Cacciari’s

We were a group of 7 who wanted to eat relatively quickly before seeing Star Wars at the Science Museum. The pasta was good, but not exceptional, the service… accommodating, not much more. For me this restaurant was given one ‘£’, suggesting it was grouped with those less pricier restaurants. Now it’s not the restaurant’s fault, but at over £13 for some pasta dishes I would not call that one ‘£’. Unilocal has in my opinion been misleading over how expensive it is to eat there. It is for this reason that I have given only three stars, as does not offer the value I was led to believe.

Amazing genuine Italian homemade pasta with robust flavours! As we were visiting the Natural History Museum, I looked to Unilocal for good hearty lunch options that would take a booking for 10 people. Not one single person was disappointed! We all ordered pasta and it was amazing! The waiters were friendly and looked to be enjoying the lunch rush. Although the restaurant was packed, it didn’t take long for our food to arrive. We were really impressed with the flavours and the textures of the fresh, flavoured pasta, including rich carbonara, tagliatelle with beef fillet and cherry tomatoes, strozzapretti (twisted priest neck pasta) with sausage and pea purée, spinach tagliolini with scallops and chestnut tagliatelle with mushrooms! I look forward to coming here again, with a smaller group or for a romantic dinner!
I would recommend booking as this is quite a small restaurant and they take bookings online!

During our week long visit, we came across this restaurant and fell so very inlove! What we didn’t know was that there were actually two of these spots and they were just a tad different. This one was good, but the other one was way better in mine and my husbands opinion. The service was amazing, they sat us even without a reservation (that was amazing) but we mainly went back to enjoy great food on our last day in London (the Carbonara & Pizza) The Carbonara was just okay & they didn’t have pizza. Like I said we didn’t realize they had two locations with different menus, and that was our bad. They also offered a ravioli squid special to my Husband… Which he was very excited to try and loved it but they offered that to a (A full grown man) there was hardly any food on his plate… I would only offer that special to someone small if I were a server… He was still hungry afterwards. They did offer up desert, and that was amazing! We got the chocolate fondant, so four stars for the very great service, and desert that saved it.
–Servers were amazing and so nice, the food was just okay. Desert was amazing!

Good cured meat and mozzarella starter. Pasta portions are a but exaggerated, the soup was very delicate and tasty (truffle extra-​virgin olive oil!!)
Do not drink the «special» beer, go for a normal one or wine!!!
Enjoy Italian food!
Here they do not serve pizza

Its saying something to walk into a place, this one an Italian place, and find real Italians eating there. This is a very good sign. As a matter of fact everyone there was Italian, enjoying a traditional lunch made by mamma at this homey little place on Old Brompton Road.
The menu is traditional with familiar, simple cooking in the best possible way. Pastas were very good, and as I sat there munching on my tortellini another two Italians walked in for a coffee at the bar, even though there are a couple other coffee places on the road. It seems like a local place where everyone knows your name. And it is an easy place to just come in sit down and munch on a little something. You might leave speaking a bit of Italian.

Fantastic, friendly, upbeat vibe at this authentic Italian eatery. The tortellini bologna was really good — and the 2 dinners and lunch we had there were stellar. Good, varied menu, solid wines, and excellent service.
We found the restaurant almost by accident — just around the corner from South Kensington tube — and by the time we left, we felt we had spent a great time with family, who happened to be amazing cooks! Don’t leave without a cappuccino!

Phenomenal. Our hotel recommended this place, which was a ~10 min walk from Cromwell Rd (Marriott Kensington). Stellar food, wine and service. A nice comfortable restaurant as well.
Home-​made pasta, fresh cold cuts, great fried squid, delicious bread, and the mains were awesome. Highly recommend the bolognese and the tagliatelle, and then there is a spinach pasta dish but I forget what it was called. Some folks around us were eating pizzas that came right out of the wood-​fired oven. Two of us ate four mains between us!
Will definitely be back. Highly recommended if you’re staying in that area (just around the curve from the S. Kensington tube stop).

My son and I really enjoyed our dinners. Service was great and food was excellent. We even had a waitress from Italy named Jiada. Great family restaurant. Also nice location for a romantic dinner.

The best coffee in London. Flat white. Espresso. Such friendly Italian staff.
And when you go anywhere after your coffee here, for another coffee, you appreciate Cacciari’s even more.
The best scrambled eggs here too — they are not made from some pretend egg powder mix like 99% of London hotel breakfasts, they are actual eggs.
Thank you :-)

This restaurant was highly recommended by Opentable however it was one of the worst dining experiences I have ever had. The food was cold, extremely oily, and the service was below our expectations. The team was extremely unprofessional and inflexible.

Disclaimer– I’ve been to Pembroke Road branch of this two restaurant chain, so my review is for there, not Old Brompton Road.
I work in Earl’s Court. There’s not much around these parts apart from a huge Tesco. Cacciari’s represents the beacon of good coffee and friendly service in an area not hugely celebrated for independent businesses.
I’ve only ever visited for lunch or a coffee and both have been excellent. The sandwiches they offer at lunch (weirdly not on the online menu) are brilliant value– delicious doughy foccacia filled with all kinds of treats from spicy salami and parma ham to fresh mozzarella and roasted veggies. They are HUGE (and if you ask nicely to take half home, can feed you for two lunches!)
Service is good– waiting staff frequently check that you’re ok, but aren’t obtrusive.
Brava Cacciari’s! Tornerò!