% have been Italian restaurants. More than 95% of the time I don't go back to the same restaurant because there are so many and you have a plenty of choice... however, this is one of the restaurants I would love to go back just for that tiramisu that was brilliant. The pannacotta was good but I have eaten MUCH better in other restaurants.

The service is really a problem. If you don't want to wait for the waiter to come from where he left to smoke, you can get up to order something from the bar where a young lady is on the phone and playing...

What a let down. Met my kids in Portobello for a mooch and booked this place. It is so cramped, especially in the back area you are on top of each other, almost claustrophobic. They pack you in like sardines. A table for 4 with 8 people, 2 on a corner! We were 5 on a small 4 with me squished by the window at the end. Absolutely nothing charming about being cramped. The food was ok, mine was so salty. Should have sent it back but was hungry. Even one of the Italian big chains would cook a better veal in breadcrumbs. Was a like salty sole of your shoe! Avoid if you can, there are so so many nice spots...