Ciullosteria

We managed to book an early table with Ciullosteria on the day we visited (we were lucky as later saw others being turned away!) a local restaurant we’d passed by many a time, but hadn’t tried yet. The owners were really friendly and I loved the ambience and vibe in the restaurant, relaxed and a bit retro in deco but so intimate and cosy! The starter portions were plentiful, maybe lacking a little on actual presentation but who cares when the food tastes so good! My parpadelle with beef ragu was simply delicious! It came out fresh, piping hot and so yummy…I would definitely go back and eat it again! The house Tiramisu was to die for! Absolute perfection 😋 Surprisingly good value for money for all the food we had. Highly recommend.

Guess what, it's the best birthday in the world, the real GOAT is celebrating both his first year has a divorced man, and also his first year after being 30 years old We went to an Italian place, I though the lucky Impulsiva was coming but this time he came with a new one, Amisha, I thought it was an Amish in a female version, but that was really her name. The Best is playing russian roulette, if I might saying russian at a time like this, bringing a new girl everytime we meet. The environment looked pretty nice, we ordered very good antipasti, good attention from the staff, but then Picky Boy said "The lightning is bad, The air conditioning is full of flies, too much noise, I need my earplugs" We waited and waited for the food, at some some the Impulse said "Where's my food? Do I need to go to the kitchen and make it myself? I need my protein, I need to grow" When The future King of England asked him for our food, the waiter gives up on his job and immediately pours himself a glass of wine and drinks a penalty. Food arrived, they even gave us a free salad to apologise, nice gesture, and sang happy birthday to Pedro with a very nice presentation, lovely lovely lovely! Overall it was a very good experience, The Avenger was happy, almost smiling, since we know he doesn't like surprises, but the restaurant loved to have him there.

Lovely place if a bit small. Big, well made portions and good service with a nice wine list too. Though my spaghetti alle vongole had lots of grit in it. The other thing is that they didn't clean our table/change our tablecloth before we sat down which wasn't so nice, but I guess we went on a weekend.

What an absolutely fantastic restaurant. The food is outstanding. The atmosphere is perfect. And the owners are just fabulous! I have been to many Italian restaurants across the city and I think I have just found my new favourite spot. I can not recommend this restaurant more. Balham’s best kept secret.