Andrew Meadowcroft
A spectacular find. One of our best and most authentic dining experiences in London during our recent week-long stay. Delicious Italian food. Margareta pizza with garlic, the best veal schnitzel and calamari were faultless. Lemoncello spritiz was refreshing and finally, the tiramasu was the perfect end to the meal. Lovely staff and we even met the owner and his wife who checked on us during dinner to make sure we were enjoying their food. Be sure to book though as it is very popular with locals and tourists like us.
Iman Aziz
This is a good choice if you want to eat italian. We ate twice at this restaurant during our London trip. Spaghetti dish and caprese salad were really good, I tried the pasta dish with clams and it was pretty blant for my taste, trued the veal dish it was great but salt was littlenon the meat which balances pit well witht he side of pasta they serve with this dish. The bread basket was great the 1st time. the second time it was overheated, was not so fresh. I just find this place a little overpriced given that the food is not wow.
Vanessa was great and kind to us. Everyone in this store was kind.
Tony Colli
Nice and cosy restaurant in the heart of Marylebone. Very attentive and friendly staff. Leo the manager is great. Tasty food.
martha tavares Guedes
wonderful time, best wine, food delicious! and the music... wow... amazing!
Mahtab Hussain
Food was very nice. Service could have been a little more careful as the server had dropped food over my friend. The manager had kindly removed the cocktails from our bill without our asking
Charles Phillpot
An oasis of Italy in Marylebone. Superb setting, service and food. A treat for all the senses. Set in a quiet side street you can sit outside in the sun or the fine bistro atmosphere of the restaurant itself. The tastes are all authentically Italian!
Don R Campbell
Brilliant Italian food in a great setting.
Located on a quiet backstreet in Marylebone, this little Oasis makes you feel as if you are not in busy London.
The duck Ragu was very tender and flavourful.
The linguine Caldesi with prawns was creamy and delicious.
Wine pricing was good.
The owner is a celiac so the gluten free pasta choice served with the duck was properly done and NOT the typical shape or flavour that most other restaurants choose to serve. Great surprise.
Richard Fagan
Classic Italian restaurant belonging to TV Chef Giancarlo Caldesi, who served us when we visited and joined us for a glass of wine; plus signed his cookery books that we purchased. Located off the very fashionable Marylebone High Street. The restaurant has an Italian cookery school next-door. All of the classic Tuscan choices are available to create a truly authentic Italian dining experience.
Nour Dakir
Really enjoyed this place every time we’ve been. Location is very quaint... down a little lane in Marylebone.
Service was great. We walked in (5 adults and 2 toddlers with prams) and the staff could not do enough to accommodate us... and they were busy!
Food was delicious and cannot be faulted. For those looking for no Gluten... no problem, they will provide.
Do yourself a favour... if you are looking for reasonably priced Italian in the heart of Marylebone then Caldesi will not disappoint
Al Roulexe
An absolutely delightful restaurant! I had the Riccardo's pizza, Fior di Latte di Agerola, sautéed seasonal mushroom, Gorgonzola, black truffle £5 - the flavours were so rich and intense! My sister had sea bass ravioli, and again the hit of flavours was divine; also sides of mixed grilled courgette and aubergine, with peppers in the middle, and triple-cooked Parmesan chips - lovely. Sitting outside, it became busy, yet the staff offered us complimentary Limoncello at the end rather than try to hurry us up; another touch of class I noted during our thoroughly enjoyable evening. I will be back, and soon!
Dan Khaos
Great Italian restaurant in Marylebone with an authentic feel and delicious dishes.
Had a 3 course meal and everything was fantastic. Good portions, rich flavours and great service.
Will definitely come back (that mozzarella "in carrozza" with tomato sauce is absolutely wonderful).
AB NycLonDel
Delicious, authentic Italian! The staff was quite accommodating with our little one, although they didn't have a kids menu they were willing to do a small portion of rigatoni with tomato sauce which was great albeit a bit on the expensive side (£10 for a super small portion). I had no idea they did Iced Coffee and waa very pleasantly surprised with how good it was.
Ella Johnson
Really enjoy my dinner here. Food was on point and very tasty. Would definitely come back.
mattia barbieri
I went in Caffè Caldesi for my 10th anniversary.
I wanna say just 1 word:WOW.
The service is very good and all the waiter/waitress are very kind and professional, but the best of the restaurant is the food, amazing and well presented, full of flavours and well balanced, from the facaccia and bread basket to dessert.
The best italian restaurant in London no doubt.
I really recommend to try this restaurant, you'll love it.
Richard Ennis
I want to say how much I enjoyed last night. This place is top drawer and set in a great location.
The team’s recommendations on food and wine were 1st class. The team made friends with us immediatley and I felt right at home. Thank you for looking after me and my guest. I appreciate it.
Look forward to seeing you again. Kind regards. Richard.
Pablo Rodríguez Zaras
I loved every part of my experience in this restaurant. It's beautiful in all the ways that you might imagine.
The food is delicious, and there are a great variety of choices that you can do to enjoy the complete performance and vision of chef Caldesi.
I think it's correct the relation of price and food, so you don't have to worry about little portion and ig prices eventhough it's not cheap.
Jason Shifrin
Went to this fantastic restaurant to celebrate our fathers 80th birthday, what an amazing place, the food wine and service was 10/10 the staff went out of there way to make us feel special. If you like Italian food, this is a must go to place.
Anna
Absolutely loved the experience! Amazing food and fantastic service at a reasonable price. Their sea bass ravioli is outstanding. Will definitely go back.
Filipe Passos-Coelho
Caldesi is a very nice and friendly place, with good food and smiling staff. The food is close to proper Italian, as our Sardinian friend corroborated. However, the price is too inflated for the quality of the food. Granted, the location is phenomenal, but the whole package combined doesn't rise high enough for a better grade.
Miss Lilly
This is a really good place for Italian food in the heart of Marylebone! Service was really friendly throughout our meal. I've ordered a fresh tomato salad and also the chicken with lemon, which was really tasty and fresh. Couldn't resist but to order the special dessert of the day "pistaccio" and it was superb!!! Fresh and delicious! Once I'm in the area I will be back for sure.
Affi
Fantastico! The best authentic home made style Italian food ever. Compares with the best of the best of Italian restaurants outside Italy such as San Francisco and NY. Grazie mille.
Ranbir Hunjan
we had dinner at Caffe Caldesi on Saturday 14 June and had a wonderful experience. the food was excellent, as was the service. we cannot commend the manager Maurizio and his staff enough for looking after us so well. first class and we look forward to coming again.
Andrea
Good if your local. Food was good but read better on the menu than eating it. Pasta was the best choice. Service was too slow, overburdened by too many guests or, worse, did not care as much as they tried to make you believe. If it were my local I might go back and invest in the place and try to find out whet was really good on menu. As it is it did not strike me as a destination i shoud make my way to.
The Food Judge
Not as good as it should be. Given its proximity to my office, I've eaten here on many occasions. I've never been blown away but it's always been adequate. My recommendation would be to eat at the ground floor bistro as its better value and they do a reasonable set lunch. Given the fact that it is connected to a cookery school you would expect the food to be slightly better than it is but it is adequate and sometimes it can be quite good. <br/>If you are unlucky enough to get the wrong table you can be very intimate with your neighbour without meaning to be and this isn't the place for privacy.
Neev
Average, over-priced. I live in Marylebone and have been to Caffe Caldesi many times - when I 'need' my Italian fix. The food is average but totally over-priced for what it is - both the cost of the wine and the individual dishes. DO NOT eat the Sunday breakfast there - really bad and again, multiples over-priced for what it is.
Mary-Anne Wright
Just paid £10 for one glass of wine. Nothing special! Won't return.
Charles East
Just ate there, having asked for the 13.50 set lunch they tried to charge us more claiming it was Monday to Friday only. No sign said this, and we said to the staff in advance that we want this. Not convinced this was accidental.
Kay Gale
The Caffe’s menu reflects Giancarlo’s Tuscan roots and it tells you that he was brought up on a smallholding where his mother cooked meals using fresh seasonal ingredients in a way that maximised their flavour and retained the nutrients – Cucina Povera. This, to me, is the essence of Italian cooking and why I like it so much – that wonderful respect for the ingredients and often cooking things in a simple way but bringing out the best flavour.
TheFoodaholic
The restaurant itself is very cosy but is in some need of updating. There are two menus available the a la carte and the set menu. When it comes to value for money they really know how to dish out a bargain, only £13.50 for two large courses. The starters are piled high and enough to feed two people. Being the greedy person I am, I decided to order the most expensive options from the menu, when the starter of antipasto arrived I couldn’t understand how they were making any money, it was huge. The Italian meats were really very good and tasted of high quality, the sliver of cheese was bit disappointing and bland while the focaccia was dry and had no flavour at all. <br/>
Tulsi
This is one of the best pasta dishes I've had in London - perfectly cooked al dente linguine with simple, wholesome flavours of tomato and garlic, a touch of cream and dusting of Parmesan, which come together perfectly to become a highly satisfying plate of food. From the outside, you would never guess that Caffe Caldesi is the origin of such an amazing meal. Overshadowed by its more famous neighbour Entrecôte , Caffe Caldesi stays out of the limelight and certainly its atmosphere is quite the opposite of the bustling French steakhouse next door. Completely unpretentious, the ground floor has a cafe setting that's open pretty much the whole day and the upstairs has more formal dining space which needs reservations. What a lot of people don't know is that there is cooking school 'La Cucina Caldesi' attached at the back where you can attend classes to learn Tuscan cooking - which I've been quite keen to try out. My friend A. who discovered the restaurant and introduced
Thecriticalcouple
Seen in the right light, Caffe Caldesi is a charming little Italian restaurant that's not a chain, that has friendly staff (who are largely Italian) and a restaurant that when the bill comes at the end of the evening will leave you change in your pocket f
LoveFoodLoveDrink
Caffe Caldesi is a traditional Italian restaurant in the heart of Marylebone, offering visitors a wine bar with light Italian meals and snacks and also a fully fledged restaurant. The whole place was buzzing on the Thursday night of our visit, with a real
Kristainlondon
I was on a roll after my cooking class at Marylebone's L'Atelier des Chefs. Where else could I take a class? (Yes, I have always liked going to school.) A bit of Google-ing turned up La Cucina Caldesi, another London "cookery" school. (I put "cookery" in
Don S
What a fantastic meal from beginning to end. First off this is proper italian, freshly made pasta, all the staff are italian and even the wine is so local to specific regions that we ordered a Primotivo wine and it was written in dialect, specific to Puglia, fantastic. <br/><br/>We started with Antipasti, Calamari fritto, Mozzarella, Duck, and Antipasti Misto all fantastic, the Calamari was so fresh and crispy, no sense of grease in the batter, Wow. <br/><br/>On to primi and secondi, we ordered a mixture of pasta and meat, i personally went for pigs cheek served with polenta and mushrooms, only the second time i have cheek, previously at a michelin star restaurant and this was even better, served as a kind of stew, incredibly tender. Others went for pasta, the smell of the Ragu was incredible and I stole a taste, sad to say that it was better than i or mama has ever cooked, the flavour was incredible, wine, herbs etc. Unfortunately i forgot to take pictures as it all smelt so good we all jumped in. \<br/><br/>Finally desert, we remembered to take pictures, i think the best Tiramasu i have had, served with a quirk i.e. in a Jam Jar, and the coffee was not bad. <br/><br/>As an Italian / Pugliese / Salentino i will certainly be back, and the price with 3 bottles of wine, many course was less than £250, great value.
Gin Fizz Girl
This is one of the best pasta dishes I’ve had in London – perfectly cooked al dente linguine with simple, wholesome flavours of tomato and garlic, a touch of cream and dusting of Parmesan, which come together perfectly to become a highly satisfying plate of food.<br/><br/>From the outside, you would never guess that Caffe Caldesi is the origin of such an amazing meal. Overshadowed by its more famous neighbour Entrecôte, Caffe Caldesi stays out of the limelight and certainly its atmosphere is quite the opposite of the bustling French steakhouse next door. Completely unpretentious, the ground floor has a cafe setting that’s open pretty much the whole day and the upstairs has more formal dining space which needs reservations. What a lot of people don’t know is that there is cooking school ‘La Cucina Caldesi' attached at the back where you can attend classes to learn Tuscan cooking - which I've been quite keen to try out.<br/><br/>My friend A. who discovered the restaurant and introduced me to it, has tried out many dishes on the menu and Caldesi is one her regular haunts. I, however, almost always end ordering the Caldesi linguine. I usually end up paying 15£ to 20£ for a meal.<br/><br/>The staff and service is lovely. I took my mother there for dinner a while ago. She is vegetarian and has a severe allergy to eggs. They went out of their way to ensure she could have a good meal and took all her dietary restrictions into account and served her pasta dish that was off the menu. <br/><br/>So if you’re looking for good Italian food in Marylebone at pretty decent prices in an unpretentious setting with warm, friendly staff and no queues or reservations needed - I suggest you try Caffe Caldesi. Even my Italian friend who very particular about his food, enjoyed his meal and says it quite authentic. So it doesn’t get much better than that :)
TheFoodaholic
There are so many Italian restaurants in Marylebone, or London for that matter so choosing where to eat can be a complete hit or miss, more often than not I end up regretting spending my hard earned cash on mediocre Italians. So with Caffe Caldesi just around the corner from my work I decided it was time to give it a go. Every time I walk past it’s completely jam packed, so they must be doing something right.<br/><br/>The restaurant is run by Giancarlo and Katie Caldesi, who started the business with Caldesi Tuscan restaurant in Bray, a well known fine dining restaurant serving up Tuscan delights in a rural setting. With the success of this, it was in 2005 that Caffe Caldesi was born. The difference here was that prices were to be cheaper and a more relaxed, informal eating experience, perfect for those business lunches.<br/><br/>The restaurant itself is very cosy but is in some need of updating. There are two menus available the a la carte and the set menu. When it comes to value for money they really know how to dish out a bargain, only £13.50 for two large courses. The starters are piled high and enough to feed two people. Being the greedy person I am, I decided to order the most expensive options from the menu, when the starter of antipasto arrived I couldn’t understand how they were making any money, it was huge. The Italian meats were really very good and tasted of high quality, the sliver of cheese was bit disappointing and bland while the focaccia was dry and had no flavour at all. <br/><br/>Deep fried calamari, shrimps and courgettes were also piled high for a starter. The calamari was cooked well but the batter had no flavour and the courgettes were completely tasteless. The effort and mess that went in to peeling the shrimps was a waste of time, only producing a miniscule amount which was easier to swallow as my teeth couldn't find much the chew on. Still, the overall dish certainly filled you up with the quantity. <br/><br/>Hungry? Read more - http://www.londonfoodaholic.co.uk/2012/11/review-caffe-caldesi-marylebone-lane.html
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