Isola del Sole in Richmond upon Thames

The most uncomfortable dining experience I ever had. Wait staff took awkwardness to new record heights. Risotto was over salted and swimming in butter. Starters were prawns with a lemon sorbet, just didn't go together. The place has way too many tables for a small space and the waiter kicked my chair for sport. Wait staff rude and condescending when they made mistakes, food was incredibly slow to come out. Pasta again swimming in butter. The food made me feel ill. Neither cheap, nor pleasant nor good quality.

so unbelievably disappointing!! We were the only people in the whole place for the entire time we were there, the very average prossecco is £45 a bottle and even the door was boarded up, which may have been part of the reason it was so empty. The ravioli tasted like cardboard and the "steak special" was dreadful, for example it was over cooked and the bed of spinach was basically just water with a heavy handful of salt. Definitely not value for money, and the decor was dated at best and haphazard and thoughtless at worst. Had heard great things so maybe bad luck, but absolutely not on my list to visit again given the number of genuinely decent Italian restaurants in the area.

If you seek for a real testa of Sardinian food then that place is a must visit. They make delicious and fresh house made pasta. The pink ravioli with goat cheese, honey, sprinkled with parsley and pini nuts will be a pure pleasure for your taste buds.

I have visited the restaurant twice in one week, which is the only two times I have been. The first visit was through curiosity as the restaurant looked like a hidden gem, which it was.The food was great but the services was incredibly slow. We waited around 45 minutes for our pasta to arrive, which was only a very small portion as well. I felt the food was incredibly expensive for the amount we got on our plates.We decided to give it another shot when a family member was visiting. We sat down at 8, making our orders fairly promptly after sitting down. The restaurant had only three tables booked, therefore I was expecting some speedier service. We ordered a starter which was delicious, but incredibly small and certainly far too expensive for what we got. Eventually about nearly two hours later our mains came, which again were quite small, but very tasty. Funnily enough our food came moments after one member of our party went to the loo, to find the kitchen empty with empty plates on the side and all the chefs smoking just outside the kitchen.The food is great, but expensive and the service is incredibly slow.

A real disappointment i tried this place and i found in the list of the best Sardinia restaurants in London..they tried to make us pay a course that we did not eat because in reality what was written on the menù did not correspond to what they had then served,it was a terrine with pork and wild boar and then they brough us a dish with a disgusting salami that i always avoided.said this i would add concluding that the service was very poor but due to the inexperience of the waitresses without a doubt,but very kind.Prices really scandalous...i found outrageous to see a cheese and black pepper pasta at seventeen pounds..especially still not sure if my insomnia has been from the prices from the seadas or from the combination of prawns and nduya never seen before in my life.good luck.

It was ok. The staff were friendly. The portions were small and not reflective of the higher prices. Bread was a bit stale and the pasta wasn't the usual simple but delicious Sardinian style. I won't be back by choice. I think there are better Italian restaurants in the area.

We went there from East London because of a very good feedback of a friend. What a disappointment! Portions were ridiculously small and super expensive. Ingredients may have been fresh but 14 pounds for a tiny piece of carasau bread a 2 slices of cutlery is too much. My friends had a 18 pounds pasta with clams and bottarga that turned out to be pasta with 3 clams and almost no bottarga (at the point that they had to bring more bottarga to the table because some of them didn't have it at all). The waiter was nice but kitchen isn't probably managed very well. There were just two tables in the restaurant and they managed to forget one of our dishes after we waited 1 hour and half to get served. Wine was very expensive and not worthy for the quality (I am Italian and I've been working in restaurants for a long time). The cook came to apologise and offered some beers and liquors but also lingered at the table to conversate. Maybe taking a chair and sitting at.the table telling us his life was too much, in my opinion. It's an OK restaurant for non Italian people who don't know what eating in Italy is like (and costs), but if you are Italian. .. don't go!!!!

Amazing everything! Food was delicious. I had burrata as a starter served with speck, mushrooms and cherry tomatoes in a very nice way and homemade porcini mushrooms ravioli. Everything was delicious. Staff was very friendly and we had a great night.

This was our second visit and it still has wonderful and delicious food in a delightful small setting. Service was pretty decent too. Would thoroughly recommend for a great night out, when not wanting to stray too far. The food was very fresh and well tasting.

Very nice Sardinian restaurant - excellent dessert and sea food pasta.