Trattoria Sapori

About the best thing I can say about this place is that it was open at lunchtime on a Sunday, which two other places we’d tried nearby were not. (Because nobody goes out to eat on a Sunday in Stoke Newington…) With Frank Sinatra on the stereo, luxuriantly Mediterranean accents on the staff, and a few deli items (cheeses, pastas) on sale, this place works hard to convince you that you’re in an authentic Italian trattoria. Regrettably, the cooking is of a standard that would shame a greasy spoon caff in the 1970s. Baked eggs comprised two extraordinarily overcooked eggs (when the prong of a fork can’t piece the yolk, there is trouble afoot), three slices of pancetta heavy with unchewable gristle, and a bit of concassed tomato I am fairly sure came from a tin, plus a mean couple of heels of that admittedly authentic Italian bread — you know, the stuff that tastes of nothing. Caravan, this was not. My friend’s eggs benedict proved a stranger to hollandaise sauce and, likewise, showed evidence that the kitchen cannot cook eggs: these had finished poaching about half an hour before being taken out the water. We were spared having to make a scene (or lying) when the waiter removed our unfinished/​unfinishable dishes since he didn’t both asking how our food had been. He probably knew. How this place has stayed open for as long as it has is a perplexing mystery. Avoid at all costs, even on a Sunday.

I’d sort of forgotten about this place, and only went for brunch because Tangerina was inexplicably closed. We waited half an hour for our food, and it was just HILARIOUSLY bad when it came. We had Eggs Benedict and a baked egg dish with pancetta — both seemingly cooked by someone who had never been in a kitchen before. The baked eggs dish was inedible — baked to brick-​consistency, with gristly meat. The poached eggs on the Benedict had endured some terrible kind of trauma, and it was difficult to work out if the two tiny spoonfuls of orange «something» on top of each was the remnant of a yolk or an homage to hollandaise. The muffin (or was it? difficult to tell) was cold and was either stale or had been toasted at some point much earlier that morning. Tellingly, the waiter didn’t ask at the end how our meal was.

I have been to trattoria Sapori few times for pizza. Like every Italian person I am also very picky on pizza and do not accept certain blasphemies, like for example chicken on pizza.
The pizza dough here is actually pretty good, it is a real shame that this place does not have a wood fired oven.
The toppings are good quality, but not everyone’s taste as they are often presented raw or very lightly cooked on the pizza.
All in all, the end result is acceptable but prices are above average.

We’ve been in multiple times, even before moving to this area, and have now even ordered from them a few times for delivery.
The delivery experiences have been nothing short of a hot mess, but I think that they might have gotten that straightened out after some chats with them about it, so I’ll focus my review on our experiences eating there.
When I first moved to London, the hubs and me decided to have regular date nights. We took turns planning and selecting a location to try, and if it wasn’t our very first location, it was certainly one of the first. We’ve tried multiple things from the menu, but at this point, we know our favourites. While the pasta has been great, we adore their pizza. We usually get the Margherita and add pesto to it. Delicious. The best fried courgettes I’ve ever had come from Trattoria Sapori. The batter is light and crispy, perfectly salted, and just crazy good. The £7.50 price tag is steep for the amount you get, but we can’t not get it when we order. I don’t recall the name, but I ordered some melty middled chocolate cake, and wow! So divine.
The staff has always been very friendly and accommodating, and I love the design of the place. It has such a nice feel to it, whether you eat inside or outside.
I haven’t yet done it, but I do love their idea of the their Monday night Pizza, drink and movie for £12.00. Check out the list, there are some good ones:

Sat in this place at the moment and feel compelled to give it a justified, awful review. Ordered eggs benedict. Dry, chewy muffin, with hard boiled eggs on top covered with a drip of sauce. Terrible. Friend’s breakfast arrived after I finished and was then taken away as they mixed up the order. Took an age to get a second coffee. Super expensive, poor quality, bad service. All in all, really disappointing as I really want to like it. Won’t be coming back.

Went to this place for the first time yesterday for lunch. The special Sunday pizza was AMAZING! It was so good that me and my boyfriend didn’t even speak during the meal! I would’ve give it a 5 start review, but the service was quite awful. My boyfriend raised his hand asking for assistance, the waitress stopped for 2 second shooked her head at him and walked away. This left both of in awkwardly weird situation…

I’ve had mixed experiences here; I love heading here for brunch or for a coffee mid-​afternoon, but eating out here I’d not really worth the money.
So, 4* for brunch, 3* for dinner. You can sit at the bench tables overlooking Newington Green which is really nice and relaxing.
The dining area is quite hemmed in. My boyfriend and I headed here for pizza one evening (about a year ago now). We were seated by a tiny wooden table which was a mere few inches from a party of eight. It wasn’t exactly a romantic, intimate meal and the waiter was slightly arrogant and took ages just to bring us water… He then seemed pissed off we wanted the bill, took a while to bring to us, and then didn’t come back! So we headed to the counter and eventually were allowed to end our meal.

Nice little local Italian place! The ragu was amazing and delicious, would definitely go back there again for an Aperol spritz!

I found this place pleasant enough and sat outside with a coffee listening to what appeared to be a resident guitarist. I heard this music and came from the street and generally enjoyed the experience — I applaud the management for putting on some much needed live music in London

Ate here on Friday lunchtime. The pizzas are a good size, but quite bland, very doughy and really expensive compared to pizza elsewhere. Mine was £12.50 and wasn’t as good as anything even Pizza Express could give me for less than that. The juice drinks are good and the café has a good atmosphere. I would come again for coffee and cake or something, but the price of the pizzas honestly has put me off.

Uh oh– why am I sitting funny? Ah — the farmhouse tables are wayyy too low for the chairs. Shame — great people but little details are wrong. The easy stuff to change!
When I arrived a magnificent Italian hipster in beard and braces warmly welcomed me in.
I tried the renowned juices with the Freshing Up Juice (pear, cucumber and ginger) Zingy. An expensive treat given the tiny cup.
I get fed up waiting in an empty restaurant for service that I order at the counter: the carbonara. staying on the cheaper side of the menu. Courgette sticks for £7.50? But all the pizzas can be gluten free if you wish.
Someone turned the XFM style music waay too loud here,
The pasta has a bite to it but abandon all hope ye who love ya big portions.
I may try this place again for the friendly service but that service is sllowwww.

Great brunch, and go for the freshly squeezed juices inside the drinks menu — I recommend green iron.

So went to the Trattoria to cure an epic hang over from an all nighter. It was a beautiful sunny day, but a bit cool, so decided to get seated inside, instead of the lovely outdoor seating that they have.
I can appreciate the confusion in terms of ordering your food. In fact, I think it is this confusion that probably lies in the 3 star review rather than a higher rating.
I decided to go straight to the counter, as I didn’t see any menus on the table. The counter has some pizzas, calzones, arancinis, croquettes and stuff. I was told that if I ordered to have here, then I’d be charged extra for salad, which I was fine with. I also ordered a detox juice, to accelerate my recovery.
I then proceeded to get seated; shortly thereafter, a server comes along with some menus, but I tell her that I’ve already ordered at the counter. Imagine my disappointment when, looking at the menu, I see that you can order stuff that’s not at the counter! Had I known, I would have gone from the menu! So I felt a bit cheated; not their fault entirely, but felt that my experience was going to be sub-​par…
The food that I ordered was ok; the pizza was nice enough (Italian sausage, peppers), and the sausage it came with was very flavourful. The arancini was actually excellent, with a delicate balance between rice and ragu, which I thought was nice.
The juice was refreshing, the coffee excellent, and the coffee cake was pretty good (not the best, but decent enough).
The service was ok… although they really need to get their ‘order capture’ process sorted out.
I may come back, go on the menu, and update my review accordingly. I will also try their delivery service, and see how that works out!
In the mean time, this is a 3 star affair for me.

My partner and I went to Trattoria Sapori while we were in the area visiting friends, and overall we thought that it was a very quaint and authentic trattoria with delicious food.
First of all, the restaurant looks appealing from the outside, which made us want to go inside. We came at a relatively slow time, so there weren’t many people there. We were kind of confused when we entered, because we sat down as if to be served, but then no one really brought us menus. And then when the waitress came, she said it was family-​run shop and that we should go point out what pizzas or food offerings we wanted to order at the bar. So when I did that and picked two pieces of pizza, the guy behind the counter kind of scoffed at me and told me to tell the server what I wanted. Well since there was no menu, how can I actually know what I wanted or what they offered? But then, I was randomly served two pieces of pizza before the waitress came back over, but not the two I had pointed out to the guy. She took away the wrong food and brought the right food as well as the sandwich my partner ordered.
So while ordering the food and the confusion that ensued was kind of annoying, the food was actually very good. She first served us four different types of Italian coleslaw-​type dishes, which you could tell used only fresh ingredients. Very tasty. The Sicilian pizza I had was absolutely great.
Ultimately, we had a really good meal at Trattoria Sapori. The location right in the circle give it a really urban feel, and it’s a great place for some people-​watching.

Came here after rock climbing for some lunch but I wasnt too hungry. Ended up getting the anitpasto platter which had meat and cheese and green olives and a little rocket side salad. It came with crusty bread too, actually very filling.
Glass of house red and that. Perfect.
My friend got a pizza that was decently priced and huge!
A little on the pricey side for a lunch for me but the quality was worth it. Will come here again for a nice date or a lovely catch up with a friend.

We had a highly mediocre meal here. Nothing was horrible, but there were many elements that weren’t great. My general critique is that while it really bills itself as a thoroughly authentic italian place (e.g. pizza dough that has been twice risen… fior di latte mozzarella flown in from Compagna), there were many errors that really detracted from what we thought we would be getting. Here’s what wasn’t great:
1. My wife’s salad had some bad bits in it. You know those young greens that get smelly, brown, and limp because they sat next to the plastic in the bag for too long?
2. The antipasto plate wasn’t good. The bread was either soft or stale, and not what I would expect of good rustic italian bread. The aubergine and zucchini were slow baked and had no sign of being roasted or grilled. In fact the eggplant was still a bit tough and had that ugly greyish tint that’s so unappealing. And then there was just the balance of the dish. There were about 20 olives and only half an artichoke heart.
3. The pizza dough was totally soggy and limp in the middle of the pie. On the outside, the crust was spongy and tough and uncuttable with the knife provided. Lastly, the olives used were those flavorless ones that come pitted come pitted from a can.
Both the olives and the bread were better around the corner at a nearby gastropub!
The ambience is really nice, and the waiters are kind. The owner/​manager in particular seemed very sweet. The coffee is quite good.
But for Italian food that they proudly boast as authentic, I would say that this isn’t above average.

Love, love, love this place. Their coffee is great, sandwiches are incredible (and only £5!) and you can’t go wrong with their pizzas and pastas. Very keen to try their Monday movie nights.

The food here is consistently wonderful but the quality of service is mixed. Sometimes I’ve had servers who were an absolute delight, making good humoured small talk and suggesting menu modifications that would better suit our requests. Other times I’ve had servers who seemed disinterested and offered the bare minimum for customer service; luckily these servers don’t tend to stick around so the experience is usually the former!
However, the food is what keeps me coming back on the regular. (And more times than I want to admit when I lived nearby!) Expect amazing pizza, delicious pastas, tiramasou to die for and plenty of delicious starters and drinks.

Newington Green has quite a few places to grab a bite to eat and this little Italian deli/​pizza place serves up delicious food in a pleasant environment.
Service was pleasant, not at all intrusive, the food was great and their fresh fruit juices did not break the bank unlike some places.
They have plenty of space inside and a small patio out.
I’ll be sure to come again to see if the rest of their food matches the quality of my lunchtime foccacia sandwich.

Fresh bruschetta on homemade bread, £11 bottle of house red wine, a slice of decadent homemade chocolate cake, all served up by attractive Venetian waiters that make you melt faster than gelato on a warm spring day like today…
Sitting on the patio overlooking Newington Green, I realize if Trattoria Sapori is not five-​stars, then nothing is.

Ein authentisches italienisches Restaurant mit einer modernen, sehr passenden Inneneinrichtung. Die Teigwaren waren al dente (!) und die Pizzas schauten sehr gut aus. Die Bedienung war immer sehr freundlich und locker, aber niemals aufdringlich. Das Knoblauchbrot und die Bruscetta als Vorspeise sind sehr zu empfehlen. Die Weinauswahl ist zwar nicht riesig, man findet aber sicher etwas passendes. Und da es nicht mitten im Trubel von London ist, sind die Preise auch dementsprechend niedriger.