Lume Restaurant & wine shop
Italian restaurant · Chalk Farm ·
Sardinian wine shop & Italian restaurant with handmade pasta
Sardinian wine shop & Italian restaurant with handmade pasta
"Lume is the kind of great little place that makes you want to live within walking distance, and find a way to make sure that the staff never let anyone else sit at your corner table on a Sunday night. The food here is broadly Italian with Sardinian influences and an extensive wine offering, which sets it apart from most other neighbourhood restaurants in this part of town." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna
"A little along towards Belsize Park, this largely Sardinian restaurant is a disguised heavyweight of the city’s Italian scene. Its real knockout blow comes in the pasta section, where a changing array of three-to-four dishes are judged al dente, with a pappardelle luxuriating in a gamey ragu, or malfadine getting to know truffles and cheese handsomely." - David Paw
"Lume is the kind of low-lit, lowkey neighbourhood spot that makes you want to live within walking distance, and find a way to make sure that the staff never let anyone else sit at your corner table on a Sunday night. The food here is broadly Italian with Sardinian influences, and pasta dishes like their excellent cocoa pappardelle with venison ragu, and the linguine with smoked eels, sea urchin and foie gras, set it apart from most other neighbourhood restaurants we can think of. The other thing that sets it apart is the wine offering, which is among the best we’ve had at a restaurant in this part of town. Expect a massive selection, an array of very serious glassware, and lots of thoughtful swirling." - Oliver Feldman
"A Sardinian wine shop-cum-pasta restaurant with a large terrace overlooking a church and market, pairing cosy outdoor seating (blankets provided) with a concise, high-quality pasta list and a focus on biodynamic and organic Sardinian wines. Dishes such as handmade ricotta ravioli on smoky aubergine with sweet plum tomatoes and linguine with red Sicilian prawns in a citrusy, bisque-like sauce exemplify the precise, flavorful pasta cooking on offer." - James Hansen
"A Sardinian newcomer in Primrose Hill with a simply decorated, serious interior and a sunny, joyful food personality. Dishes that might sound odd often work: lamb tartare with pecorino emulsion is startling in concept but brightly seasoned and effective, while pappardelle with rabbit ragu is sinuous, luscious and perfectly cooked. Guinea fowl with creamy potato and black truffle is generously portioned and much appreciated. There are minor quibbles — octopus can be a touch chewy, the chef’s preference for the firmer side of al dente undermines a couple of pastas, and the flourless chocolate cake is rather dour — but a biodynamic wine list and an unpretentious, engagingly bygone atmosphere make it easy to be entranced." - George Reynolds
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