Donna Margherita

This restaurant pizzeria is 15 years old. Located on Lavender street, near Clapham Junction station. The restaurant was born as Neapolitan restaurant, the majority of the people working in there are actually from Naple’s region. The dining room has the typical feeling of an Italian “Trattoria”, rustic Italian restaurant devoted to produce good food, without bothering too much about the interior style. On the right of the room you will find a decent display selection of Italian wines with READ MORE http://dinewithjp.com/donna-margherita/

Sitting on the less than inspiring Lavender Hill, Donna Margherita is a joy to visit. Circa ten years old, it feels new, with a modern decor and ambience, and with seriously well executed traditional Neopolitan fare, it performs admirably for the nappy valley crowd of Clapham. A very happy team give a warm welcome We kicked off with two specials; the calamari polpette (squid meatballs) which were crispy outside and had delicious subtle minced squid inside. served with a tartar sauce and livened up a little with peperoncino. In addition we had a bowl of steamed and sautéed clams and mussels, perfectly executed with the salty bisque tempered by the white wine. A risotto with Italian sausage, spinach and mozarella worked a charm as did the very generous spaghetti astice (lobster). We washed it down with the lesser known Pomino Bianco, an excellent choice from the impressively good value wine list put together by in house sommelier Graziano. My friend gulped down a perfect Tiramisu to complement a perfect Sunday lunch. Definitely worth a try and good value too. All the above including coffees and an Amaretto to finish came in at 50 quid a head. shall certainly be returning.