Cinquecento Haverstock Hill

I wanted a quick bite to eat before heading to an engagement party at the Sir Richard Steele. I was debating Japanese or Italian but Italian won. It didn’t disappoint. Portion sizes were generous. The pizza was delicious. The spicy Piccantissima really wasn’t holding back the punches. It was the first time a spicy pizza forced me to remove the chillies to ensure I enjoyed the rest of my night.

The thing that really stood out was the portion of the salad. They do not produce your typical salad, this salad can stand on its own compared to the pizza. One might dare to say it might beat the pizza in a street fight. I ordered the Al Pollo and I kid you not, it felt that a full chicken was in the salad. It was incredibly filling. I would come back for the salad.

Beautiful Italian restaurant in haverstock hill area. The interior is picturesque and always a pleasant dining experience. Sometimes it can be a bit loud and hard to hear your party because it is cosy inside.
Our party of 4 did really enjoy our food, we had shared the fried pizza, which was gorgeous! Fried dough, topped with tomato sauce and dressed with rocket.
The crispiness of the fried pizza was perfectly, the sauce was succulent, really full flavoured and the addition of rocket finished the dish perfectly.
Two of us shared the Brushetta with burrata on an artisan bread. We both felt the starter was nice, creamy burrata, but was let down by the fact it was a bit smaller than the price warranted and a severe lack of chopped tomatos, which is a tad disappointing. I felt like they could have used a better alternative to beef tomato’s, more along the pomidoro route. Would have added a better sweetness to the dish, however still a nice dish.
We all had a pizza for mains. All of us were happy with our pizzas, I swapped the mozzarella for smoked mozzarella. I would have liked to see more dishes with the smoked mozzarella. Really elevates a pizza.
My only problem was the price for some dishes. We had the penne alla vodka and it was very underwhelming, nothing I couldn’t do myself easily.
This is my second time coming here. Would come again.
Many thanks.

This place is amazing! The pizza is authentic Italian, and this comes from people in the know! The most beautiful, delicate, tasty sourdough crust! The decor in the restaurant is lovely, and the service was fantastic. This is a new jam in Northwest London, so much, so I’m scared to post about it in case it becomes too popular! It’s also kid friendly, piece of the children comes in the shape of a bunny rabbit! And they are dog, friendly, too.

I was looking for a new pizza place in my area and talking with some friends we found it and we all left very happy, after a really good meal.
The pizza is very tasty, light and very well made with fresh ingredients; I had the Siciliana, with aubergines and salted ricotta, but I also tried some of my friends: margherita and salsiccia and friarielli. Honestly, all of them, super good.
Desserts 🍨 also, from the traditional cassata siciliana, the babà al rum to the tiramisù and so on..yes we tried few 😅.
Service is very good, the team is professional and very prepared.
I can recommend this place more than anything, if you are in the area, if not, they different other branches all over London.
I will definitely come back for sure.
Ps: try the passion fruit spritz 😁😁

Lovely interior. Tasty pizza and amazing tiramisu.
The rest of the food was mediocre at best.

Parmigiana neopolitana was tasteless, small portion with two burnt pieces of bread. Arancini were bland, tiny portion for the price. Cannolo was average.

I asked for a decaf cappuccino and they brought me something that tasted like an instant powder. I asked if it was coffee machine coffee and they said no and admitted it was a drink from a sachet. Wish they could say upfront they had problems with coffee machine or didn’t have decaf beans. Btw the coffee was included in the final bill.

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