Robert's review of Locanda Locatelli

Serious Italian, served by serious people. The kind of food that makes you feel inadequate and stupid, forcing you to ask ‘excuse me what is that?’. Once explained, cooked and served, however, it’s heavenly. The night I dined with my wife, Prince William was there with Kate, along with at least five big blokes all ready to take a bread stick in the throat for His Royal Highness, so let’s be honest my wife could have been served three courses of peanuts and she wouldn't have complained. That said, the food was out of this world. The mostly Italian wine list is very good and offers good value. The coffee, perhaps unsurprisingly, was terrific. The bill, huge. Good to take the wife or someone you were reasonably confident of sleeping with. Wasted on in-laws and penniless friends or relatives.