Sartoria

So we came here because a magazine (possibly time out or ES) had listed it as having the best tiramisu in London.
Ambience was very smart and sophisticated but also relaxed on a Saturday night.
The bread basket was excellent — parmesan bread sticks and other fresh bread.
To start we shared a burrata salad with incredible tomatoes (imported from italy) and delicious creamy burrata.
For main I had a simply excellent lobster tagliolini. It was not cheap at £28 but it was a generous portion of lobster served in shell (but cut out so that it was easy to eat — something I really appreciate!). Tagliolini was perfectly cooked.
For dessert… they had run out of tiramisu! Very disappointing. But it means we’ll have to return at some point.
It gets 4 stars rather than 5 because:
1. Their vegetarian options are pretty limited
2. It’s pricey (though good quality)
3. They ran out of tiramisu!

This wasn’t a cheap meal and though I thought about it really hard, I really couldn’t find a reason not to give it the full monty, 5 stars. I don’t think it has a Michelin star but I can’t understand why. The service, food and ambiance were top shelf and we had an amazing time.
The onnnnnnnly downside was that one of the reasons we decided to try it out was the famed tiramisu and they had run out. However, we came late (10:30) so it’s understandable. I will definitely be going back to try it though.
The focus was the food. The flavours were exciting and the textures were perfect. After the first course, I was buzzing in anticipation for the next course and I can give no higher praise than that.
Go to Sartoria before it gets its star and the crowds and prices go up.

I was part of a large hen party re-​booked into Sartoria last-​minute after a problem at a sister restaurant and was blown away with how accommodating Leonardo and his colleagues were. With no notice they prepared us a private room, a delicious menu and gave us the most wonderful welcome despite the fact that we were a large, loud hen party in a stylish, chic and quiet restaurant! They really made us feel at home and took such good care of us, even putting up with some rowdy games with amazing good grace. It is rare to come across such excellent customer service, especially when paired with really great food, a beautiful atmosphere and all with half an hour notice! I have eaten here before and always enjoyed it but will come back even more willingly in future. Thank you!

I had a pre-​theatre 3 course menu here and I was amazed with the quality and the portions.
Food:
–Starter: Bucatini all’amatriciana. Since this is a started a expected a small portion. I was happily surprised when I saw it. It seemed like my main dish and I was worried how I would have room for the full three course menu! This dish was extremely tasty and I would definitely recommend it!
–Main: Polpette piccanti con crostino e burrata (Spiced meat balls bread croûton and burrata). This was also very good. A bit to spicy for my liking though. If you like spicy food this is a dish you should try. There were 4 – 5 medium sized meatballs in a ‘soup’ of tomato sauce. This was tasty but not my favourite dish.
–Dessert: All the options for dessert look amazing. I opted for Gelato alla stracciatella which was 2 generous scoops of gelato. It was very tasty and there were actually chocolate bits in there!
Service: The service was impeccable. All the staff were polite and really took care of use! I was so surprised how attentive they were. I was impressed with the bread they initially brought. They kept on topping up through out our meal! Very impressed! Great service!
Price: You get great value through the set menu! We also got a glass of prosseco as part of the deal.
Décor: It is classic and elegant. However, it was a bit to classic and banal for my taste.
I would definitely recommend visiting!

Described on their website as a stylish Italian restaurant in the heart of London’s Mayfair on Savile Row. Its bright, modern and just absolutely gorgeous.
Visited here February 2014 as was brought here for lunch on a work visit to London. I wasn’t told I was going here beforehand and if I had looked it up I think I would have been quite intimidated before going there… The staff are attentive. We had a great seat beside the window which was perfect for people watching if the conversation dried up (It didn’t!) and the food is amazing.
Mains are £22 -£45. I chose the Monkfish which was cooked perfectly. I didn’t have wine with lunch as it was before a meeting but I did notice that their wine list was impressive.
Would I go back? Absolutely! After all I didn’t have dessert that day and from what I’ve seen online they look droolworthy!

Absolutely divine. Classic & traditional Italian high end restaurant. The setting was great in the corner of Saville row, expansive dining area with a private cordoned off section for functions. The décor is homely giving it a very relaxed feel to the restaurant without making it too slack. Sharp upholstery etc. the staff are mostly Italian which I value a lot, however the Michelin star chef is German (we’ll let him off as the good is amazing) Delightful menu, extensive wine list and the bread & olives were great too! The waiter pointing out the olive oil was pressed in Puglia-​little detail like that stands it out in my opinion. Not cheap, but didn’t mind laying for a wonderful experience. Would highly recommend for business or pleasure.

Lovely atmosphere but well over-​priced and lack of flavours in food.

lovely place. little expensive but very good for food and wine. discrete and quite for confidential meeting

We went to Sartoria for drinks. We didn’t eat at the restaurant so I can’t comment on the food, but the bar was nice. It’s a nice way to take a break from shopping on Savile Row!

I went there for corporate celebration, so stayed in one of their private dining rooms. The food was good. I had octopus with mange tout and potatoes, which was fresh, perfectly cooked with very nice taste palette. For the mains I’ve ordered sea bream, which was ok, but a bit too ‘fishy’ for me — I don’t like fish which pounds you with the smell of fish straightaway! I tried a bit of my colleague’s lamb and it was perfection. The best lamb i’ve tasted which wasn’t homecooked.
Dessert. It deserves a separate paragraph. It was absolutely amazing — semifreddo — which is something between mousse and ice-​cream with pine-​nuts and pistachios, and veins of cherry compote. Oh I will come back — just for dessert!
Wine was good, not sure which one it was, but I guess it’s up to your preference, I prefer thick sweet wines, they served a dry version of it. The champagne, marzipan sweets and coffee after, perfectly complemented each other.
Atmosphere — not sure, as we were separated from the rest of the restaurant, so it was bright and cool. The rest of dining hall was dark and quite hot with ghosts of waiters flowing around.
Overall, it was a good experience — perfect for business meetings, as the food and catering are up to a high standard. I’m not sure how it is in the dining area, but our waiters were very attentive, although the sommelier confused me with a man for my short hair and a shirt and poured my champagne with men! He was very apologetic after and made sure that my glass was always full! :)

I always get a little nervous when I see a menu without prices (unless it’s a street vendor — that’s a whole different ballpark). Not that I mind paying for a great meal, but it instills a certain anxiety, a «will this meal live up to what will surely be the price of a new wardrobe» type of anxiety.
Sartoria is what I expected an Italian restaurant on Saville Row to be like: tables of hushed diners wearing suits, sipping wine recommended by a sommelier decked out in a vest and tails. They pull the chairs out to seat you. They bring around a bread basket with no fewer than 6 types of bread. The bottled water (don’t dare to order tap) is likely from some remote pristine stream.
I’m okay with all the pomp as long as the food keeps pace. In this case, I felt it fell flat. My asparagus and truffle risotto was bland and a little overcooked; it looked like something I might have reheated from Waitrose. The goat cheese salad my friend ordered was literally a hunk of melted goat cheese on top of some French beans.
That said, the service was attentive throughout. If you need to organise a business lunch where someone else is paying, Sartoria is a safe bet. If you’re looking for a nice meal, there are plenty of better options.

Perfect for aperitifs, they have a large choice of wines and cocktails
On the right side there is the bar and on the left side the restaurant, so you can spend a great evening there.

We took my boss to Italian Restaurant Sartoria for a farewell lunch using the 2 courses for £15 offer on toptable. The restaurant has an elegant interior and rather a corporate feel due to the number of suits dining there! I chose a kind of pasta parcel with tomatoes, spinach and mozzarella which was divine. Those who chose the lamb were a little disappointed with the portion size I think but it tasted good. For dessert I had the best Tiramisu I’ve tasted — I would go back for that alone! Service was perfect and the bill very reasonable thanks to our top table deal.

We stumbled on Sartoria one evening last week, quite by accident. The restaurant is a bit tucked away on a street corner but worth the walk.
Décor inside is contemporary and comfortable; in spite of the large size of the room, it is a very good place for quiet conversation.
Food is a mixture of traditional and contemporary Italian with an international twist. I had a fantastic starter of salt beef, blood orange and spinach salad. My main course of pollock was a bit bland, but the beef was superb and the lobster pasta dish looked just as great.
A lovely place for dinner, a few steps away from the eponymous Abercrombie store.

Bön sang que c’est bon !
En suivant les conseils de notre bon vieux Lonely Planet, nous avons découvert ce restaurant situé près de Picadilly Circus… Service impeccable, plats succulents et desserts absolument divins… C’est bien simple, jamais je n’avais mangé dans un aussi bon restau (et pourtant j’en ai testé pleins !). Bön, le seul point un peu négatif c’est la note… mais très sincèrement ça vaut le détour. D’ailleurs c’est décidé, on y retourne très bientôt !