Le Querce

davidmews

local individual Italian 1st June 2008

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Le Querce is just want you want from a local restaurant. Unpretentious, friendly, reasonably priced and excellent food. I have never eaten here and not been impressed by the quality and variety of the food. It seems to be run and staffed by an extended, entirely Italian family who always make you feel welcome and valued. The menu is, thankfully, not a huge list of the tired old trattoria standards but short and inventive and is always complimented with excellent daily specials. As well as a short desert menu they offer a wide and very, very interesting choice of home made ice creams and sorbets. Service is (putting it politely) relaxed, don't expect to pop in for a quick bite. The positive side of this is that you can take as long as you like over your meal without feeling as though they are waiting for you to leave. Since I first ate there I haven't bothered looking for anywhere else to dine out locally, I'm that happy with the place. I can't recommend it highly enough.

MattDonegan

Divine Italian in South East London 9th November 2007

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Located in Brockley Rise near Forest Hill, this is a gem of a discovery, and it's my pleasure to be able to add the first review on Trusted Places for Le Querce. A restaurant experience should be clean and crisp throughout, and Le Querce delivered on all counts. For those who like their food authentic then I can heartily recommend this Italian restaurant. You could tell every ingredient was fresh, right down to the ravioli I had which was so light it almost melted in the mouth. The actual dish was Bufala Ricotta Ravioli with butter and sage. Very tasty. My girlfriend enjoyed a lovely thin crust pizza margerita, and I mean thin crust, before it was on to desserts!Normally, I'm not much of a sweets person, but let's say we enjoyed 3 between us. I chose the Delizia al caffe, the chef's version of the classic Tiramisu. My girlfriend had the ricotta cake Torta di ricotta with a scoop of banana a cardamon handmade ice-cream , and we demolished the Sorrento, a delicious lemon tart made from the best Sorrento lemons. Don't forget to ask to see the ice cream menu, you'll be sure to find a few surprises! All the courses are very reasonably priced in my opinion especially when you consider the quality of the ingredients, and the Michelin starred chef. Other local reviews echo my experience last night, and I’m sure I’ll be returning again soon. Cost for a meal for 2 last night including 2 glasses of excellent Abruzzo red win and 2 coffees a very competitive £40.