AL DENTE Goodge Street

Italian restaurant · Fitzrovia

AL DENTE Goodge Street

Italian restaurant · Fitzrovia

51 Goodge St, London W1T 1TG, United Kingdom

Highlights

Compact Italian eatery with an open kitchen focused on handcrafted pasta with fine wines.

51 Goodge St, London W1T 1TG, United Kingdom Get directions

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"If your home attempt at cacio e pepe was more cheese massacre than Italian delicacy, order from Al Dente. This handmade pasta specialist make all of their pasta fresh and you can get everything from seafood linguine to ravioli here." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak

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@infatuation

"When we’re after a speedy dinner in Fitzrovia, this tiny handmade pasta spot on Goodge Street is our go-to. Al Dente is a pokey Italian restaurant that has frantic, in-and-out energy, thanks to a mix of metal high stools that don't encourage lingering and quick service. During the day students flock here for the reasonably priced pastas, and in the evening, solo diners' heads disappear into bowls of spicy arrabbiata. Our order is usually the creamy, peppery cacio e pepe , but it’s worth taking a look at fun specials like creamy truffle pasta, that’s rich but not overpowering. Grab a window seat and watch the world go by while you empty a small tub of parmesan on your pasta, or get a takeaway box to eat at your desk if you work nearby." - Rianne Shlebak

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"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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"Just because London is on lockdown doesn’t mean simple, carb-y pleasures are off the table. Get fresh, handmade pasta delivered to the table from Pastaficio Al Dente, who’ll remain open for safe and contactless takeaway and delivery. Make everyday an (amped up) Dolmio day with paccheri al ragu, linguine seafood and tonnarelli cacio e pepe. Bella!" - Angela Hui

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Kackopov

Google

Definitely would return to this pasta place. Best takeaway pasta I've had in North London. Plenty of flavour, sauce was thick and pasta cooked perfectly. Regular portion was decent. Was quiet when I went but meant quick service. Only negative I can think of is they charge £1 for extra parmesan!!

Jordan Hodges

Google

WOW! We enjoyed this little spot so very much. Made reservations, the place was packed, felt warm and wonderful. They had a great selection of pasta to choose from. We went with the Ragu and the Italian sausage with double cream. Both were phenomenal. It lived up to its name, the pasta was cooked perfectly. We enjoyed the whole experience.

Will Blanchard

Google

Absolutely delicious!! We had the Cacio e Pepe, the carbornara and the parmigiana. All of them were so good and I think the parmigiana was my fave. The restaurant manager Paolo is really hot as well 🔥 they also gave us a special surprise for dessert which was yum! 100% would recommend.

Alen Jude

Google

The staff were so lovely - we were celebrating a birthday and they let us bring our own cake and cut it in the restaurant! We also had a gluten free individual who was catered to well! Food was reasonably priced and the ambience was great - would definitely recommend !!

Rino Siconolfi

Google

Pastificio Al Dente is one of the best Italian restaurants in Central London. Located in Goodge Street, Fitzrovia, Al Dente is specialised in fresh pasta dishes from the best tradition of Italian cuisine with incredible flavors. Excellent service. Rino Siconolfi Instagram rino_siconolfi

Nigel Hun

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First of all, the food is good, delicious authentic and good price. But the service is horrible. We were sat facing the wall 3 of us and when I ask if we can have the square table so that we can be facing each other to have a better conversation we were told that it was reserved, but funny enough so are we. Never mind, put that aside when we wanted to order, two of us would like to order large portion as we are big eater. But we was told large is only for takeaway, and when question the waiter just say that it’s venue policy, we can’t order large for dine in. Which I personally find it ridiculous. Lastly, the service was so slow. It took almost 40 mins to get our food served. And when I went to pay the bill, I requested to remove the discretionary service charge, the manager asked why and I just mention that the service is not satisfactory but the manager was clearly not happy when it’s supposed to be discretionary. He basically took the receipt from me and ask his colleague to remove it and threw the receipt on the table and walked away. As much as the food quality was good. The service was borderline unacceptable.

Yulin

Google

Nice place, can get quite busy and a bit noisy. The staffs were very friendly, good relaxing vibes, feels like a home cooked pasta spot. I didn’t really like my Fusilli pesto but that’s on me, bad choice, I think the fusilli taste very average. Recommend Tonnarelli which is what my friend got, very creamy although she did say it was lacking salt and seasoning. Tiramisu was good, creamy indulgence, comes in a pot.

Cynthia Yu

Google

The pasta was delicious and blew me away, the large portion was more than enough. Can’t wait for the next order, I’m definitely trying every flavour!