Sapori Sardi

Well I was very excited about this place. I read fantastic reviews and had just completed a 4 hour journey from Cornwall. It seemed like the perfect answer.
An hour after ordering later, without anyone checking on us we were still waiting for our food. I take it as a rule when I waited tables that if customers come in after a table and get their starters before that other table something must be up with their order. There was. It hasn’t been given to the kitchen. Okay this happens. But if you can’t even give the customer a free glass of wine as they’ve been waiting then I don’t know what’s going on… and limoncello isn’t going to cut it.
To top it off the Sardinian pasta wasn’t up to much, very bland. Which is difficult to do with a sausage/​tomato based dish that should be rich. I’ve had it in Sardinia and it’s not the same by a stretch. This would be a 3 star if it had good service. It didn’t.

This place needs a wake up call on the customer service front and I hope this is it.
We came in on a Sunday evening (2 of us). Seated quickly with the offer of ‘still or sparkling’ and the first £4.30 was spent. Then we both ordered starters and mains to a keen waiter who then didn’t check up on us for 45mins until we asked where our food was. Turns out the guy pressed the wrong button and deleted our order.
Now that’s a simple human error, the issue was that they didn’t check in on us for that entire time aaaand when they realised the error and I asked for a cheeky glass of wine on the house they said no. They offered nothing in return for their error apart from a shot of limoncello at the end which I’m pretty sure every italian offers anyway.
By the time our main arrived (we cancelled the starter) we’d been at the restaurant for about 80mins and were furious. To top it all off, the mains were not mind blowing as reviews promised but your average italian food.
£50 bill for three glasses of wine and two mains and all good nature being sucked out of me.

It takes a little bit to get here via public transportation but it is definitely worth the journey. We arrived here on a Monday night, so it was a little slow; however, that did not take away from the aesthetic but enhanced it. The Resturant isn’t that big, seating for approx. twenty and there’s some space in the back which would fit about half that.
We ordered the grilled calamari for starters, and it was the best I’ve ever had. Usually I’m weary of the grilled version of this dish as it can come out chewy, this was not the case here. The calamari was expertly prepared to have the right tenderness and seasoning. The portion was a little smaller than you’d usually get at other places, but, you usually don’t get this quality either.
For the entrée, I ordered the the grilled swordfish and my friend had the ravioli. I can’t speak all too much about the ravioli, besides, my friend was quite pleased with the dish. The swordfish, however, I can say was superb along with the spinach served with it.
This Resturant deserves its place in the top 50 in London out of the 17 000+. If you love Italian, and want it spectacularly served, this is the place.

I enjoyed a lovely dining experience at this small new Sardinian restaurant tucked away at the ‘wrong end’ of Fulham Road. Reasonably priced meals with excellent service and a friendly atmosphere. Happy to recommend to anyone.