LAVO
Italian restaurant · Marylebone
30 Marylebone Ln, London W1U 2DR, United Kingdom
Highlights
Italian dining with a 20-layer peanut butter cake and jazz
Italian dining with a 20-layer peanut butter cake and jazz
"A big booth and a big cake are on offer at Lavo. It takes a while to get through the 20-layer peanut butter cake at this sprawling Italian restaurant behind Oxford Street. Especially if you order the giant £30 meatball too. Sink into your extra cushiony booth (it matches the cake) and let the warm orange lighting and playlist of funky jazz and R&B wash over you." - sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley
"At Lavo, it’s essential to leave space for dessert. Because you shouldn’t come to this sprawling Italian restaurant in Marylebone and leave without trying the 20-layer peanut butter cake. Yes, there’s also a giant £30 meatball on the menu and a too-salty cacio e pepe pizza. But if you focus on the fish dishes, you can’t go wrong. We also love the OTT, but completely appreciated, touches like bringing a plate of sliced citrus fruits to choose from for your water, or a tasteful candle in a macaron if it's your birthday." - rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley
"Lavo in Marylebone looks like every restaurant featured on those social experiment documentaries (“dating shows”) that the producers choose in the hope that the wall of live flowers and big plush booths might secure an “I don’t care that it’s only been six days, I love you”. But beyond the burnt orange velvet stools, a far more exciting amber icon rises—their penne alla vodka. Zero complaints about the tip-toeing spice factor of the thick sauce and the chewy little prosciutto chunks that add a smokiness that cuts through the cream. Resist the urge to pause the server in the midst of cheese-grating. It’s a more the merrier parmesan situation." - heidi lauth beasley
"Bringing fabulous, Fendi-forward friends to Lavo in Marylebone is not only an ingenious way to please the warm orange lighting obsessives in your chic collective, it’s practical too. Have you ever tried to eat a 20-layer peanut butter cake on your own? This is one mascarpone mission that you need the support of your mates to complete. Pile into the big striped velvet booths at this glossy Italian, and stick to the great fish dishes." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley
"Cake is the most important part of any birthday. And the main reason to book this Italian spot in Marylebone is for the 20-layer peanut butter cake. It’s extravagant, and a single 30cm-tall slice is as filling as an entire cake. There’s funky jazz and R&B playing in the spacious dining room, and a buzzy atmosphere even at 5pm. The food isn’t all 10s, but stick to the fish dishes and you’ll be good." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley
