Murano in City of London

I took my wife here for her birthday and we had a wonderful evening. The food was sublime and the service was friendly, attentive to the right level and excellent. Though the restaurant was full it is not a huge place so the noise level was not at all intrusive (even though next to us there was a table of 8 Americans ;-)One small tip, we went for 4 courses but couldn't eat the dessert - not because the servings were large but because they were so beautifully prepared and cooked and we were totally satisfied. I would particularly recommend the 'Jacob's Ladder' dish - which is a finely prepared and cooked beef. My knife slid through it like a souffle, so tender was the meat - and the taste was divine. Enjoy - it's a lovely restaurant.

Great service, beautiful and delicious food. Set lunch is very good value for a Michelin starred restaurant.

I was there as a birthday treat to myself. All the staff were very attentive. Service was not rushed and was exactly as wanted. fantastic recommendations for wines for each course and they were really good. Best dish I had was probably the monkfish but they were all fantastic

Murano is the finest restaurant in which I have ever dined. The food was delicious and service was excellent. My favourite dish was the Jacob’s ladder, and it was cooked to perfection combined with the red wine sauce and other accompaniments.

Visited on a Friday evening for a 6:30pm reservation. The welcome was professional but also warm and friendly. The restaurant has a calm, elegant and relaxing atmosphere with large (even for two), well spaced tables and very comfortable seating. The start of the meal is generous with a couple of different nibbles as well as bread with ham, before the starter. The menu format is flexible, enabling any number of courses to be selected and the food is sized accordingly. I found portions to be just right for our four courses, as I left satisfied but not stuffed. I particularly enjoyed the venison and the lemon tart is every bit as wonderful as other reviews have said. After our glass of champagne, the Angela Hartnett rose was a nice, easy drinking companion for the rest of the meal. Service throughout was professional but also individual, with waiting staff happy to chat a moment and provide recommendations. We did need to leave our table at 9:15 (which we were told in advance), so do bear this in mind, but we were able to finish our drinks at the little bar (very small, not somewhere you'd want to spend long). Nonetheless, I left feeling like I'd had a very lovely treat and would definitely very happily return.

Highly recommend Murano for their tasty food, private and cosy atmosphere, and friendly services. We were offered canapés while deciding what to order, which was a lovely savory and sweet popcorn nibble. During the services there was bread and cold meat for the table. We enjoyed every dish we ordered, especially the brill and the soufflé.

As an Italian food lover this restaurant will always be a highlight of my dining calendar and after saturday’s visit there is no reason whatsoever to change that. The food is absolutely fabulous and matched by the best service and great wine. I can honestly say that I am already looking to when I can go back.Now onto the day itself which started with a delightful welcome from manager Laura and the team. She then escorted us to our table along the far wall that gives you a great view of the whole restaurant. While having a nice catch up we were poured a complimentary glass of bubbles to start us off. We were then given the menus consisting of a Lunch Menu or the A la Carte where you had the choice to choose either 3 , 4 , 5 or 6 courses creating your own Tasting Menu. It was at this point that Laura gave us a surprise and amazing gesture from head chef Em who had said that she would be very happy to create a personal Tasting Menu for us both. Well how could we refuse so therefore gladly accepted.Next it was to to meet sommelier Ali but on this occasion we made her life easy as we wanted to try the Angela Hartnett 2019 Toscana Bianco which I have to say was a fabulous pairing for a majority of the menu and also excellent value for money. This was followed by the usual fabulous selection of snacks consisting of croquettes , olives , breadsticks , charcuterie , rosemary focaccia & a sweetcorn panna cotta topped with popcorn & red amaranth.Now we moved onto the menu itself which started with two amazing dishes. They were a Raw Orkney Sea Scallop with elderflower , gooseberry & radish. As well as the Vitello Tonnato with fennel & pickled capers. These were two absolute delights leaving us with great expectations for what was to follow. These were indeed followed by two excellent pasta dishes. The first was a Herb Raviolo with tenderstem broccoli , swiss chard & parmesan. The other was a Pomodoro Agnolotti with stracciatella & basil.Our next courses were simply heaven. There was a big smile on my wife’s face as she was presented with the Hand Rolled Linguine with mussels , saffron & chilli. For myself there was equal delight as I enjoyed a fantastic rich and creamy Carnaroli Risotto with girolles & summer truffle. Now our palate needed to be lightened which brought us to the fish course. They were a Halibut , hispi cabbage , smoked eel & seaweed buerre blanc along with a Roasted Monkfish with romesco , courgette & piquillo peppers. These were two more fabulous dishes as we continued to enjoy a fantastic afternoon.This led us to the main course and to a dish that I would absolutely love. It was a Heritage Tomato with burrata , tomato & a basil dashi that was not as light as the appearance would have you think as a mixture creaminess with refreshing tomato & basil made this dish one that I would highly recommend. My wife was given the supplemented Herdwick Lamb with goat’s curd , jersey royals & basil pesto that was by the look on her face was amazing. These dishes were paired beautifully with two delightful wines recommended by sommelier Ali. She chose a Candialle 2013 Chianti Classico and a fabulous 2019 Faustine rose.Now it was time to finish with desserts and just like the rest of the menu these were absolutely delicious. My wife was presented with a Strawberry & Elderflower Mille Feuille and for myself a heavenly Raspberry & Chocolate Souffle that was just sublime and paired perfectly with a Recioto Della Valpolicella dessert wine.We finished with coffee and petit fours to bring to an end a fantastic afternoon of Italian food which was matched by excellent service led by Laura & Alessandro and fabulous wine pairings from sommelier Ali. We then received a nice surprise as chef Em came over to our table for a chat. This gave us the chance to personally thank her and the team for the absolutely stunning dishes she had created. If you are a fan of Italian food & wine then I can’t recommend a visit to Murano highly enough and I’m definitely looking forward to returning again soon.

Lovely meal here with my wife. Italian food with quite a lot of French influence. Really enjoyed the pasta, fish and meat courses. I would have preferred a more traditional Tiramisu though.Service was good but not at the same level as Core for example.I enjoyed the lobster linguine the most.

Disappointing experience for a Michelin Starred restaurant.Although the service staff were amazing, we were disappointed not to be given stools for our handbags. My friend even had to place her handbag on the floor.The quality of ingredients were very fresh, but everything was overly salty.The pavlova dessert was terrible as the meringue was way too sticky and flat, which is not what a pavlova should be. Their signature lemon tart had a lovely thin pastry but wasn’t terribly exciting.

Loved every single dish, really enjoyed the experience. High quality ingredients well cooked served by sweet waiters. Had a great night.