Babbo Restaurant in City of London

I saw the owner walk in the kitchen after being called in due to an injury. The head chef him straight out after 20 mins after making a catastrophe mistake. He said to him he was banned for 3 days, honestly it was a clown show in there. I use to come here to see the owners on a Thursday as they were available, now I come on a Tuesday since they are free Tuesdays. They are always booked up.

Cannot fault this restaurant. Very friendly, thoughtful and accomodating service. Food was delicious, fresh and pieces of art on a plate. Even the bread basket can out do starters and mains in some other establishments.I didn't drink alcohol during my visit and the bar staff did a fantastic job at creating rogue drinks on request.We also received complimentary sweet bites at the end of our meal, post dessert, and the staff were so lovely they gave me fresh fruit to make sure I wasn't left out because of my nut allergy.Highly recommend this restaurant and I want to go back asap!!!The only thing to caveat is I went for a business lunch so did not use my own funds and the portions are smaller at quite premium prices. However, for the quality I think it's worth it. Also, you can look up the prices online before your visit so please don't be put off by those negative reviews in relation to costs. Babbo is also in a very affluent area so I don't know why people were expecting quantity in bulk.

Beautiful fine dining experience obviously. It’s situated at the heart of Mayfair. Very chic Italian! We had an al fresco experience but the tables were super close to each other - even if there wasn’t a pandemic, it would have still felt like people were in your personal space. That said, food was good. Took a bit of time to arrive but arrived hot and nice. Presentation was excellent. Absolute food art. Loved it. The value for money wasn’t great. Think it was over priced for the quality and portions . Good selections of wines though and staff were friendly and professional.

Love this place! The food and cocktails were excellent, and the servers went above and beyond. If you’re considering Babbo, do yourself a favor and book the reservation

fine dining experience was great. Customer service was heavy on experience but the food took a little too long, pasta was wasn’t perfect but other than that everything else was great. Cocktails was average, starter was great, mains was okay, staff was amazing. Blanket and heater was appreciated for outside dining. Staff was entertaining

A great evening! Celebrating the return to life! Thanks Emilio and Domenico you made us feel at home. Grazie mille!!! 😍😘

One of the best Italians in London. The service is great and the food even better. The melanzane and pizzeta are must have , try the raspberry tarte for dessert and you will not regret it .

It's a great restaurant got very busy after 9-10pm. A Dj played nice music all night. The food was very tasty. We had salmon with fig which was very nice. Also crocketts, burrata, pasta with mushroom. I had better steak elsewhere. It was too fatty and the meat dry. The desert was tasty. The price like central London price. There was only one toilet downstairs. I've heard this restaurant owned by Chelsea footballers so you might meet with them if you are lucky.

Delicious Italian CuisineMy friends and I visited Babbo on Friday 25th October 2019 with the aim of a girls dinner and a great atmosphere, a couple of our friends have been to Babbo's and highly recommended it, after a little Online search came across Babbo instantly saw pictures of the dishes and decided to book a table for a group of four at 7pm.From our arrival the staff were friendly, knowledgeable and attentive in every single detailed from explaining various cheeses on the cheese board selection, the ingredients of each dish to serving our food and checking we were happy with out being overwhelming.Everything on the menu is worth trying, in my eyes Babbo’s Chef aims to deliver delicious yet healthy Italian food. There are classic dishes and signature Babbo specials.Every single dish from the starters all the way the desserts, no only did they look like a work of art but accelerated our taste spuds and we wanted to try more.We indulge ourselves with following delicious starters:Cod croquettes, beef fillet carpaccio, mustard dressing & parmesan cheese, Classic mini margarita pizzette, beef tartare served on quinoa crackers, Red prawn tartar with imperial caviar & centrifuge of green apple.Pastas to die for, homemade maccheroncini with porcini mushrooms & Linguine gragnano with lobster.Chefs special Beef cheek with mustard mash potato and cabbage salad, the beef was perfectly cooked it soft and almost melted in your mouth.Desserts out of this world, Cheesecake, Vanilla Panacotta, Titamisu with a delicious coffee ice creamEverything is made in-house, from the pasta to the bread and pastries.Giuseppe was so attentive and offered us to try some of the Halloween specials, we tried and enjoyed the Black Widow cocktail and the special Halloween dessert which as one of my favourite desserts ever! Blood orange SemiFreddo with pistachio sponge, white chocolate was simply perfection.Thank you to head chef Nicola, who personally came to greet us, and to check on us to make sure we are enjoying the food and overall experience.The food was nothing short of perfection, I will be back soon to try the rest of the menu and I certainly recommend the restaurant for the overall experience with the staff and food.

Excellent place!Wonderful atmosphere!Delicious food!Super friendly staff!Amazing experience to eat in a restaurant owned by Chelsea football players!Definitely worth going back, hope to see footballers sneaking in next time.Forget to take pics of the food, couldn't wait to dig in.