Sfizio

thamshere

Like Mamma Used To make 3rd March 2009

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A lovely little lunch-time getaway. Sick of the tired old cafes, faceless chain-takeaways and sandwiches from Sainsburys? Sfizio might well be the answer.

A well presented range of pastries, pizza, pasta and salads that make me wonder how so many places get it so very wrong. The food is perfect. No cafe slop here. This food tastes like it was shipped in from Italy fresh this morning. Lasagne that is light and flavourful rather than dense and dull. Giant plates of salad that made me wish I'd chosen them instead. Perfect little pastries for desert, so elegantly made, so light and fresh...

You might well ask what one has to pay for this little slice of Italy. Not everday prices, certainly! No! Um. Well. Maybe. Yes. A categorical yes, in fact. These are lunchtime prices. Four pounds for a bowl of fresh, home-made pasta? A fiver for a salad that's more like eating an Italian garden whole? Less than two pounds for a delicious crispy little ricotta and pistachio-filled treat? Could it be?

Can't recommend this one highly enough. Might want to book ahead though - it gets pretty busy around lunch time.