Locanda Locatelli

Address:	8 Seymour Street W1H 7JZ
Tel	020 7935 9088
Email:	info@locandalocatelli.com
Website:	Visit Locanda Locatelli website
Price: £54.00	Wine: £12.00	Champagne: £42.00
Opening Hours:	Mon-Sat 12N-3pm 7-11pm (Fri-Sat -11.30pm) Sun 12N-3.30pm 7-10pm

Square Meal review of Locanda Locatelli:

Don’t expect technically fussy or dazzlingly complicated dishes at the capital’s best-known, celeb-filled northern Italian restaurant: acclaimed chef-proprietor Giorgio Locatelli’s ingredient-led cooking lets seasonal flavours shine. A regularly changing menu might showcase a simple salad of mullet roe & fresh fennel, or intensely flavoured minced pork wrapped in savoy cabbage paired with pan-fried risotto. Imaginative second courses include buckwheat pasta with savoy cabbage, leek & sage, & pan-fried polenta-crusted eel with red onions, capers & tomatoes. To finish, classic Sardinian sebadas (sweet cheese parcels) enjoy a perfect marriage with myrtle berry ice cream. A little-known fact is that this child-friendly place is also one of the few top venues that will happily cater for people with food allergies. Service, however, can be patchy & the moodily lit, louche interior, though well spaced, could do with a refurb. But for cooking that delivers rich, bold flavours, look no further.

Wine List: Besides a range of excellent Champagne & a few fortified wines from Portugal, this is a stunning collection of Italy’s finest producers, including fabulous verticals of greats like Gaja & Ornellaia. Although this is one of London’s finest Italians, prices are restrained, so there are plenty of interesting bottles around the £30 mark. Sweet wines are another highlight & there’s plenty by the glass & half to help with food matching. Best Buy White 2006 Ascheri Arneis, Piedmont, £19.50. Best Buy Red 2003 Petrolo Torrione, Tuscany, £33.

Chef: Giorgio Locatelli

Giorgio Locatelli was born into a family that ran a Michelin-starred restaurant in Corgeno, Italy. He worked in Italy & Switzerland & moved to London 21 years ago to work for Anton Edelmann at The Savoy hotel. Four years later, he went to Paris to work at Restaurant Laurent & La Tour d’Argent, returning to head up the kitchen at Olivo , where he served up rustic Italian food for three years. Spotted by restaurateur Claudio Pulze, he then opened Zafferano & scooped a Michelin star in 1999. In 2002, he opened Locanda Locatelli & secured a Michelin star the following year. In addition to TV appearances on Pure Italian (UKTV Food) & Tony & Giorgio (BBC), he has written two books, his most recent, Made in Italy.

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