This place looks like it has been there for a hundred years and no-one has bothered to give it a coat of paint. The menu is your place mat and is printed on cheap Italian butcher's paper. The wine glasses are tumblers used by European peasants.
The cutlery is all tarnished and worn and old.
The walls are brickwork and crumbling.
The ceiling is tin.
The lightbulbs are old carbon jobs.
The sinks in the bathrooms have cracks in them.
The taps are a bit leaky.
The music is loud.
The lights are too low.
Tables are closely packed.
The place is always packed.
The food is just Italian bar food but I guess it tastes good and isn't expensive.
The wine list is too short and there are not enough fancy wines. The waiters and bartenders are too chummy and friendly.
They don't wear a nice uniform.
Did I mention they don't have proper wine glasses with proper stems?
You have to wait for a table because they don't take bookings, the schmucks.
It's in Soho.
The parking is TERRIBLE.
I love it.
I'm never going back.