Carluccio's

anise

Pasta in a buzzy, modern environment 31st December 2007

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This place gets very busy during the usual peak hours and so if you have not booked a table, a short wait may be inevitable. Once seated however, the busy-ness is useful to allow you to eat and drink at a leisurely pace (although there are though plenty of waiting staff around if you want to catch someone's eye to push the pace along more).

The wines here are well chosen and the food good. The specials are certainly worth looking at (today's starter was roasted peppers with grilled mozzarella and rocket. Very tasty it was too).

The menu is split into pastas, mains etc as you would expect. In particular I recommend the sautéed mushrooms and garlic with pappardelle, the texture of the pasta is lovely and the garlicky, mushroomy butter dresses it to perfection. My companion on the other hand loves the lasagne. We both loved the dessert wine with biscotti. I deny all charges of drunkenness.