Circolo Popolare

The decoration and atmosphere are wonderful we loved everything! Our servers were polite and offered recommendations which were great! The drinks are unique with a lot to choose from. Lunch was delicious, the dishes are perfect to share or not and a taste sensation. It was fun trying new food fusions and classics. Reservations are a must or you can walk in & try to get a table right when they open! I walked right pasta restaurant without realizing it.

This is a really popular and busy dining spot. The interior was amazing. Photo worthy. The service was impeccable. The lady in the reception was very nice to offer to take photos of our group. I had a bit of a mixed emotions about our order. The prosciutto with melon works really well. The sweet and salty mix when you eat the cantaloupe made fireworks in my mouth. On the other hand, I got a bit disappointed with the Truffle Pasta. I mean, it’s good but maybe my expectations were quite high coming into the restaurant as I saw its popularity in the reviews but it was just okay for me. Generally, it is still a great experience that is worth a try.

I'll be very honest here. The place itself is stunning. Definitely Insta-worthy. Our server was very nice and instantly made us feel welcome. She made sure to keep checking up on us and was very attentive even though it was obviously packed out on a Sunday night. This was obviously helped by the amount of staff as I've never seen so many in one place before! Now the food, I had a pizza and the other members of my party had the ravioli and pizza too respectively. Now we all enjoyed our meals for sure and the dough of the pizza is perfect. However, for the price we paid I'm not sure the food is actually worth it. For the atmosphere yes you get what you pay for and the aesthetics are fantastic and the service is great but I've definitely had better pizza elsewhere and in a much cheaper place. The ravioli was a very small portion so I shared my pizza to make up for this. Overall though you will struggle to find another restaurant that looks as good as here and its worth coming here just so you can say you have been but I don't know if I would come again. My server though was great and I wish I could remember her name!

The restaurant is beautiful. The food is very good. The music is a bit loud so I wouldn't recommend going there on a first date haha. Book at least 3 weeks in advance. When making the reservation there was a note "If your table is booked by someone after your booking, we will kindly request the table back after 90 minutes, which will give you plenty of time to enjoy your time at Circolo Popolare." We were very aware of this. But when we wanted to order some desert around 20 minutes before the end of our 90 minutes our waitress said it would be no problem. Our deserts arrived around 10 minutes later. I took some pictures to share on social media and took the first bite. Immediately another waiter came to tell us that he would need our table back in 2 minutes. If we would have known that you did need our table back we wouldn't have ordered desert, but the waitress told us it would be no problem. This made us only eat half of our deserts and leaving with a bit of an unfriendly feeling.

We came for a 50th birthday and Circolo Popolare started it off beautifully. The venue is incredible! Very deceptive from the entrance and really is beautiful inside. Great atmosphere. We had the set menu as there were 10 of us. Being gluten free , they provided a completely separate meal for me which was perfect, but still within the set menu price. The set menu is a sharing menu and there is lots to go round. We had cocktails, beer and wine all that were fabulous. Our waiter was fantastic and extremely helpful. A great meal out and will definitely be returning!

4 stars, nicer staff and it were 5 ... This restaurant like the others from this group is again a virtue. Food is great especially at those prices in London cocktails are swell. Service is fast. Entourage is stunning. Tiramisu ... Never ate it better, what's not to love ...

It is definitely designed for the gram. But the 1.5 hour policy is a tad ridiculous. We got seated late. Had to flag our non responsive server down for any service by waiving. Heard another staff member ask both tables on each side to leave because time was up only to hear the same speech 20 minutes later. I mean it is anxiety inducing! Focus on letting people enjoy their dinner and training your staff to actually provide service in line with your stringent timings. When I mentioned the tackiness to the iPad police, he couldn’t even respond with anything other than “it’s our policy.” Ambience is beautiful no doubt. The food is fairly good. But its basically a commercial factory - not an authentic restaurant. I did not get these vibes at Ave Mario or Gloria. If you want a pic for social media then check it out but there are so many better options to choose from in London.

The truffle pasta was very nice and pizza was a good size. Cocktails tasted good too. Lemon pie looked interesting just like in pictures but meringue itself was far too dense - the taste was okay but I personally wouldn't recommend it, however if you really wanted to have it for the gram, sharing the dessert between two people would be enough. Overall I was satisfied with the experience. For the price we paid for the food, I think it was worth it.

This place is highly recommended if you want good Italian food in Central London. Me and my family enjoyed our late lunch here. Staff was really friendly and helpful. Gave us a few recommendations which were spot on! Great place for a family or friends day out for great food, music and drinks. You cannot go wrong with this place!

Great service all staff went above beyond to ensure a pleasant dining experience. Dishes came out very quick. Tried a variety of dishes, starters and pizza were excellent, carbonara for 2 sauce way too think and pasta quite hard. Dessert very yummy.

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