Please wait, the site is loading...

Food

Taking orders - Ristorante Frescobaldi

by Helena Lang

Helena Lang visited for a girls' night out with her friend Sue.

What is it?

A smart trattoria from the winemaking Frescobaldi family and the Good Food Society, focusing on delicious Tuscan-inspired food.

Where is it?

Hidden down a Mayfair side street and around the corner from other fine-dining Italian establishments such as Sartoria and Cecconi's. The restaurant has a modern glass façade and a more traditional painted and wood-panelled interior, and a handy little terrace for sunny long lunches.

Who would love it?

Serious wine buffs, business types and romantic couples with deep pockets.

What's on the menu?

The superb selection of antipasti uses some of the best quality Italian ingredients in a modern way. My grilled calamari with chorizo and potato purée (£15) was a bowl of tender tentacles and curls, Sue's crab bruschetta with chilli and asparagus (£17) was a generous heap of white meat and tender veg.

1Squid_chorizo_potatopuree.jpg

2bruschetta.jpg

There were too many tempting dishes on the Primi Piatti section but in the end I chose the squid ink strozzapreti with prawns, chilli and basil (£24) and Sue went for the linguini with lobster and chilli (£27).

4strompetti.jpg

3lobsterlinguine.jpg

Again, both were heaving with the freshest of seafood, beautifully seasoned and really delicious. For her main course Sue went traditional and chose Dover sole with lemon and butter sauce (£35) and I chose pan-fried turbot with peas and yellow datterini sauce (£25).

5Turbot.jpg

Again, first-class ingredients, simply cooked with flair and skill. We really were too full for pud, but the charming waiter wasn't having any of it and persuaded us to order a couple of desserts. My caramelised pear with meringue and mascarpone ice cream (£9) was simple, and just sweet enough. Sue's mille-feuille with raspberries (£9) was a pastry tower of crispy crumbliness.

6pear2.jpg

The dish we would order again?

The pasta – it really was some of the best we've eaten in a long time.

Next time we would try...

A meat course; the ossobuco with vegetables gremolata and white polenta D.O.P (£23) is probably the bargain on the menu.

www.frescobaldi.london

Don`t miss

We value your privacy

We use cookies to help give you the best experience on our site and to allow us and third parties to customise the marketing content you see across websites and social media. For more information see our cookie policy.

Cookie Preference Centre

Learn more about what each cookie category does and choose your settings (toggle right to opt in or left to opt out). Cookie policy


Strictly Necessary

These technologies are needed to enable our websites and apps to run and to keep it secure.

Sainsbury's Magazine

These technologies tell us how customers use our sites and apps and provide information to help us improve the website, apps and your browsing experience.

Cookie name Duration
PHPSESSID Until the browsing session ends
device_view 1 month
viewedRecipes 1 year
subscription-{popup-version-date}-PopupClosed 12 days

Vimeo

Enables Vimeo videos on the site

Cookie name Duration
_derived_epik 1 year

Constant Commerce

Enables shopping tools for recipe ingredients

Cookie name Duration
cc_a_h 10 years
cc_a_s Until the browsing session ends

DoubleClick

DoubleClick Digital Marketing (DDM) is an integrated ad-technology platform that enables us to more effectively create, manage and grow high-impact digital marketing campaigns.

Cookie name Duration
DSID 10 days
IDE 1 year
RUL 11 months

Performance/Analytics

These technologies tell us how customers use our sites and apps and provide information to help us improve the website, apps and your browsing experience.

Google

Google Analytics tell us how customers use our sites and apps and provide information to help us improve the website, apps and your browsing experience.

Cookie name Duration
__gads 13 months
gadsTest Until the browsing session ends
_ga 28 months
_gat 1 minute
_gid 1 day
1P_JAR 1 month
ANID 10 days
CONSENT 18 years
NID 6 months
__Secure-3PAPISID 2 years
__Secure-3PSID 2 years
__Secure-3PSIDCC 1 year

Marketing/Targeting

These technologies help us decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you. We use this data to customise the marketing content you see on websites, apps and social media. They also help us understand the performance of our marketing activities. These cookies are set by us or our carefully-selected third parties.

Pinterest

Pinterest conversion tracking gathers conversion insights and builds audiences to target based on actions our visitors have taken on the site.

Cookie name Duration
_pinterest_ct_rt 1 year
_pinterest_ct_ua 1 year
_pin_unauth 1 year

Outbrain

These technologies tell us how customers use our sites and apps and provide information to help us improve the website, apps and your browsing experience.

Cookie name Duration
outbrain_cid_fetch 5 minutes
adrl 5 weeks
apnxs 6 weeks
criteo 2 months
obuid 6 months

Twitter

Twitter conversion tracking enables us to measure our return on ad spend by tracking the actions people take after viewing or engaging with our ads on Twitter.

Cookie name Duration
personalization_id 2 years
muc 2 years
ads_prefs 5 years
auth_token 5 years
dnt 5 years
guest_id 2 years
twid 5 years