AL DENTE Angel
Restaurant · Islington
4a Upper St, London N1 0PQ, United Kingdom
Highlights
Handcrafted pasta, fine wines, friendly staff, and delicious tiramisu
Handcrafted pasta, fine wines, friendly staff, and delicious tiramisu
"With fresh pasta for around £15 and moody interiors that make an equally perfect backdrop for a casual first date as it would a last-minute catch-up with your favourite people, Al Dente in South Kensington is a great all-rounder. The servers are friendly, the Italian menu is filled with classics like cacio e pepe made to an excellent standard, and the prices mean you could pop in for a bowl of ravioli for a speedy, good-value lunch if you’re in the area." - rianne shlebak, jake missing, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley
"A hop, skip, and a T-rex tail away from the Natural History Museum, Al Dente is a great little Italian restaurant we go to when we just want to hang out with our friends ‘cacio’ and ‘pepe’. It’s open from lunch until late and almost all of the pastas are under £15, which is impressive in a part of town—South Kensington—where dogs have their own manicurists. Get a seat at the bar, make eye contact with your handmade pasta, and have a chat with the friendly servers if you decide you do want human interaction after all." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, sinead cranna, rianne shlebak
"It’s time for an honest conversation. If this guide was called ‘Where To Sit And Eat Pasta For Hours’ then Al Dente wouldn’t have made the cut. But this is about cacio e pepe, and that’s something Al Dente does well. This little pasta bar and shop on Goodge Street isn’t the comfiest of places and some of the other pasta dishes can be a bit hit and miss, but for a quick bowl of reliably al dente tonnarelli you can’t go wrong. The sauce is thick—just the way we like it—and you can also grab some fresh pasta to cook at home." - heidi lauth beasley
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