Polpo Chelsea

Fabulous spot in the centre of Chelsea and perfect location for shopping and the Saatchi Gallery. Had a great meal and my kids loved the pasta and pizza offering. They are 5 and 7 and soon as we sat down we were offered drawing materials and crayons. Food was great and very reasonable. Beef shin pasta and tiramisu were stand out dishes.

I have been there a few times with my friends and it was always good but we were shocked at the downfall this time. The service was rude and unfriendly from a over worked server! The menu is really small now and food quality is bad! It did not taste good and what you get is small portions of bad food. Not value for money. We will definitely not be going back.

Plenty of outdoor seating hidden away behind the Kings Road. The Resturant offers a lovely selection of small plates perfect for sharing. Every dish tasted amazing and reasonably priced.

We enjoyed a really tasty "tapas" style Italian meal with several small dishes to share. The service was very prompt and the flavours and combinations of food were delicious. My personal favourite was the pumpkin croquette. We sat inside and the atmosphere was good, although very loud. There is also lots of outdoor seating.

The food here is consistently delicious - even the bread tastes special. It is always a treat to eat here. The staff have taken excellent care of us whenever we have visited and today we had the pleasure of meeting the owner who is so welcoming. Thank you for another great meal.

Arrived at 11.40am and the hostess said they were closed until 12pm. I asked to sit and wait for 20 minutes, browse the menu etc. Which seems reasonable, but was told no that is not possible - even with 20 empty tables and the rest were filled with breakfast patrons. Some businesses see the opportunity to keep a paying customer by allowing them to sit for 20 minutes. A foolish business would tell someone to walk away and come back, fully expecting them not to go somewhere else. As a regular to Duke of York, I can safely safely say that my business will belong to Vardo in the future.

In a beautiful spot near the Saatchi Gallery. Small menu, price looked reasonable for the area until we saw portion size! We had to order 2 extra dishes as, although the food was tasty, portions are very small. We had a tiny portion of tiramisu for £9! Service charge was added at 15%. Staff was friendly but a bit disorganized, mostly looked inexperience and when we asked for a pizza cutter didn't seem to know what it was or if they had one. No the best place if you are hungry or will spend a fortune!

food was good but too bad service was really bad . there's plenty of seats available outside even inside is empty but the staff told us its full. and also we tried to add on more dishes , the staff took our orders but it took ages for the food to be serve in the end we just cancelled the order and she's like ok sure I was wondering did she even submit our order to the kitchen

Convenient to the Saatchi Gallery, Kings Road, Sloane Square and Sloane Street in the Duke of York Square. The food and service are both very good. Outdoor seating is available for the warmer weather. Good option if you are in the area.

The meal at Polpo was the best we had in London. The food and drinks were top notch, better than expected. The ambiance was fun and light. The service was impeccable. And the price was unmatched. We definitely received fine dining service and food for an everyday price. Hope that makes sense! Definitely recommend 10 out of 10 times.

Very much a tapas style dining experience. You order around 4 dishes between 2 people and you will feel stuffed. The quality of food here is high. The price is decent too it's around £7-£10 mark for the dishes. We ordered the steak, cod and lentil,potato crochette, arancini and deep fried stuffed olives. All dishes were quick to come and flavoursome. The olives have got to be my favourite ... really juicy and crispy when it's piping hot!! Definitely a nice ambient place to go for drinks or light dining. Would go to the other branches and check them out too!

Solid place with reasonable prices in a good location. We went in by chance, as the Sloan Square Market wasn't open. We each ordered pasta, which were all good and roughly £10. The portions were on the small side though, so I suggest you order a starter or something on the side. Service was reasonably prompt and good. The ambience was nice, as we had good weather and sat outside. Overall decent place for a quick Italian fix if you're in the area!

Food was fine, wine was very good, but: I found some of the staff somewhat offputting. The first guy I encountered seemed to hem and haw when I asked him for a table for dinner for one: "Mmm. Not sure. If you don't have a booking." Then another lady swiftly guided me to a table. This already made me feel like the man tried to see if he could maybe get rid of me. I don't know if it's racial bias or what--but either a restaurant requires or doesn't require reservations, so the discrepancy between the man's and woman's actions raised questions. Then, after I seated myself, the waiter comes up and skeptically asked me: "But have you talked to the host first?" (Are all guests welcomed like that? Note: this is a rhetorical question). All this made me feel...shall we say...not very welcome.

Terrace with great food and drinks and very attentive staff, in a posh little neighborhood square but with a very relaxed vibe still. The wine is wonderfully paired and the octopus was a definite fave! The spinach asparagus risotto and pork and sage skewers also to die for and the meatballs!!!!! Yum! Also I do not like olives and or anchovies but the FRIED olives... we ordered two because they were so damn good!!! Loved this place!

Disappointing quality given the choices around. We had Venetian meatballs, crab crostini, garlic and chili prawns, octopus carpaccio and aranchini. They were all equally ordinary, with nothing to write home about. The prosecco is served in water glasses (which is fine for most but I prefer mine in a grown up glass), and even that was quite ordinary. Overall, quite disappointed with the quality of food. The service was quite decent though, but not enough to recommend Polpo or return to it.

Average pasta, but INCREDIBLE lamb meatballs, for meat eaters, and chickpea meatballs, for veggie lovers. The pizza was honestly as good as the best I've had in Italy. The mushroom and truffle arancini was delicious. The wild herb risotto was pretty solid. Overall, so happy we stopped in!

Solid D minus for the food. I have had better spaghetti and meatballs from a can. Swordfish was over cooked and rubbery. Pizza was undercooked and tasted like pizza in my 5th grade cafeteria. All around pretty terrible.

The food was decent and it had a classic Italian menu but the service was poor and slow, they became more and more stubborn as the dining went on.

Nice setting in upscale Duke of York shopping area. Pretty rustic decor. OK service if a little rushed. Good drinks. Mediocre "Venetian" tapas dishes. We had the classic meatballs and potato croquettes - nothing special. Undercooked pizza (!). Minuscule dessert. Excellent coffee. Any cafe across the adjacent Kings Road offers better value.

Nice setting for this Polpo, has a large amount of outdoor seating in Duke of York so away from the main road and the traffic, also has outdoor heaters and coverage from rain. As far as food goes, all dishes we had were tasty, slightly small portions but i that allows you to try many different plates. Slight negative was the lack of new clean plates. That said, they dont rush you to finish so you really can enjoy the meal.